Apollo’s Angels A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans Random House, 672 pp., $35 In Black Swan, Nina Sayers, a talented but sheltered young ballerina, comes undone dancing the lead in Swan Lake. The ...
The leading roles in Swan Lake, Odette/Odille and Prince Siegfried, are top contenders for the most difficult roles in the history of ballet. Why is that? For starters, Odette and Odile are played by ...
ENB’s own beauteous Daria Klimentova will lead the swans tonight instead, partnered by another much-anticipated young debutant, Vadim Muntagirov, a 20-year-old who joined ENB from the Royal Ballet ...