Swan Lake (New York City Ballet)
I don't really associate the New York City Ballet (NYCB) with big, full length works and off the back of their "Swan Lake", that's probably a good thing. Peter Martins's production is not a successful one. Much of the dancing was excellent, but the entire evening is hamstrung by poor storytelling and some of the most hideous designs imaginable.Martins uses much of the traditional Petipa/Ivanov staging, but injects pl…