Swan Lake
Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyWikipedia
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Oct 26, 2026
Caitlin SloanHOST
was the first ballet you ever performed with the company?
Gabriella DominiGUEST
My first ballet that I performed with New York City Ballet was Peter Martin's Swan Lake.
Gabriella DominiGUEST
And I was one of the swans, of course, and also I think did kind of this court dance in the Black Swan ballroom scene.
Gabriella DominiGUEST
I mean, it definitely felt like my dream was becoming realized.
Gabriella DominiGUEST
I think every little girl, you know, when they're growing up Swan Lake, you know, the music, the story, the choreography, it really is in a way what many people associate with ballet and so it was very special to start with that one and I think particularly the music kind of in the final act you know something about that I remember being on stage and it just hitting me like this is a dream being realized and just thinking about how many hours of dedication had gone into getting to that moment and you know not only myself but also my parents and all that they had sacrificed to support me and you know all my teachers and you know my sister supporting me throughout all this you know us being kind of on this journey together and i definitely felt just a lot of gratitude for kind of everything that it took to get to that point
Caitlin SloanHOST
That fourth act, swan core, is so powerful, too, when you're in the corps de ballet.
Caitlin SloanHOST
I remember being, tears, like, coming to my eyes, dancing that role and being surrounded by everyone and all, like, the, like, the wind blowing by you, almost everyone, like, running in the bourrees and just, like, everything, the arms and all of it, just, like, such a full sensory experience and really does feel very emotional.
Matt ConlonGUEST
uh or just you know i i didn't want to try to downplay any of it but sort of like one trick pony art pieces that are just just the thing that it is it doesn't have to be humongous but it's in the context of this dusty place in the desert can be absolutely spectacular Um, there was a piece just this last year that I absolutely loved.
Matt ConlonGUEST
And it was just a podium with a TV on top of it that was playing Swan Lake ballet.
Matt ConlonGUEST
And it was surrounded by some low mold, uh, Swan pieces.
Matt ConlonGUEST
And on the podium was just a lamp and a red telephone.
Matt ConlonGUEST
Well, Soviet Union, they basically were without did not want to let the entire country know that they were falling.
Matt ConlonGUEST
So they shut down all the news stations.
Matt ConlonGUEST
Instead, they just played Swan Lake Ballet while the USSR crumbled.
Matt ConlonGUEST
And this piece was not only about that, but also the time that we're living in right now.
Frank MendozaHOST
Produced by Kyle Emly Jr., the film Dracula also stars Helen Chandler as Mina, David Mannes as John Harker, and Frances Dade as Lucy.
Frank MendozaHOST
As the film opens, we hear the strains of an orchestra playing the song Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, a cost-effective choice since it would have been too expensive for the studio to produce an entirely new score.
Frank MendozaHOST
The opening credits play out against an image of a bat, and then let me Sofia Petrillo this.
Frank MendozaHOST
Picture it.
JohnHOST
perfect carnage, like a ballet or something.
JohnHOST
Swan Lake with thunder sticks.
WestyHOST
I'd go and see Swan Lake if that was the case.
WestyHOST
All
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right movies.
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JohnHOST
In lesser hands, this whole sequence could just be a load of noise and a load of cuts, and you've got no idea what you're looking at.
JohnHOST
Here, it's just like perfect carnage, like a ballet or something.
JohnHOST
Swan Lake with thundersticks.
SamHOST
The great
GriffeyHOST
finale of the Swan Lake moment, yeah.
SamHOST
Yeah.
HeathHOST
You don't know what's real and what isn't.
GriffeyHOST
Early morning Sam is the wildest version.
GriffeyHOST
Well,
SamHOST
Black Swan was also, or Swan Lake was also Russian, wasn't it? That's true.
GriffeyHOST
Yeah.
Zach FuentesCORRESPONDENT
The controversial campaign ad drawing backlash from both parties.
Kristen SzeHOST
And Swan Lake symphony of lights comes to life in San Francisco tonight.
Kristen SzeHOST
Members of Grand Valley key are joining us live with a special preview when we return.
Tori JohnsonADVERTISER
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Olivia RubinCORRESPONDENT
Armando Garcia, ABC News, New York.
Kristen SzeHOST
A world-renowned Ukrainian ballet company is bringing several productions to the Bay Area.
Kristen SzeHOST
Tonight, Grand Ballet Kiev will perform Swan Lake Symphony of Lights at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Theater.
Kristen SzeHOST
Tickets are still available.
Ben ShepardGUEST
And then by the end of elementary school, I got over the crush.
Ben ShepardGUEST
She moved to a different school and rejoined ballet yeah I was taking it as an extra thing right so I was taking ballet once a week and then I was I really enjoyed playing lacrosse there was a part of me that really loves participating in contact sports and it's a part of me that's been suppressed by ballet ballet is not a contact sport in the same way intentionally yeah there's a lot of contact but I got into it and I saw this production of Swan Lake when I was 11 and I was like And I saw the male dancer playing Siegfried and I fell in love.
Ben ShepardGUEST
I knew just enough about ballet to know that what he was doing was incredibly difficult and he was making it look so easy.
Ben ShepardGUEST
And that just element of... magic and almost like coolness factor.
Ben ShepardGUEST
I've decided what my career will be at 11 years old.
Ben ShepardGUEST
And I stuck with it.
Ben ShepardGUEST
We're doing Swan Lake this year.
Ben ShepardGUEST
So fingers crossed.
PJ GallagherHOST
What's that music? Doodle-doodle-doodle-dum.
PJ GallagherHOST
Is that Swan Lake or...
PJ GallagherHOST
Oh, Bolero, Bolero.
Jim McCabeHOST
That's Torval and Dean.
Alex HumphreyHOST
I mean, he says that Black Swan and Perfect Blue aren't the same.
Alex HumphreyHOST
But I mean, Black Swan is about Natalie Portman as a ballerina in a production of Swan Lake who loses her grip on reality when she's overwhelmed with pressure.
Alex HumphreyHOST
I mean, it's definitely touching on some of the themes of Perfect Blue.
Alex HumphreyHOST
Yeah, massively.
LarissaHOST
So I don't even remember what episode it was for.
LarissaHOST
But I had talked about going to see Swan Lake in my catch up.
LarissaHOST
So there is a Swan Lake song.
JoyHOST
on the playlist that's so funny
LarissaHOST
yeah
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