A Swan Lake Worth Flying For — Tracking the World’s Most Famous Ballet Birds

WASHINGTON D.C. — Twenty five years ago, classic story ballet had its own black swan event with the debut of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. Set traditionally to Tchaikovsky’s haunting and tragic score, Bourne deconstructed the well-known fairytale of a beautiful, suffering maiden turned into a swan and the prince who loves her. He switched the … Continued

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