| 单词 | swan |
| 例句 | “Look,” said the Wart, “it is the poor swan with the deformed leg. It can only paddle with one leg, and the other tide of it is bundled.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Sylvester stood in the middle of them with her scarf on her head and the big bag of swan food in her arms, she looked like something out of a fairy tale. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z For instance, I saw a bakery that sold bread that was swan white, something I had never seen before. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “As aquatic spectacles go, I am a trifle underwhelmed by your lake. Is this where the swans are?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A swan slid down its slope of air to meet its reflection. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She wore a black dress with a scoop back and wide shoulders so her long neck had the appearance of a swan gliding on a lake. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Even the pastor’s wife from back in Georgia seemed like a drab mallard next to this swan. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. March laughed, and smoothed down her maternal pride as she asked, “Well, my swan, what is your plan?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They have their hands cut off and their brothers turned into swans, their lovers chopped up and planted in basil pots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The swans were a bit scary, especially when they had a nest or babies, because then they are sometimes aggressive. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Craig Salt's yacht's over in Poole, so he drove over to address the troops. Couldn't just swan off to the local fleapit with you, I'm afraid.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Far to the west in a haze lay the meres and eyots through which it wound its way to the Greyflood: there countless swans housed in a land of reeds. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “A rare bird upon the Earth, not unlike a black swan.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As the swan was being served, the queen questioned him about the conspiracy of the Antler Men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My right foot wobbles a bit, but my hands fan out like a swan ready to soar, preventing my would-be fall. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They turned a sharp bend in the river, and there, sailing proudly down the stream toward them, they saw a swan of great size. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A crimson bird the size of a swan had appeared, piping its weird music to the vaulted ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The serving men brought out a heron stuffed with figs, veal cutlets blanched with almond milk, creamed herring, candied onions, foul-smelling cheeses, plates of snails and sweetbreads, and a black swan in her plumage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah. So, is Black Swan Green famous for black swans or green swans or something?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The swan was too rich for his taste. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But all the mailboxes had swans on them, and the community pool had a swan painted on the bottom. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There were witches in the woods, they stole beauty from swans and then rotted from the inside. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I don't have to look far for Jamie—he's one step behind me, admiring a large painting of a flock of black swans pulling a carriage through the air. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And they didn’t drift; they moved with the purposeful flight of geese or swans. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of her wanted to be a swan. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were paper swans in the corner, paper herons on the chair, and tiny paper hummingbirds suspended from the ceiling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Who everyone’s sorry for because of his mum. Who swans around school acting like he’s so different, like no one knows his suffering.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z In it were pistols, ammunition, forgery materials, my notebook, and the Führer’s most beloved treasure, the amber swan. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As she swung along the village road, Alyce, with good feelings tumbling about inside her, hummed and then tra-la-ed and then sang, as loud and clear as a swan. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like the neck of a swan in the wind. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And the swan was still trying to stretch his head right off his neck. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I nodded, glancing at the gold swan insignia on her coat pocket. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was started several years ago in the town of Stratford, which has an Avon River running through it, and swans of both colors. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Nonsense,” said the swan snappily, putting its head into the water and giving them a frown with its black nares. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The men didn’t believe her, so Mom went right to the edge of the cliff and did a perfect swan dive into the water below. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A high-masted swan ship from the Summer Isles Was beating out from port, its white sails huge with wind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They pointed to the swans, which had been identical before but now were strange—one fanged and made of agates and moss, another seeming dipped in gold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I saw water birds, moorhens, kingfishers, and swans. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to take my arms off the trunk and fold them to my chest like a mummy, loosen my thighs from their grip, and fall in a backwards swan dive to the bottom. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They had necks like swans, and beaks as long as her forearm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It had been a swan and someone had taken it and killed it for this skin. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The first dish was a boiled swan, head still attached, which he would not touch. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Serving men cleared away the swan, hardly touched. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But the tiny crate with the swan was more important. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Is it safe to assume that it was because of the story of the . . . um, the duckling that turns into a swan?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The size of a swan, with magnificent scarlet-and-gold plumage, he swished his long tail and blinked benignly at Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Every day on her lunch break, Mrs. Sylvester took a bag of swan food and went down to the pond by the hospital. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z And in the center of the room, in a small oval alcove, sat the prized piece—the amber swan. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I’d flex and leap, and bow and sweep; a sugarplum, a swan, a maiden, a doll. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Alex wonders if it’s too late to swan dive off the roof. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It didn’t have anything with swans on it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Thirty yards from shore, three black swans were gliding over the water, so serene ... no one had told them that war had come, and they cared nothing for burning towns and butchered men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Except he was getting her away from the swan lady, and that’s all she cared about in the entire world. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She is here, she is here, she is here, in the hearts of a falcon and a kingfisher and a swan. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Did you want to be a beautiful swan, you ugly little girl? Did you think you could fly?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z You could say that they hardly noticed the other swans at all.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept one eye on Sam Houston, who was known for his wild pitches, and the other on Lula’s older cousin, Fern Spitty, who swanned about nearby, twirling her white lace-trimmed parasol. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She stood at a large shallow sink with a swan neck faucet and steel-edged mirror and, by the shadowless light, rinsed her eyes with cool water. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the gazebos, pond, and swans, the picture required more than thirty shades of white, gray, and silver. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I hovered in the doorway, frowning and thinking of swans gliding away in the pond in the park. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It swallowed the drifting swans one by one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A swan’s reflection slid up its slope of lake to meet the swan. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He wondered if being on the swan boats in the Public Garden counted and figured that probably it didn’t. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Frost-white chairs and chaises crowd around tables like swans floating on a serene pond. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I guess it’s technically a pond, but it’s got swans and geese and it reflects the blue sky and the big puffs of white clouds. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew one man who once had his leg broken when an angry swan, thinking he was after one of her babies, attacked him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It was about a mother duck and a father swan with three baby ducklings who were bitten to death by the father because they quacked too much. