American Ballet's `Swan Lake' is a thoroughly enchanting production

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: February 13, 1989| Author: Wynne Delacoma | Copyright information
American Ballet Theatre, "Swan Lake," choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov; additional choreography by Mikhail Baryshnikov; music by Tchaikovsky. Scenery and costumes by PierLuigi Samaritani, lighting by Jennifer Tipton. Friday and Saturday nights, Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker. Through Feb. 18. 902-1500.

Fouette-counters may be disappointed in Mikhail Baryshnikov's new production of "Swan Lake" which American Ballet Theatre unveiled here over the weekend at the Civic Opera H...

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