It may not have been a lake, but the San Pedro harbor still proved a picturesque locale for the San Pedro Ballet to swim — or, rather, dance — to the music of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Cabrillo Marina Berth 37, in the Port of Los Angeles, hosted the San Pedro Ballet on Friday, June 2, as the company performed “Swan Lake,” with the show beginning around twilight and ending with the night sky fully dark; a sunset reception from 7 to 8 p.m. preceded the performance.
The San Pedro Ballet will perform “Swan Lake” once more on Saturday evening. There were still a few tickets — which cost $45 — available for that show, as of 1:45 p.m. Saturday.
The 400-seat outdoor performance space, on the LA Waterfront, and the timing of the shows provide an apt scene for watching “Swan Lake.”
For the uninitiated, the iconic ballet, which debuted in 1877 in Moscow, is about the princess Odette and her companions who are turned into swans by a sorceress. They spend their days on a lake — before turning back into humans each evening.
The San Pedro Ballet, meanwhile, is a popular, highly regarded nonprofit dance company that was founded in 1994. It is the home company of American Ballet Theatre star Misty Copeland.
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