HISTORIC ARTICLE
HISTORIC ARTICLE
Feb 20, 1877 CE: Swan Lake Ballet Premieres
Feb 20, 1877 CE: Swan Lake Ballet Premieres
On February 20, 1877, the ballet Swan Lake, with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, made its debut at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia.
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Ballerinas, Berlin
Photo: Dancers sitting in costume
Photograph by Maria Helena Buckley, My Shot

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