Much of the world knows the story of “Swan Lake,” the most iconic of all ballets. Few know exactly how punishing the lead ...

Barelegged swans are a bit like baseball players without caps. But as the art form confronts its history of racial ...

Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, The Associated Press spoke with ballerina Unity Phelan who is ...

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The white swan and the black swan, both portrayed by the Kansas City Ballet’s Kaleena Burks, represent good and evil in “Swan ...

It is one of the most coveted and punishing roles in ballet. The dual part of Odette and Odile in Swan Lake demands not just ...

Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney has announced the company’s 2025-2026 season, which opens with Swan Lake, ...

Ballet Manila beautifully staged its world premiere of "Pearls," the highlight of its 30th anniversary, cementing the company ...

European Royal Classical Ballet will bring Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” to Southwest Michigan for one performance only at the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Jenkins Theatre in Benton ...

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Unity Phelan rehearses for her role as Swan Queen in New York City Ballet's Swan Lake, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in New York. Credit: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson She was kidding, of course.