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They found the Gray Women at last, looking in the wavering light like gray birds, for they had the shape of swans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the mist passed on its way, and the remade swans lorded their magnificence over the humble green river, they turned to each other, fingers interlaced, and looked, and looked, and looked. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Big pond? Fancy boardwalk? Parrots and swans and peacocks?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I picked up a swan, feeling its soft shape give under pressure from my fingers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Everything I ran with was in my pack—my papers, the forged documents, my notebook, and the swan. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Near the tap there were a dozen pink and white soaps, shaped like swans and roses, resting in an ivory-tinted shell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “That’s how they made them years ago, before metal strings, before they knew how to brace a long neck. It’s incredible. There’s more careful engineering in that swan neck than in any three cathedrals.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kendra strolled after Seth, whose ruckus was sending the swans drifting toward the far side of the lake, leaving V-shaped ripples in their wake. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The swan had been no ordinary bird—the skin belonged to a creature bigger than Hazel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I felt sometimes like a swan on a lake, knowing that my job was in part to glide and appear serene, while underwater I never stopped pedaling my legs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The winding road back to the house led under stone bridges, through woods and villages, and past marsh ponds where swans floated on mirrorlike water. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom gripped Susie tighter, wrestling her out of an attempted swan dive. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But when she arrived in the new country, the immigration officials pulled her swan away from her, leaving the woman fluttering her arms and with only one swan feather for a memory. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Lazlo certainly never imagined him taking notes, with a swan quill and octopus ink from an inkwell of inlaid lys that had actually come from Weep some five hundred years ago. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Yes, turtle doves and swans aren’t the only animals that mate for life. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sylvester had always said that swans were terribly moody creatures. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z They had feathers, and heads and beaks not unlike swans’, but those wings were situated one in front of the other, surely... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Once the two travellers passed under a swan. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course. Their great-uncle had five pools with swans. And falcons in the roof.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The memo heralded the end of an era, the swan song of the Band of Sisters. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If I could get there, I would stash the swan in her barn until the war was over. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I have always been fond of swans. No other bird is half so beautiful, this side of the Summer Isles.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t you swan off like that until I’ve finished with you!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of li wide, stretching their necks toward America. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came lamprey pie, honeyed ham, buttered carrots, white beans and bacon, and roast swan stuffed with mushrooms and oysters. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wish I could say it was a perfect swan dive. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Lake swans unfurled tremendous necks to get a glimpse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then Adelaide stood in front of Hazel, positioned her own feet, stuck her arm in the air in an arc like a swan’s neck, and bent her legs so she slowly dropped toward the ground. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I watch the swans until they start spreading their wings and my heart goes heavy inside my chest. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z We walked along beside the lake and saw the swans and the many gulls and terns that flew up when you came close and screamed while they looked down at the water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It was headed clear in the opposite direction, but I had a perfect view of the gold swan painted on its side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was a swan, but with no swan inside. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z If she could steal beauty from swans, even for a moment, maybe there was some kind of hope. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that I was wearing a gray T-shirt—a goose among swans. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Wearing soft, loose clothing of vampire-bat wool, he swanned around his palaces with a bowl of palm wine or chicha, a sweet, muddy, beer-like drink usually made from crushed maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Not the nut brown of the Summer Islanders on their swan ships, nor the red-brown of the Doth- raki horselords, nor the charcoal-and-earth color of the dusky woman’s skin, but black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His snowy cloak was clasped at the throat by two swans on a silver brooch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Next came a ram and a three-headed elephant, a giant swan, and a graceful antelope. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A man said that he was operating a swan boat with a radio pressed to his ear; a woman had been baking rolls for her grandchildren. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She wondered if she should do a swan dive or just slip off the edge. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Even in the low light, the amber swan glistened and shimmered. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I carefully arranged the straw over the swan and slid the top of the small crate back into place. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There was murder and intrigue and Ferris wheels in the desert, and a house full of swans, a sapphire blue river, and a chest full of gold doubloons—we’ll get to all that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The swan stretched his wings out as far as they would go. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She was whispering to her gold swan pin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Ducks heckled the swan, but a swan only notices what it wishes to. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You can’t just kill a swan and wrap yourself in its skin, you know. It takes something from you. In her case it took the thing that she wanted most.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The myrtle was her tree; the dove her bird—sometimes, too, the sparrow and the swan. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “We won’t have anything to do,” she said, “and I swan- nee if I’ll sit here for an hour and listen to you, Jem Finch.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A big white swan full of little children approached my bench, then turned around a bosky islet covered with ducks and paddled back under the dark arch of the bridge. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My first ball gown was white net, with pale gray swan feathers scattered over it, each one kept in place with a sequin. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She had legs, she had arms, she had a swan neck dangling uselessly behind her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They wore jewelry made of shell and swans’-down earrings and chignons spiked with eagle feathers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It is called the “swan grebe” with reason, for it glides with scarcely a ripple across the lake surface, the body riding low, white neck and shining black head held high. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The witch motioned to one of the chairs in a long, graceful gesture that made Adelaide’s swan arms look jerky and pained in comparison. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But then I would see her smile and take a swan dive into her eyes, and the bad moment would be gone. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It was like the makeover scenes in my American movies, where they take the dorky guy or girl, fix the hair and change the clothes, and the ugly duckling becomes the swan. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “PLEASE!” he shouted as a paper swallow went for his eyes and two paper swans bit his feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Once, while dancing a piece from Swan Lake, she’d cried, so overcome by the beauty of it that she felt as if she really were the dying swan. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The ugly duckling grows into a swan, Pinocchio becomes a boy. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Are my swan bumps caused by nervousness, the chilly Berkshire air in the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, or haunting memories? Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion refused the swan, which reminded him of a supper with his sister. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The agent did a few more dives, a backward twisting one-and-a-half, a half-gainer, and a beautiful soaring swan dive, all of them executed in what appeared to be an effortless manner. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, you’re out here, getting the photographers to chase you, swanning around like you hate the attention, which you clearly don’t since you’re dancing with my sister, of all people,” Alex says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Black Swan Green hasn't got any swans. That's the village joke.