Metropolitan Ballet's 'Swan Lake' features major Russian talent

August 17, 2017 at 3:24PM
Metropolitan Ballet's production of "Swan Lake" features Anastasia Fedorova.
Metropolitan Ballet’s production of "Swan Lake" features Anastasia Fedorova. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

'Swan Lake'

Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" is possibly the best-known ballet of all time, with its story of a princess-turned-swan. The 1875 premiere was a flop, though, panned for being "too complicated" and badly produced. It then went through numerous edits, including the additional pas de deux and revamped choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov — still used to this day. Metropolitan Ballet's production features Anastasia Fedorova, a Moscow Ballet Academy-trained guest artist who shined in past appearances with the group. She'll play the dual roles of Odette and Odile, with a live accompaniment by the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra. (7:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat., Hopkins High Auditorium, 2400 Lindbergh Drive, Hopkins. $39-59, 952-937-1387, metroballet.org.)

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