International Ballet Stars, based in Miami, Florida, will be returning May 8, 2026, for a performance of Sleeping Beauty at The Granada Theatre, and an outreach program called We Dance, whereby local ...

Odette, danced by Petra Conti, is a maiden that is under a spell cast by the sorcerer Von Rothbart that turned her into a swan. She is the swan queen of all of the maidens on Von Rothbart's spell. The ...

Fear not. This version of “Swan Lake” by Russian Ballet Theatre has a happy ending. After the past two years, it would almost be an act of cruelty to give audiences the tragic version of Tchaikovsky’s ...

The Los Angeles Ballet’s “Swan Lake” found its wings after a rocky start. The ballet performance Thursday at Royce Hall featured elegant costuming and special effects that transported the audience ...

Murphy's coyness as Odette is enchanting (rather than annoying, as it sometimes reads) because she demonstrates that Odette has only become coy through her years under von Rothbart's curse. She is ...

In their childhood, Prince Siegfried and his friend Benno hear the story of Swan Lake and of the beautiful princess turned into a swan by the curse of an evil wizard. The princess will be saved when a ...

Move over, Carabosse and Von Rothbart. There's a new ballet villain in town. Onegin is human, but his capacity for breaking hearts makes him scarier than the sorcerers of The Sleeping Beauty and Swan ...

It’s no surprise that after more than 100 years, “Swan Lake” is still considered one of the most beloved of all classical ballets. It is set to a dramatic, tunefully memorable score by Tchaikovsky and ...