by Laura Cappelle | Jun 19, 2017 | Career, Inside PT, Profiles, Reverence
Last weekend, the Mariinsky Ballet announced on its website that one of its most revered prima ballerinas, Uliana Lopatkina, has retired from the stage. A principal dancer since 1995, Lopatkina’s interpretation of Odette/Odile and “The Dying Swan”,...
by As Told To Amy Brandt | Mar 31, 2016 | Profiles, Technique
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine for Anna Pavlova, is a short but powerful solo often reserved for the most revered ballerinas. Mariinsky Ballet principal Uliana Lopatkina shares the...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Nov 4, 2015 | Company Life
“With an inner voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan…” -From The Dying Swan (1830) by Lord Alfred Tennyson Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poem The Dying Swan, along with a lifelong fascination with swans, inspired ballet legend Anna...