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Arianne touched the pin that clasped his cloak, with its quarreling swans. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well, I declare. I declare, Hoyt, don’t you beat all!” she said finally, and then, “Well, I swan. Won’t Mary Toy have a fit!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “They might,” said Arianne, “but peacocks are vain, proud creatures, strutting about in all those gaudy colors. Give me a swan serene in white or beautiful in black.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He won’t say who they are, but one, it may now be revealed, rhymes with “swan.” Will the Old Gay Play Have Something New to Say? 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z In the final act, swans in black mingle with those in white as they glide across the stage pausing every now and then to form pictures — and gorgeous ones at that. Review: In Miami, a ‘Swan Lake’ That Blasts Off the Cobwebs 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z As a swan stretched its gray wings, sending ripples over the water’s metallic shimmer, she pressed a flash drive into his damp palm, squeezing his hand gently. Exclusive: An Excerpt from Valerie Plame’s Upcoming Spy Thriller 2013-05-28T19:43:55Z It’s a classic travel fantasy: flying to another country to learn a language through a combination of classes and swanning around, ordering meals at sidewalk cafes, shopping at street markets, slipping into darkened theaters. Want to Learn French? Italian? Russian? There’s No Time Like the Present 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z But once night falls and the swans enter, it’s mesmerizing; a perfect use of the otherworldly quality of ballet movement. A gorgeous, gliding ‘Swan Lake’ at PNB 2013-04-15T21:42:06Z If you remember the swan boats in carnival tunnel of love rides or for rent in fancy city ponds, the swan bed is like that, but a bed. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin": How to be Gothic, from creepy manors to severe housekeepers 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z The new Streets website – which is more of a blog, really – principally contains odd videos of swans dying and badly edited pieces about why Skinner doesn't like owning a phone. Mike Skinner needs you (to write his new music) 2010-11-22T13:01:00Z Edwardian England is often described as an imperial swan song of big dinners and hot summers brought to an abrupt close by the great war. West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West by Lorna Gibb – review 2013-04-07T08:01:02Z In the course of learning to still her mind long enough to watch swans, finches and herons, she begins to ponder subjects like regret, roaming, waiting, smallness. Photos, Gardens, Birds, Trees: What’s Happening in the Great Outdoors 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z “We’re creating animal hybrids with these, like putting swan wings on a gazelle,” he says. | Alexis Bittar Heads West 2010-12-08T14:00:00Z Yet when Emma begins swanning around some blooms while imperiously instructing a maid about which flower to cut, the scene economically summons up a world and an attitude of careless, unconscious privilege. ‘Emma’ Review: Back on the Manor, but Still Clueless 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The swan was our first foray into automation. The Story of a Production That Changed the Metropolitan Opera 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The Swan Upping is conducted each year to tally swans, and in particular their cygnet offspring, claimed by the British monarch. UK’s royal swan census resumes on river after pandemic pause 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The tradition, dating back to the 12th century, originally was a way for the monarchy to ensure a supply of swan meat to serve at feasts and banquets. UK’s royal swan census resumes on river after pandemic pause 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z A baseball mitt cutter also becomes a swan, a hamburger and a cookie jar. Patti Paige and her cookie cutters transform treats into whimsy The Dark World continues the story line of those earlier films and bursts into life only when the villain is swanning his way to Doomsday. Thor: The Dark World: A God-Awful Villain Steals the Thunder 2013-11-06T23:49:43Z Finally a major New York ballet company has a black swan. Push for Diversity in Ballet Turns to Training the Next Generation 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z To Mr. Janzen she called out: “Don’t look like you’re trying to catch the swan! Don’t follow her — let her go. It’s not ‘Swan Lake’ at all.” A Balanchine Muse and Star Returns to New York City Ballet 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Initial critics were quite surprised by the result and later loved my swan leg choucroute. Style Invitational Week 1436: Haven’t seen it — new plots for movie titles 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z No dinner and a show, no cheeseburgers at 2 a.m., no jumbotron, no towels folded into swans. Want to see Alaska’s wilderness up close? The UnCruise goes where the big cruise ships can’t. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z No need to get too carried away: Juul isn't, even musically speaking, the kind of guy to meticulously plan a quasi-political serial killing or set fire to your swans. This week's new live music 2013-01-26T06:00:08Z As his new American wife, Kate, Carissa Castaldo swanned around with her elegant parasol, the picture of unconcern at the tragedy unfolding before her. Magical restraint lets Seattle Opera's 'Butterfly' take wing 2012-05-06T20:11:05Z Paul de Man was a swan in a family of geese. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z Bourne, best known for his sensational “Swan Lake” with its bare-chested male swans, was last at the Kennedy Center in 2013 with his version of “Sleeping Beauty.” Ballet and Bernstein: Kennedy Center reveals more of 2017-18 season 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Who doesn’t want to swan around in a plush hotel robe en route to a relaxing hot-stone massage? Mom, I Need a Break 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Kent, a former star with the New York City Ballet, tells an entertaining tale of a swan who eventually wins a star spot in a ballet production — "Swan Lake," of course. Animals roll out barrels of fun in new picture books 2012-03-17T03:54:53Z He swept across the floor, doing his version of balletic swan arms — shoulders forward, muscles visible — improvising spins on his knees and bowing his legs, his ankles swiveling. Lil Buck Expands Jookin’s World 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The corps of swan maidens is lovely but never on a tragic scale. Dance Review: The Enduring Mysteries of a Swan Queen and the Maidens Who Share Her Fate 2011-06-28T21:55:07Z Antonio Giovannini brought plaintive humor to the countertenor song sung by a miserable swan recalling life on his beloved lake while he spins and roasts on a spit. Music Review: From Chicago, a ‘Carmina’ Opens Carnegie’s Season 2012-10-04T12:42:45Z But, when I think of Natalie Portman's solo as the black swan, for me the single most beautiful moment in a movie this year, I need to put it on this list. 10 favorite movies of 2010 ? plus 10 runners-up 2010-12-31T01:23:13Z From the Pechora delta on Russia’s north coast, she headed west and south across Siberia, before crossing 11 countries, including Finland, Poland and Germany, to the swans’ wintering grounds in Gloucestershire. 10 of the most inspiring adventures of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The ferocity of her attack, often in tiny details, changed the ballet’s winged imagery; this was not a swan but a hornet. Dance Review: Peter Martins?s ?Swan Lake? at New York City Ballet - Review 2011-09-14T22:29:22Z Körbes’ Black Swan was more feline than fiery, but no less dazzling, and her final moments of agony as the woman becomes a swan again were immensely moving. A gorgeous, gliding ‘Swan Lake’ at PNB 2013-04-15T21:42:06Z Mr. Angle, however, is at his best in such roles: just the act of looking for her amid the other swans becomes with him a moment of poetic drama. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at Koch Theater 2013-01-18T23:37:16Z Even the sad and the cruel stories have an exotic beauty: a prince turned into a wild swan, Thumbelina sleeping under flower petals, the Snow Queen’s kiss, and the little mermaid’s dance. This Week in Fiction: Yiyun Li on Fairy Tales 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The model was Mr. Hintnaus, who took a big swan dive into a pool as the finale of the River Oaks International Tennis Tournament and Tootsies fashion show. Calvin Klein Underwear Modeling: Career Springboard or Peak 2010-05-12T23:36:00Z As we left the dock, swans circled fallen leaves in sparkles of sunlight, and then scattered when the barge rumbled away. In France, Impressions of Pissarro on a River Journey 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Back in the day, no aristocratic woman swanned about unadorned. ‘Downton Abbey’ merchandise 2013-12-31T22:34:27Z He obtained swan eggs from zoos, and once the cygnets hatched, he transported them to a farm, where his small staff of bird experts watched over them. DANCE: Choreography With Real Swans 2012-06-03T04:30:53Z “People ask questions about the swan, and it focuses people more on what is in store.” Have Some Art With Your Handbag 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z During the poetic passage when the prince searches for Odette through the ranks of stationary swan maidens, the spell is broken by four of them regrouping into new poses. Dance Review: The Enduring Mysteries of a Swan Queen and the Maidens Who Share Her Fate 2011-06-28T21:55:07Z He began his career with a Web site and zine, asianpunkboy.com, and quickly morphed into an art-world darling, known for swanning around in white furs and generally acting out. Art Review: Crawling for Peace in a Not-Quite Salt Mine 2011-03-10T16:30:07Z He began the solo kneeling, and he ended it by returning to this kneeling position and then folding over in a resting swan position. Jookin in Memphis, Celebrated 2012-11-18T04:50:46Z Ever since its watershed staging of “Chicago” in 1996, Encores! has acquired a reputation for turning former lame ducklings into high-flying swans. Theater Review: Sondheim?s ?Merrily We Roll Along? in Encores! Staging 2012-02-09T23:44:16Z Octopussy was set largely in contemporary India, though you would be forgiven for thinking Bond was swanning around the Raj. Not licensed to offend: a new Bond museum will cut the sexism and casual racism 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s mildly amusing to watch Ifans swan about in a pageant crown and cape when he shows the contestants how to walk onstage. ‘Misbehaviour’ Review: Pretty Women, Some Pretty Angry 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Like so many of its ejectees, it’s leaving the stage with one last swan song before the credits, at once lauded and bum-rushed. The End of ‘American Idol,’ TV’s Last Cultural Big Tent 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z There is no explanation or suggestion as to why Carter returned again and again to certain images—the Greek myth of Leda and the swan, for example. An overdue biography of Angela Carter 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Its sound is similar to that of a swan whooping with a constricted windpipe. A Song in His Heart. It Was for Her. 