Alaska Dance Theatre’s Qug’yuq (the Yup’ik word for swan) retells the story [of the classic ballet] … This time, however, the swan and her swain come from a Yup’ik village. Their nemesis, intent on keeping the girl for himself, is no one less than the powerful trickster, Raven. The usual balletic pirouettes and plies are augmented by Yup’ik Eskimo drumming and dance.”