In December, the Grand Kyiv Ballet performed “The Snow Queen,” based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, in Spokane at the First Interstate Center for the Arts.

Rehearsing Swan Lake a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio ... those crowd-pleasing whiplash turns on one leg performed by Odile, the devious Black Swan. “No fouettés today – save them for ...

Many across the world know Swan Lake, the most iconic of all ballets. Far fewer know just how hard the main ballerina role is to perform. As graceful and ephemeral as it appears, Odette-Odile is a ...