NEW YORK — How seriously should we take “Swan Lake”? It features a virtuous but wronged heroine, Odette, and her sophisticated nemesis, Odile, two roles generally played by one ballerina. White Swan ...

Under a façade of elegance and grace, it’s hard work being a swan. That duality is something first-year Charlotte Ballet dancer Evelyn Robinson is working to perfect. She’s doing it through rigorous ...

Among the gifts from "my true love" listed in the popular Christmas song: "seven swans a-swimming." Ballet Arkansas ups the count to 10 swans a-dancing this weekend at Little Rock's Robinson Center ...

It’s hard to imagine “Swan Lake” without picturing ballet dancers performing intricately choreographed routines following a plot that’s set long before even our grandparents were born. Playwright ...

Pegasus Contemporary Ballet and Bombshell Dance Project have collaborated on a new version of "Swan Lake" told from the swans' point of view. Allan Gonzalez / DFW Dance Photography They say a ...

They say a classical ballet isn’t over until the female protagonist dies. Tchaikovsky’s popular 1870s Swan Lake is a prime example. Turned into a white swan by Baron Von Rothbart, Odette perishes in ...