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Swan Lake

Swan Lake
Waiting in the wings ... Swan Lake is generally believed to be the most popular ballet of all time Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
Swan Lake
Practice makes perfect for some of the English National Ballet company's 64 dancers Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
Swan Lake
Choreographer Derek Deane's intimate staging of the ballet is at odds with his in-the-round version seen at the Royal Albert Hall Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky composed Swan Lake in 1875-1876 Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
Swan Lake
The story follows a princess who is turned into a swan by a sorcerer Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
Swan Lake
Choreographed by Julius Reisinger, Swan Lake received its world premiere in Moscow in 1877 Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
Swan Lake
The romance and beauty of Swan Lake never fails to set hearts fluttering Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
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Dry ice floods the stage in key scenes of the English National Ballet's Swan Lake Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
Swan Lake
The English National Ballet's production restores Frederick Ashton's pas de quatre in the first act Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
Swan Lake
Swan Lake is one of the most performed ballets in the world. Later this year, Guangzhou Acrobatics Troupe will present their version at London's Royal Opera House Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
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Swan Lake is at the Coliseum in London until January 19 2008, then tours to Beijing Photograph: Sarah Lee/freelance
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