Swan Lake

Cultural  

1. A ballet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in which a prince fights for the love of the Swan Queen. Swan Lake is one of the most famous ballets.

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Example Sentences

Miami City Ballet has attracted attention for mounting what is being called a historically informed “Swan Lake” by the noted Bolshoi-trained choreographer Alexei Ratmansky.

From Los Angeles Times

Historically informed performance, or HIP, is a loaded term, and “Swan Lake” is a loaded ballet.

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There is no definitive version of “Swan Lake.”

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“Swan Lake” has become so familiar that modern embellishments become just a lot more baggage.

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That is precisely the next step Balanchine took 40 years later, in 1935, with his “Serenade,” which uses Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings,” written just after he composed “Swan Lake.”

From Los Angeles Times