From the swirl of its initial letter to its sighing vowel and feather-soft final consonant, the very word—"swan"—suggests grace. Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky did not, after all, write Duck Pond.

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Production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake by the Kirov Ballet at the Maryinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev and starring prima ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina. Show more The Kirov ...

Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable score is played live by English National Ballet Philharmonic. Swan Lake from English National Ballet is produced for English National Ballet by Ad Lib Productions ...

More than 140 years since its premiere, Swan Lake remains the world's most popular ballet. Described as 'the greatest ...

Boston Ballet will present Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake, an epic story that brings the best of classical ballet to the stage.

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