American Liberty Ballet: The Dying of Swan Lake
American Liberty Ballet makes waves on Swan Lake with a new production that gives the old favorite an evironmentalist twist. Choreographed by ALB's artistic director, Valerie Mae Browne, and longtime principal dancer Alan McCormick, this two-act work is still set to Tchaikovsky's timeless score but now includes more timely elements such as oil-slicked birds and a villanous AI magician. The curtain-raiser is Browne's A Dance Under the Sun, set to Ravel’s Bolero and featuring designs by the mixed-media artist Anna Khachatryan. (Time Out readers can use discount code TimeOut2025 to save $19 per ticket.)