“In act one, the corps de ballet come gliding down the stairs, moving just like a flock of swans. Even when there are hundreds of swans moving together on a lake, they still manage to make the movement look similarly effortless and graceful. The pas de deux … reminded me of a real swan courtship dance. Mating swans approach each other, nod to the left and right in perfect synchronicity, then bow their heads and press them together.”