Tag: Swan Lake

Swan Lake: Entrée and Adage From the Black Swan Pas de Deux | The Royal Ballet

Zenaida Yanowsky as Odile and Nehemiah Kish as Prince Siegfried in the Act III Black Swan pas de deux of Anthony Dowell’s production of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s Swan Lake. Swan Lake was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s first score for ballet. Its 1877 premiere was poorly received, but it has since become one of the…


The Art of Tchaikovsky

When people think of traditional Russian music, it generally falls into two main categories: grand militaristic marching rhythms and celebratory folk songs. The marches are predominantly played in the minor scale, with low, powerful choral voices and brass sections. The other side of the Russian coin is a fierce celebration of life, with unbridled passion…