Danceworks Season 1 Episode 1 - The Dying Swan

Airdate: 2018-May-07

Episode summary:

Using the lyrical and elegant metaphor of a ballet classic about death, this film explores how a dancer fights age, the deterioration of the body over time and fear of retirement. Former Royal Ballet principal, 43-year-old Zenaida Yanowsky, plans to overcome knee surgery and fight her body back to fitness so as to perform a swansong, one of ballet's best-known of solos, The Dying Swan. For Zenaida, this is one of her last public performances before drawing the curtains on an acclaimed classical ballet career. The film also features an encounter between Zenaida and current Royal Ballet rising star principal dancer, the Russian-born-and-trained Natalia Osipova.

About Danceworks series:

With intimate, behind-the-stage access, Danceworks explore the creative process of extraordinary dancers and choreographers as they rehearse new wo...Show more >