Swan Lake

Through March 12, $30-$150, Academy of Music, 1420 Locust St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.

by Janet Anderson

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Published: Mar 2, 2011

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"It's an original production, not a traditional Swan Lake," says artistic director Roy Kaiser of the Pennsylvania Ballet's version of the classic. Originally created and choreographed by New York City Ballet's Christopher Wheeldon in 2004, this Swan takes the story out of the woods and into 19th-century Paris. "What I wanted was a production that fit the size and personalities of Pennsylvania Ballet," Kaiser explains, "not a ballet for 80 or 90 dancers, but for 40." And it's nothing like Darren Aronofsky's film version, either. "That wasn't a ballet documentary," Kaiser says. "It was a piece of cinema." So you mean not all ballerinas stab each other with nail files?

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