Helgi Tomasson’s 'Swan Lake' performs April 29 to May 7 at the War Memorial Opera House.
Helgi Tomasson’s ‘Swan Lake’ performs April 29 to May 7 at the War Memorial Opera House. Close your eyes. Think about when you were a child. What pose did you strike to imitate ballet? My guess is you raised your arms over your head making a circle and stood up on your tippy toes.
When Park and Wang dance on Sunday, May 1, as Prince Siegfried and the Swan Queen, they will be the first casting in San Francisco Ballet’s history of two Asian dancers in the lead roles. Asian and Asian American dancers have performed in the ballet before, but never together as the central characters.
Wang always thought of ‘Swan Lake” as very serious, almost untouchable. He realized learning the role, “Siegfried is a prince but still human, like everyone else but with a title.”
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