Birmingham Hippodrome; Royal Opera House, LondonBoth of Britain's Royal Ballet companies have been dancing Swan Lake this month, and both have seen significant debuts. In Birmingham, Trinidad-born Céline Gittens became the first black dancer to perform the lead with a British company, while at Covent Garden former Bolshoi star Natalia Osipova gave her own highly individual account. Both dancers were visibl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on October 13, 2012