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Weeks later, the swan and a number of other inflatable animals reappeared at Swift’s famous Fourth of July party. Swans. Pineapples. Angel wings. How the novelty pool float conquered Instagram. 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z It was interesting to see the Old World lusciousness with which they approached Gade and Mendelssohn preserved, in pared-down fashion, in “Abgesänge,” an alluring collection of brittle but lyrical swan songs. Review: Danish Piano Trio Shares Well-Loved Sounds and Little-Known Gems 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Siegfried looks at their white dresses hopefully as if — who knows? — they might be the swan corps that still haunts his thoughts. Dance Review: The Mariinsky Presents Its Shimmering ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-01-31T22:42:57Z There are two kinds of ticket holders: those who worry about being fair to their neighbor months before the playoffs even begin, and those who swan off to the World Series without a second thought. Social Q's: Asking for It? 2010-07-30T22:05:00Z In fact, the Smiths — inarguably one of the biggest cult alternative acts in the U.S. — broke up in 1987, making their forward-sounding final album, “Strangeways Here We Come,” a posthumous swan song. Why 1987 remains the most important moment in alternative rock 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan. Adam Foulds salutes Romantic Moderns, winner of the Guardian first book award 2010-12-02T14:09:00Z When she first appears, defending her sister swans from the hunting party, it's with a warrior gleam in her eyes. Royal Ballet: Swan Lake – review 2012-10-11T17:07:35Z Squeezing 16 swans on the Harman stage was risky, but the dancers mostly managed, and it was impressive to see a full classical ballet scene — rather than a competition solo — at Velocity. At VelocityDC Dance Festival, a high-stepping, toe tapping blend of styles They looked instead, at least to this alien eye, like a superimposed and insincere idea of old Bolshoi swan deportment. Dance Review | National Ballet of Cuba: ?Swan Lake? From the National Ballet of Cuba 2010-04-04T22:19:00Z After brooding over the problem, Asimov came up with the Mule, a mutant telepath who uses mind control to conquer the galaxy — a black swan that Hari Seldon could never have foreseen. What Isaac Asimov Taught Us About Predicting the Future 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Anyway, she said, "I was a duckling. I wasn't elegant enough to be a swan." Joanne Carson's Capote-edited memoir chapter still in limbo 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The annual count of the swan population began Tuesday at Eton Bridge over the River Thames in Windsor, west of London. UK’s royal swan census resumes on river after pandemic pause 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z “Bill reminds me of the swan. His feet are moving like crazy under the water.” A Big Hollywood Premiere That Was a Long Time Coming 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Like the androgyny of male and female swans in tutus or long skirts, the idea of mixing is given rather than explored. Review: Dada Masilo’s ‘Swan Lake’ Offers Ill-Fated Love With a Twist 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z He's full of odd, jerky arm movements, spends a lot of time picking swan feathers off himself, and is given to darting off stage suddenly or lying down in a fetal position when under stress. Review: Kaufmann triumphs as La Scala's Lohengrin 2012-12-12T13:42:19Z As one David Beckham-like Adonis swanned by, a woman turned to her friend and said, “He’s just my type.” On the Runway Blog: Boys in Briefs 2011-09-08T18:39:46Z Once it was possible to swan from one show to the next, start a rumble or two, collect a check, then repeat. Television Review: It?s Hard Out Here for a Reality-Show Celebrity 2011-07-08T22:09:39Z Her swan princess is a tragic creature, aware long before the naïve Siegfried that they cannot live happily on this earth. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Swan Lake? Shows Freedom and Its Cost 2010-06-23T22:09:00Z A man tugs on a rope that strings together a whole family of tiny mechanical swans, and fake eyelashes are adjusted on a boombox. Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer return to TV with Lucky Sexy Winners 2012-08-17T23:05:00Z The upping dates back to the 12th century when the English crown first claimed ownership of all mute swans, then considered a delicacy that would be served at royal banquets. Queen Elizabeth owns how many swans? Annual count gets underway 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z First it was the swans, next week it’s everyone’s favorite dreamer. Dance Listings for July 18-20 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z He doesn’t bellow at the pool at the Hotel du Cap or swan around at premieres. Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Highlights from Stravinsky’s “Firebird,” followed by his earlier “Fireworks,” tried to illustrate — or so a voice-over claimed — the metamorphosis of 12 dancers from black swans into red firebirds. Dance Review: Illustrious Local Compatriot Contributes to a Troupe?s New York Visit 2011-08-16T21:52:58Z "Good evening and welcome to the last 'Larry King Live'," the 77-year-old broadcast icon said at the outset of his hourlong swan song. Larry King ends CNN stint with nostalgia, family 2010-12-17T04:08:22Z The titular character of this Hans Christian Andersen adaptation positively glows — and not just because he eventually discovers that he’s really a beautiful swan. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z “When the Bannon film first came out, I thought that was going to be the end of me, that this was my swan song,” Morris told me. “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Important parts of the action occur in a sanatorium, where the psychotic Odette is guarded by nuns; the even more important parts happen in her mind, where she dreams of ballet and swans. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ by Australian Ballet at Koch Theater 2012-06-17T22:05:37Z Maybe that’s what Pixie Geldof, the British socialite and model, had in mind when she went gray for a fashion party in London last month, affecting the icy hauteur of a society swan. Young Trendsetters Streak Their Hair With Gray 2010-04-01T18:37:00Z Being third swan from the left, while you are an important piece, it is also a role that becomes internalized. Dance Luminaries Weigh in on the Conspicuous Absence of Female Choreographers 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z He stalks it through museums and galleries on both coasts as if he were David Attenborough tracking a curious swan. Review: David Salle’s ‘How to See,’ a Painter’s Guide to Looking at and Discussing Art 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z It has been called Tin Pan Alley’s swan song; one of the last true hits produced before rock ‘n’ roll took over the airwaves. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z I was standing in a lovely meadow on the other side of the river, wondering what the swans would do when the race started, and suddenly boats began to appear around the bend. Rowing for Jesus, and other activities for a Parents’ Weekend abroad 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Most magical moment: Natalie Portman's solo as the black swan near the end of "Black Swan," as art and madness and Tchaikovsky blend for one of the most wildly beautiful dance sequences ever filmed. From 'Easy A' to 'You Again': Highs and lows of the movie year 2010-12-30T23:51:32Z Birmingham Rep's Rachel Kavanaugh makes her swan song with Lucy Caldwell's new play, which heads out on tour after this premiere. This week's new theatre 2011-02-26T00:07:52Z Perhaps, the novel seems to suggest, this is how a mind can break, folding in on itself, elaborate as an origami swan, until it is torn apart. A Life Altered by War and Transmuted Into Fiction 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z But the most haunting feature of the production is the female corps de ballet of enchanted swan maidens by the lake. Dance Review: The Mariinsky Presents Its Shimmering ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-01-31T22:42:57Z Barry Humphries may be 80, and this may or may not be his alter ego's swan song, but comedy is still a contact sport for the Australian entertainer. Dame Edna offers 'Glorious,' cheeky zaniness at Ahmanson 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z “We don’t tend to swan around in yachts or anything like that,” says Brooker. Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z What follows is a graceful swan dive into the question of how a family rearranges itself after the death of a child. How Does a Family Change After Losing a Child? