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Article: A sleeker swan.(Dance Matters; Christopher Wheeldon retools Swan Lake for Pennsylvania Ballet )(Interview)
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- Dance Magazine
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- June 1, 2004
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WHEN Pennsylvania Ballet artistic director Roy Kaiser asked Christopher Wheeldon to choreograph a new million-dollar production of Swan Lake for the company's fortieth anniversary, Wheeldon didn't blink. In his opinion, every serious ballet choreographer needs to tackle a classic or two in the course of a high-profile career. "And, of course, I chose the mother of all mothers," he says with a laugh. The premiere will run at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia June 4-12 with a rotating cast of three principal couples.
A Royal Ballet alumnus, Wheeldon has always loved Swan Lake, especially the music. "Tchaikovsky was so successful in telling a story musically and ...