Swan Lake, The

noun

1. a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.

Example Sentences

The topic of that conversation: “Swan Lake,” the classic, tragic 19th-century story ballet returning to PNB’s stage next month in a production choreographed by Kent Stowell.

From Seattle Times

In addition to a robust Balanchine repertoire, Russell and Stowell, who served as co-artistic directors of Frankfurt Ballet between their careers in New York and Seattle, brought numerous works of their own to the Seattle stage, including Stowell’s “Swan Lake,” the Stowell/Maurice Sendak “Nutcracker” and Stowell’s “Carmina Burana.”

From Seattle Times

A 1990 TV documentary, “Eras of the Finnish Ballet,” shows the dancers washing their clothes in one of Finland’s thousands of lakes one minute, performing as an elegant corps de ballet in “Swan Lake” the next.

From New York Times

A former home of the Russian composer of “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty,” now a museum and children’s school of music, was destroyed in the Russian bombing of the Ukrainian city of Trostyanets in March.

From Seattle Times

Many of our ornaments and decorations reflect our love for ballet and familiar favorites like the Swan Princess from "Swan Lake," the Peacock from PNB's "Nutcracker," and of course, crowns and pointe shoes galore!

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