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z In Murphy's remake the swans no longer represent a poetic, supernatural fantasy but, rather, a symptom of mental illness — a deranged hallucination. Australian Ballet's 'Swan Lake' a royal disconnect 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z It was like seeing a black swan made out of razor blades or something. Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z Dunst tried to overcome her jet lag and hung out at the hotel pool, where she sipped Bellinis with her brother and watched elderly, moneyed Italians swan about. There’s Always Been More to Kirsten Dunst 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “This is not because I’m going to retire and this is my swan song,” he told Toronto. In ‘The Fabelmans,’ Steven Spielberg Himself Is the Star 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z One of the movie’s most enduring scenes showed her swanning through Rome’s darkened streets, then wading in a strapless dress into the Trevi Fountain as if it were a private bath. Anita Ekberg, Swedish bombshell of ‘La Dolce Vita,’ dies at 83 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z The comic Catherine Cohen, 27, frequently asks her audience this question, and the way she swans around the stage tells you she finds the answer self-evident. Instead of Killer Punchlines, Killer Choruses 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Its heroine retreats to her distorted idea of ballet and swans when she can’t deal with real life, but the swan aspect is entirely incidental. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ by Australian Ballet at Koch Theater 2012-06-17T22:05:37Z Throughout the dance, Ms. Copeland keeps shifting shape, her sinuous arms suggesting a ballet swan one moment and a street dancer the next. Kyle Abraham Wants You to See Another Side of Misty Copeland 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The prince goes alone to the lake; therefore neither he nor Odette ask his companions not to shoot her swan maidens. Mariinsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z When it came to the evening clothes, though, a different signal bleeped through the yards of embroidered gazar and taffeta, as well as a strapless dress of pure white swan’s down. Fashion Review: Take One Last Look 2010-09-18T02:18:00Z She then seemed to start reflecting on whether “The Visit” might be a swan song. Chita Rivera and Roger Rees to Star in 'The Visit' on Broadway 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z You’ll remember the principal characters, and may recall, with a cackle or a shudder, some of the details of their swan dives from grace. Rachel Dratch in ‘Tail! Spin!,’ a Political Comedy of Errors 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z “Maybe this is the swan song for all of us,” he said, even though it’s not real and “inside a computer”. Over-40 actors still fighting the ageism that stymied Judy Garland 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z This year another team is even going swan diving with Boston: the Atlanta Braves. The Red Sox and Braves' Swoon: Behind a Baseball Collapse 2011-09-23T11:55:00Z Polished swans will dance the night away at the verdant Bronx location. Talked-About Parties and Openings for the Coming Week in N.Y.C. 2011-12-07T21:38:22Z This year’s crop includes familiar faces who shook up their sounds, newcomers who made big impressions and the swan song of a beloved Seattle jazzman. 16 of the best Seattle albums from 2021 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Then he must leave her, but first he invokes a miracle that frees Gottfried from Ortrud's spell and changes him back from a swan. Review: Kaufmann triumphs as La Scala's Lohengrin 2012-12-12T13:42:19Z That’s why when they’re back in the boat seven years later rowing through, like, a thousand swans, he says the birds will “go back where they came from” like he assumes she will. 9 Reasons The Notebook Still Sucks 10 Years Later 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Nearly 60 years after its first tour — which featured sets by a young Robert Rauschenberg — it will offer its swan song on another set by Mr. Arsham. Daniel Arsham on Designing Sets for Merce Cunningham 2011-12-28T23:20:52Z I thought it was my swan song when I was 33. Director Maria Aitken, keeping Coward’s blithe spirit alive Apple has announced the last remaining model, the iPod Touch, will be its swan song; it's discontinuing the product. RIP Apple iPod: As technology becomes obsolete, it becomes nostalgic 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z In the nocturnal Act II, a hunt for swans leads him and his friend Benno to the lakeside. ‘Swan Lake’ Discoveries Allow for a Deeper Dive Into Its History 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z The details—including laser-cut swans—in this red ensemble are fantastic. 2012 Golden Globes: The Best and Worst Dressed 2012-01-16T02:05:32Z They may have been lambasted for trying to “sound black,” but their albums — especially the epochal “Gentleman” and their swan song “1965” — are beholden to no particular scene and have aged remarkably well. Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli: “Writing songs is the greatest gift I could give myself” 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z The speakers, facing the audience, begin to stir up a commotion, courtesy of Keith O Brien’s sound design; it reverberates like a flock of angry swans and ends with fierce flapping. Dance Review: No Moving to Speak of, but Plenty of Speaking 2010-12-17T22:40:02Z In one number, about a dozen cast members—including one man—swan out in Mackie’s most ostentatious creations. A Lifetime of Dressing Cher 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “It costs about $10,000 per year to feed and care for Lakeland’s domestic swans.” Florida city selling swans because of overpopulation 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z The show’s original premise about life as a fat woman gets revisited in an early doctor’s examination scene in the new season, but overall it’s less the focus of the show’s swan song. Seattle writer Lindy West on the final season of Hulu’s ‘Shrill’ and what she’s working on next 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z The acquisition is something of a swan song for Mr. Dodson, who announced in April that he would retire in 2011. Schomburg Center Acquires Maya Angelou Archive 2010-10-26T20:15:00Z He ran with a pack of slender, moneyed partygoers, swanning from restaurant to night club to onion-soup breakfast, in a Franco-Wodehousian haze of cash and champagne. The Perfect Thanksgiving Cocktail Is the Boulevardier 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z He bows down to the regally curving neck of the swan before it has sagged over, mimicking a ballet swan. Dance Review: Meg Stuart?s ?Blessed,? at New York Live Arts - Review 2012-01-14T00:28:29Z But of course he’s not a bird because she’s a pretty swan with money and opportunities, and he’s a land-bound animal without a cent to his name. 9 Reasons The Notebook Still Sucks 10 Years Later 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Peacocks, swans, fish and turtles are due to arrive any day to add some fauna to a courtyard garden, and an insect wrangler is breeding thousands of praying mantises. 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Leblanc, handsome but remote, seemed more drawn to the swirling harmony of the swans than to any one swan in particular. Review: Hungarian National Ballet Opens With a Stale ‘Swan Lake’ 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z No special ballerina fingers and no flutterings of grief or protest: just a boy swan on the floor, head down, arms over his extended leg, finding a final stillness. Jookin in Memphis, Celebrated 2012-11-18T04:50:46Z In the film Nina goes through a metamorphosis onstage, from sweet swan to a thrashing, rabid, seething one, complete with feathers. Natalie Portman: Becoming a ballerina for 'Black Swan' not easy 2010-12-02T21:56:00Z In the filmmaker’s “Festival of Beauty,” part of a tribute to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, athletes tumble, horserace and swan dive to a soaring classical score. “Dapper” and dangerous: The ugly history of glamorizing white nationalism 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z The city is expecting to sell between 16 and 20 swans to get the flock where it needs to be. Florida city selling swans because of overpopulation 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z The spring birder may see trumpeter swans, secretive vesper sparrows, indigo buntings and blue-winged warblers. Birds by the Billions: A Guide to Spring’s Avian Parade 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Her arms never waver but whirl through the air with the grace of a swan. Performing artists stay fit between auditions 2010-08-17T16:10:00Z If the specter of death haunted this wistful, articulate swan song, prospects of preservation and renewal were also at hand. Critic’s Notebook: Robert Ashley’s Work Lives On at the Whitney Biennial 2014-04-14T21:19:51Z At the end of the film “Billy Elliot,” the title character is about to leap onstage, not as a prince, but as Mr. Bourne’s swan. