The original Swan Lake dates back to the late 1800s and is based on a German fairy tale, which tells the story of Prince ...

Matthew Bourne’s audacious, rule-breaking reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago. It has now become the most successful dance theatre ...

Ballet Preljocaj is bringing a reimagined Swan Lake to Brisbane, transforming Tchaikovsky's musical masterpiece into a modern ...

Barelegged swans are a bit like baseball players without caps. But as the art form confronts its history of racial homogeneity some traditions are being rethought. By Martha Schabas Reporting from ...

It’s a justly iconic image. The Swan stands centre stage: bare-chested, shaggy-legged, powerful arms twisting up and eyes glaring beneath a crest of black make-up. You shiver. He’s coming for you.

In its original staging, Swan Lake, was decidedly a tragedy, and dancers joke about making the final swan dive onto off stage mattresses. More modern versions then found a way to give it a happy ...

“Swan Lake” premiered in 1877 with a libretto of uncertain authorship, a score by neophyte ballet composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and choreography, now lost, by the now forgotten Julius ...

Ethereal, eerie and a little bit evil — there really is nothing quite like Matthew Bourne's production of Swan Lake.

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 ...