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| | Show Business Weekly: Reviews: Dance: New York City Ballet "Swan Lake" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | The idea of using a modern background to enhance the neoclassical choreography of Swan Lake works much of the time, particularly in the white scenes where the choreography is based on Balanchine's one-act version of Swan Lake that Martins incorporates in both Act II and Act IV. |
 | | As the Black Swan Odile, the imposter daughter of the evil-doing magician Von Rotbart, Somogyi balanced a duality, modulating the seductive allure of Odile with Oddete's ethereal nature. |
 | | Swarming, agitated swans, in Act IV, encircle their heartbroken queen who hovers on the floor, her limbs quivering, her head rising and falling in despair. |
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