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z “It’s not ornament anymore; it becomes a story,” said Charlotte Vignon, the exhibition’s curator, standing before a pair of hissing swans whose angry gold wings upheld two potpourri vases. Our Midas Moment, From Galleries to Artisans 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But, unlike the majority of well-known people with a reality show pedigree, she is instead following in the tradition of coifed high-society swans of the past. Olivia Palermo Got a Lot Out of That Internship 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z They greet the public with either the high-stepping prance of a show pony or the slow-motion grace of a swan. ‘You can be unapologetically black’: How Miss Black America has endured 50 years 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The jeweler Stephen Webster opened a store in London’s Mayfair neighborhood in May that has opposite the door a taxidermied swan in full flight, with wings outstretched, greeting his visitors. Have Some Art With Your Handbag 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The honor — and crystal swan of Avon — typically goes to an actor or director with serious theatrical chops, as well as pop culture gravitas. From ‘Coriolanus’ to ‘Game of Thrones,’ Charles Dance is acting royalty 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z He went out with two good, virtually unclassifiable pictures — his swan songs of amorality, law and order. Lumet, his films embodied grace under fire 2011-04-10T19:29:00Z Then British chef Jamie Oliver swanned in to fix it, and that started a conversation. Perspective | When the pandemic ends, a healthier ‘normal’ could help our obesity crisis. Here’s how to create it. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z The wicked magician Rothbart is transformed into the Queen of the Night, who has possibly had a liaison with the Prince’s father and is thus possibly the father of the black swan. Jean-Christophe Maillot Brings ‘Lac’ to City Center 2014-03-13T22:17:53Z Mitchell’s Carolyn is a spitfire in a bathrobe; Graham’s swanning Veronika is hugely watchable; and Hutchinson’s script, which could benefit from another draft, at least keeps the repartee and conflict bowling along. Dancing some pleasing duets at the Contemporary American Theater Festival In less dramatic terms, it's the day that Icelandic musician Björk debuted her swan dress at the Oscars. An appreciation of Björk's swan dress, 20 years later 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Both of her most recent films, “Let the Sunshine In” and “High Life,” include moments in which Juliette Binoche dances by herself: arms stretched behind her, neck swanned, mouth slightly open and eyes gently closed. Dancing with Claire Denis 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z When police officers arrived, he offered them swan terrine. Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer and ‘Master of the Queen’s Music,’ dies at 81 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Mesolithic infants have been found buried with their heads resting on swans' wings. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z Her aim was to draw attention to the decline of the UK’s smallest, shyest species of swan. 10 of the most inspiring adventures of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z An emotional Miller could barely make it through her swan song, a rendition of former "Idol" contestant Colton Dixon's "Never Gone." 'American Idol' down to final 2 singers 2013-05-10T02:31:09Z She can swan like a high-strung society diva. Patti Smith?s Eye for Fashion 2010-03-19T20:41:00Z SAT Wildlife biologist hosts program on white swans and best places to view them, 1 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-12-04T23:56:57Z After a while, swans appear, wearing the white tutus associated with the ballet, but half of them are male. Review: Dada Masilo’s ‘Swan Lake’ Offers Ill-Fated Love With a Twist 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The ballet’s final act should give us the full drama and beauty of the couple’s sacrifice, magnified by the swan maiden corps. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Swan Lake? Shows Freedom and Its Cost 2010-06-23T22:09:00Z It’s a place where one can easily imagine Capote’s swans lunching in a quiet corner or Mad Men types supping on rib-eye steaks and tipping back martinis. Ralph Lauren's Polo Bar Debuts In Manhattan 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Either journey gives spectacular views and there’s a chance of seeing bison, coyotes, wolves, elk, trumpeter swans and otters. The glory of Yellowstone national park in winter 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z But, in a nuance only the most observant viewers could see, the lighting slowly changes on Odette, the swan queen, as she begins to fall in love with a prince. Pacific Northwest Ballet's Rico Chiarelli lights the way 2010-12-03T21:21:00Z The only swan dive that rivals it in rock annals was the Sex Pistols’ supposed final concert in San Francisco, to cap their first North American tour in 1978. Replacements reunion: Genius or folly? 2013-07-12T18:03:00Z He pulled it together for the dance though, floating across like the floor like a gigantic gay swan, extending his pretty wings and taking graceful flight while the ladies of America swooned. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Evan goes butch 2010-05-04T12:05:00Z Staged on a vast scale, with a corps of 60 swans and a horde of tumbling, juggling extras, this is Swan Lake as spectacle. English National Ballet: Swan Lake – review 2013-06-13T16:52:38Z The city of Lakeland, Fla., will be selling some of its swans after its annual “Swan Roundup” next week. Florida city selling swans because of overpopulation 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z "If it's a meditative slow movement, then I'll see moonlit calm, or a swan flying over lakes." Rachel Podger 2010-12-09T21:31:00Z In pre-season interviews, the show’s creator Matthew Weiner has talked about giving each character his or her little swan song of a goodbye. 'Mad Men' Recap: Misplaced Nostalgia 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z As breakfast was served, a woman in a white sundress swanned by to pat a bit of it on the back of everyone’s hand with a small paddle. Skin Deep: How La Prairie Unveils New Cosmetics 2010-06-30T20:57:00Z This lavishly decorated boutique hotel in the Marais was inspired by Joséphine and her affinity for leopard skin, swans and roses. Discovering Joséphine Bonaparte in Martinique, Italy and France 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z While to my left, on the other side of the rope, a sea of recognisable faces swanned by as flashbulbs popped. Winner's diary 2011-02-28T16:48:07Z Is Friday's concert a swan song for Chicago Jazz Ensemble? Willis Earl Beal makes music out of loneliness 2012-04-03T17:09:00Z But she befriends the teenaged King Edward VI, who swans in wearing a massive fur and velvet hat brimming with ostrich feathers and a sprig of gumball-sized pearls "en tremblant". Grey areas 2010-08-26T08:28:00Z The eponymous show, running through June 7, features sound installations, music videos, instruments and costumes, including the infamous swan dress that the Icleandic pop star once wore to the Academy Awards ceremony. Matthew Barney at MOCA vs. Bjork at MoMA 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z It concerns the trials of a young girl attempting to reverse the transformation of her brothers into beautiful swans. Ch-ch-changes 2010-07-29T11:27:00Z His mural incorporates bright colors and local treasures: the manor house, Martin Ware pottery, the green spaces that soothed so many during the pandemic, the canal’s regal swans, as well as the proud hashtag “#OurSouthall.” A Journey Across London on the Elizabeth Line 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Shortly after Song took her bow in Disney Hall, Waldorf, her tall frame lithe and fluid, danced the role of the black swan from "Swan Lake." Students' arts dedication puts them in Spotlight at Disney Hall 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z It's moving to see these young and in many cases very inexperienced swans face the challenge of a four-act ballet on pointe. Swan Lake – review 2013-06-15T23:05:23Z Buried within the 13 sections of solos and duets are arabesques, beaten jumps, supported pirouettes and arms crossed at the wrists — yes, like a swan — that retreat into the foggy landscape like flashbacks. Dance Review: Sylvie Guillem in ?6000 Miles Away? at David H. Koch Theater 2012-04-06T00:34:01Z “They want to take an entire day hike, and go to Ward Lake and watch the white swans,” she said. Revelry and Unease in Alaska as Cruises Return 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Dressed in shades of plum and midnight tulle and feathers, she was an elegant swan gliding slowly and calmly into the dark. Marc Jacobs marks a poetic end to a fashion season of reassuring upheaval 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z On Tuesday morning, Lakeland’s Parks Division will be “carefully gathering the swans” into large holding pens where they’ll wait until their check-ups starting on Wednesday morning. Florida city selling swans because of overpopulation 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z After months of speculation, the news came less than 48 hours after a runway show from the Italian designer Riccardo Tisci — a collection that proved to be his swan song with the British luxury house. Burberry Names Daniel Lee as Its Chief Creative Officer 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z On the way out they gave me a tinfoil swan filled with sweets for my ride home. | Karen Mulligan of Pret-à-Surf’s Whirlwind Oscars Week 2014-03-05T00:18:47Z The first day we had planned to see the Coorong, a national park that is a vast estuary and home to cormorants, spoonbills, black swans and other water birds. In Australia, Driving the Great Ocean Road 2011-04-08T19:24:55Z Though she lived with emus, black swans, sheep, gazelles, antelopes, and llamas at Malmaison, it is said that she died of a broken heart. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XIII 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z One popular element of medieval feasts was a roasted peacock or swan, presented in full plumage and spouting flames from its beak. The Biggest Feasts Ever 2010-06-29T21:20:00Z I call them up, hoping they'll spit with rage down the phone about the dreadful woman who came swanning into their lives in her big Audi. TV review: Country House Rescue 2011-08-18T20:05:01Z Where the traditional staging enchants with swans, demons and spells, most modern adaptations play up the psychosexual. | Swan Lake 2010-10-11T16:00:00Z He believes his ill-starred 13th feature will be his movie swan song. Lars von Trier on filmmaking and fear: ‘Sometimes, alcohol is the only thing that will help’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Similarly in Saint Saens's Carnival of the Animals, you can imagine the dumpy elephants in the double bass section, or the elegant swan, gliding along during the cello tune. Why aren't there more musical instruments in children's books? 