In following the making of a production of 'Swan Lake,' filmmaker Chelsea McMullan has crafted a documentary that brilliantly mimics ballet’s grace and rigor. “Swan Song” begins on opening night. It ...

A few years ago, before retiring from her role as artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada, Karen Kain decided to direct a show. “We needed a new Swan Lake,” she says at the top of the new ...

CHICAGO - If you knew you were dying and you could somehow spare your loved ones the heartache of your absence, would you do it? Even if it meant letting them live a lie? That’s the essential question ...

A luminous technique defines the documentary “Swan Song” as it unfurls its saga of famed ballerina Karen Kain’s final act as artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada: the helming of a new ...