Kansas City Ballet brings Swan Lake to the Muriel Kauffman Theatre at the Kaufmann Center for the Performing Arts from Oct. 17-26 for the first time since 2020. I attended the show on opening night, Oct. 17, to watch the iconic ballet come to life. KCB’s artistic director, Devon Carney, choreographed the ballet on the KCB dancers after the original choreography done by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in the late 1800s. I have been doing ballet for the last 14 years, and as a ballet dancer, I can confidently say that this performance was phenomenally put together and a must-see for all ages of artistic performance lovers.
Swan Lake follows the story of Prince Siegfried, who, upon hunting, falls in love with Odette, a swan by day and human by night, as she is under the sorcerer Von Rothbart's spell. Later, Siegfried attends a grand ball where he must choose a princess to be his bride. He only wants Odette, who is stuck on the lake as a swan. However, the mysterious Odile, who reminds Seigfried of Odette, arrives at the ball. After being transfixed by the wrong girl, chaos erupts between Siegfried, Von Rathbart and Odette.