2012-09-28T17:21:46Z The role of Debbie, a boundaryless hugger who swans around her son’s suburban home as if it’s her own personal retirement community, inverts the “Nanny” dynamic: Now the kids have to take care of her. Fran Drescher, Millennial Whisperer 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “After that there is nothing more,” the swan song reads in part. Books of The Times: Detective Meets His End, Sort Of 2011-03-27T22:37:55Z It is a bit of a vanity project: but the sight of these two guys and their great big swan is surreal and funny. Swandown – review 2012-07-19T20:30:00Z To be sure, his swan song is also providing comedy. Jon Stewart doesn’t give a damn anymore: Why the “Daily Show” host has never been more watchable 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z So Hunter will tour with the guitarist and keyboard player who joined Mott for its anticlimactic 1974 swan song, “The Hoople.” Reunion Tour! The Band Is Back! Wait, Who Are These Guys? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Capitol grounds and his two swan songs, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair grounds and the grounds around George Vanderbilt's gargantuan North Carolina Biltmore estate. 'Genius of Place': the restless genius of Frederick Law Olmsted, America's first landscape architect 2011-06-22T19:04:05Z So sunny that everyone swans around in tiny dresses and silly hats, oblivious to the obvious sun damage that they're all clearly suffering from. Can TV's returning Birds of a Feather cope in Towie's Essex of today? 2013-06-18T12:12:30Z You close in on a tree, a couple of resting travellers, a swan in a pond, the towers of a small town. Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin: the odd couple 2011-07-06T15:00:01Z In glamorous gowns and shining turbans, Nina swans in and out of the proceedings with some regularity, the friendship between her and Shlomo a touchstone in both their lives. Theater Review: ‘Soul Doctor,’ a Musical About Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach 2013-08-16T02:00:40Z I would love to see the Mariinsky Ballet's Swan Lake at Covent Garden, just to witness the famous chorus of Russian swans all moving in hypnotic harmony through the ice-blue light. We're all going on a ... 2011-07-30T23:04:12Z You’ll remember the story of The Ugly Duckling, about a swan who thought it was a duck. Operation Dumbo Drop to Mr Boogedy: the 10 strangest Disney films 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Fashion models do not swan between the tables advertising the latest styles, as they did in Corbitt’s day. Lunching at Neiman Marcus’s Zodiac Room, the One Place in Hudson Yards That Actually Feels Like New York 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Here they stretched those arms like proud swan wings, there they pranced in very emphatic clip-clop steps, like horses doing dressage. Dance Review | National Ballet of Cuba: ?Swan Lake? From the National Ballet of Cuba 2010-04-04T22:19:00Z Floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the zoo offered views of swans and fauna. Check In: Hotel Review: 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin 2014-05-07T16:24:21Z "The Hard Problem" is a 100-minute gallop, with no interval, through neurobiology, religion and improbable "black swan" events in financial markets that is both contemporary and timeless. Stoppard's new play lifts the lid on brain science 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z An elusive cello melody unfurled to delicately meshed pictures of swans and other white birds. Music Review: Bang on a Can All-Stars’ ‘Rimpa Reimagined’ 2012-12-10T23:08:45Z But Springsteen doubts he's got a sequel in him: "I think this is my swan song. I can't imagine writing another one." Bruce Springsteen talks depression, family and new memoir 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “I would search and search for footage of ‘Swan Lake’ with Baryshnikov as the swan. A Nonbinary Swan, on Pointe 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z It’s a tough and uncompromising swan song from a true modern master. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z The Dead’s swan song performances this summer boast a jam-packed bill, but fans will have to pony up big to get past the turnstile. Secondary Market Grateful Dead Tickets Averaging Over $2,000 After Saturday's On Sale 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The swans, meanwhile, several of whom have hairy chests visible above their tutus, throw themselves into their dances and their swan behavior with enchanting aggression. Review: The Trocks Delight With Fabulous Charm 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z "Celebration," a hilarious, haunting piece penned 40 years later, was his swan song. Theater review: 2 excellent one-acts open ACT Pinter Festival 2012-07-30T22:51:02Z For swan form is also the known zone to which she continually retreats for comfort. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z “For these operagoers, Mr. Moll wasn’t just an artist delivering his swan song; he was more like a departing relative who would be personally missed.” Kurt Moll, German Basso Profundo, Dies at 78 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z A more appealing way to enjoy the lake appeared when three standup paddle boarders glided by, silent as swans. Sahara-Level Sand Dunes, Mediterranean-Blue Water: Welcome to Michigan 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z “In many ways I hope this is my swan song,” he says, tapping a copy of his book. He quit the NFL for a career in math. It wasn’t just about the concussions. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The exhibition, on view until Feb. 19, is also a swan song for Babcock, who will retire next year after nearly three decades at the Morgan. In Search of Enheduanna, History’s First Named Author 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z At the song’s fortissimo climax—the moment of the silent swan’s sound, the woman’s confession—Bullock’s timbre took on a miraculous hue, merging with the color of the pianist Renate Rohlfing’s harmony. The Artistry of the Soprano Julia Bullock 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z For the Seattle Park Board, the slide of ’94 was the encore to a swan dive taken a year earlier by the city treasury with the economic Panic of 1893. The scene in Kinnear Park, 1900 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z "West Side Story," an early triumph for Laurents, would also be his swan song. 'West Side Story': A classic revived 2012-01-08T04:11:44Z In the ballet, the swan is a symbol of faithfulness. Swan expert Julia Newth on Swan Lake 2010-06-14T20:45:00Z “Instead of feeling like I have to be what other people look like, I’m going to be my own little swan.” Megan Fairchild, the Swan With the Screwball Spark 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z From the first, short snow-bunny outfits through the white swan tutu dress to the long gowns, Oscar de la Renta proved that the restraint he might have exercised during the last few seasons was over. Special Report: Fashion: Leaving the Big Country 2011-02-17T19:00:58Z This more conventional production is a fine showcase for ENB's promising depth of talent, from Ivanov's mass moonlit choreography for the corps de ballet of swans to the double ballerina role of Odette/Odile. This week's new theatre & dance 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z The lists include — although are not limited to — scented candles, celebrity chefs, Halloween, mindfulness, hedge funds, monogrammed shirts, cuff links, most young royals, colored bath towels, swans and saying bye-bye. Nicky Haslam’s House of Commons 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z While Mike’s solemn swan song will surely have more people clamoring this morning, I found myself equally moved and saddened by four pivotal scenes that show Walt hitting rock bottom. Breaking Bad Watch: Four Terrifying Glimpses of Walter White, Lost Cause 2012-08-27T16:09:22Z Director and scenic designer Roger Benington's minimal sets — mostly huge swans that move like days melting into memory — float in and out, both to ethereal and ironic effect. 'Glowworm': Funny, haunting and affirming 2011-04-18T21:59:04Z Perfecting something as seemingly simple as the undulating swan arms was one of Portman's greatest struggles. Natalie Portman: Becoming a ballerina for 'Black Swan' not easy 2010-12-02T21:56:00Z Otherwise, to increase your chances of swanning past the velvet serpent, strike a sartorial and attitudinal balance between entitlement and humility. Bo?te: Double Seven, a Bar in the Meatpacking District - NYC _ Review 2011-10-26T22:22:23Z Their paths cross in the search for true love, which features humpbacked princesses, Texan red-necked preachers, crystal swans, Wagnarian emotions and shotgun weddings. This week's new theatre 2010-07-02T23:06:00Z Or they were, at least, in the days before his big party, which some consider the writer’s unintended swan song, a final golden moment before he began a descent into drugs and drink. 50 Years Ago, Truman Capote Hosted the Best Party Ever 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z One week later, he returned to highbrow animals in a digital short, released online, that imagined what a swan inside a motel painting would say if he could talk. Meet Julio Torres, the New ‘S.N.L.’ Star No One Sees 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Terrified, she runs from this hunter, wheeling in huge arcs, like a swan taking to the air. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z It's a difficult role to carry off, but Justin Moorhouse manages it beautifully, so that we see the swan lurking under the Bolshevik beard. Zack ? review 2011-01-06T22:31:01Z It’s not hard to find kebabs in Delhi, but dining at Jammu and Kashmir House offers the special treat of eating from a ceramic plate with the state seal: a lotus and two swans. Journeys: In New Delhi, Sampling India?s Regional Foods 2010-04-07T20:17:00Z After all, Mom thought you were a swan even in your ugly-duckling days. 14 Mother’s Day Cards That Perfectly Sum Up Your Feelings 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z In 2005, Mr. Davies received a police warning after officers found the body of a swan — a protected species — at his home. Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer and ‘Master of the Queen’s Music,’ dies at 81 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Ivory swans fly through the air, tapering like elegant arrows as they mysteriously disappear overhead. Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind – review 2013-02-10T00:05:45Z American Ballet Theater’s “Swan Lake,” which wrapped up its performances at the Metropolitan Opera House on Wednesday, can feel choppy, as if its swans were pushing through water that becomes rougher with each passing year. At Ballet Theater, Visions of the Natural World and ‘Swan’ Debuts 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Also ducks and swans, moored houseboats and, depending on the season, either a lot of rain or a lot of wildflowers. In Search of Oxford 2014-03-21T16:22:35Z A few years ago I went to Pompei and saw these images of a woman and a swan and started looking into Greek and Roman mythology and found this story. Never mind the birdlore: the new face of folk music 2013-01-27T16:59:01Z When she raises her arms or bends forward, you observe with detachment; when the corps of swan maidens does the same, something in your own body answers. The Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ at the Lincoln Center Festival 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z It’s just that once Dalí and Gala swan in, they immediately and rightly become the only characters you want to spend time with. ‘Dalíland’ Review: Landscape With Vipers 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z How did you choose the songs for this swan song performance? Van Dyke Parks gives his 'final performance' on the piano 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z In the harvested corn fields, big flocks of muddy whooper swans were eating leftovers, but apart from them, not a bird sang. Home at Last in the Wind, Rain and Isolation of the North Sea Coast 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z If you’ve been to Stratford, you may find yourself emerging on Park Avenue a little disoriented, expecting to see swans gliding upon a river instead of taxis speeding along the asphalt. | 'As You Like It': Love?s Hard, Comic Work, on a Stage Most Worldly 2011-07-08T23:04:48Z He couldn’t single out one of the swans without disrupting the delicate social world he had built for himself, and he enjoyed playing Henry Higgins to Graham’s Eliza Doolittle. We’re still talking about Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball 50 years later. Here’s why. 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z But if you are hemmed in by a no-care-packages policy, send letters, send origami swans, send a goofy drawing, send a big crayon heart, and embrace a moment away from consumer culture. Motherlode Blog: How to Pack a Camp Care Package 2012-07-10T16:06:00Z The examples he gave included “Achilles’ heel,” “swan song” and “hotbed.” How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z “Dido” was to be a solo, his swan song. Mark Morris: Loves Dance, Hates Brussels 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Siegfried in “Swan Lake” is hunting swans when he loses his heart to Odette the swan maiden, beneath the trees and beside the water. City Ballet to Present ‘La Sylphide,’ a Romantic Ballet Standard 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The Payoff A new spa, a restaurant from a master of modern Californian cuisine and, of course, the beloved Swan Lake will lure new and original swans alike. | Hotel Bel-Air 2011-11-11T17:30:19Z “I will not answer the swan song question right now,” she said over lunch at Lulu. Ann Philbin Has Transformed L.A.’s Hammer Museum, Inside and Out 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Tundra swans usually winter in the Mid-Atlantic — on the bay, lakes and marshes — until early March. Northern Alaska’s tundra swans have a long haul for winter break 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z From the first, short snow-bunny outfits through the white swan tutu dress to the long gowns, Oscar de la Renta proved that the restraint he might have exercised during the last few seasons was over.” | Proenza Schouler Wins! 2011-02-18T03:07:29Z Now it provides the swan song for a theatre originally designed to host lectures rather than drama. The Importance of Being Earnest 2010-06-11T20:29:00Z I told him, “I’ve always been a white swan, but I’m so proud to have been your black swan.” Model for a Day: A Writer Struts His Stuff on the Catwalk During New York Fashion Week 2012-09-14T20:07:40Z From there, walk in any direction into a maze of gardens, fountains, flowers, oh-so-discreet rooms and, finally, Swan Lake, an artificial lake complete with, well, swans. Check In: Hotel Review: Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles 2013-05-21T21:05:26Z Two years ago, the group was given swan eggs by a local zoo and it has reared the birds specifically to appear in the performance. Judi Dench heads to West End and cygnets take on Swan Lake 2012-06-15T13:52:09Z They moved like swans, chins up, arms graceful. Behind the Rockettes, a tough choreographer 2012-11-07T13:03:12Z Jason Lee and Minka Kelly try to save a family of swans in the TV movie "Away & Back." TV This Week, Jan. 25-31: 'Bad Words,' Mel Brooks and more 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z I was completely staggered by the outsize splendor — Caserta is known as the swan song of Baroque architecture. Impossible to Forget: Caserta, Italy 2011-01-07T21:00:28Z I almost hope this is Harry’s swan song. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: A Plot for Dawn 2013-04-22T14:24:25Z While the other women were sure this was Courtney’s swan song, in reality Ben just wanted to make sure Courtney still liked him, because she didn’t check yes or no on his note. The Bachelor Watch: Do You Belize in Love? 2012-02-14T14:15:36Z One book was all about frog princes and witches that eat children, about cruel stepmothers and curses that turn you into a swan. Cornelia Funke's top 10 fairytales 2011-07-06T11:38:18Z Mr. Damon said that if the film was Mr. Soderbergh’s swan song, it had succeeded in capturing “the absurdity and the tragedy” of “a real relationship.” Liberace’s Tale, From Michael Douglas and Steven Soderbergh 2013-05-17T21:54:42Z When we first did the piece, I hadn’t done much abstract dance, and I don’t think the swan choreography was as strong as it is now. All the Swans At This Lake Are Male 2010-10-08T15:44:00Z The palm tree and giant swan, also cardboard, are slowly wilting, as is his roof. Dance Review: Meg Stuart?s ?Blessed,? at New York Live Arts - Review 2012-01-14T00:28:29Z In the vase, the ugly duckling turns into a swan. Forced branches can bring a bit of early spring indoors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z While other designers were casting their shows with classically beautiful runway swans, Margiela was plucking oddballs from the street to walk in his shows. Perspective | Martin Margiela did himself a favor: He anticipated fashion’s future — and its failures 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z So “Reckless” is a swan song, punctuated with a question mark. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-05T21:33:00Z As I surveyed the crowd, I was transported to my own past, when girls like me swanned at debutante parties in grand ballrooms and women like my mother attended fashion shows in hats and gloves. The Many Faces of Puerto Rico 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Please note: Siegfried doesn’t fall for a swan, though this is where the story grows mysterious. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The swan bed didn't quite look the way I had pictured it. "Flowers in the Attic" writer on "The Origin" ending, whose story needs telling and that swan bed 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z There was something of a swan song about this performance, the first of two he is conducting on this visit. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra, With Colin Davis - Review 2011-10-20T21:57:49Z The larger trumpeter swans, found mostly in the Midwest, occasionally show up in the Mid-Atlantic. Northern Alaska’s tundra swans have a long haul for winter break 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The frugal Adams, for his part, concluded that in Virginia “all geese are swans.” David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z “Man, that New York show is obviously my swan song.” Robert Irwin’s Ambient Odyssey 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z When Blanca learns the secret to saving herself from turning into a swan, she resolves to use that advice to save her sister instead. Novels That Freshen Up Some Well-Worn Classics 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z In the buildup to "All My Children's" television swan song next month, two of its most famous alumni are popping back into Pine Valley. Famous alums say goodbye to "All My Children" 2011-08-05T19:50:00Z Whether or not the “My Way” number proves to be her swan song, Strong said the sketch was an unforgettable one for her. Cecily Strong Is Starting a New Conversation 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z She swans around in a mirror while two generations of women that came before her look on. Jenny Slate’s Netflix Special Is All About the Joy of Getting Dressed 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The dress wasn't just for the red carpet though – the swan head lolled lazily around her neck during the performance in front of an estimated US audience of 43 million. Björk's best TV moments 2013-07-26T11:10:12Z Who knew that the sixth annual VelocityDC Dance Festival would turn out to be a great year for white swans, soft-shoe tap dancers and the didgeridoo? At VelocityDC Dance Festival, a high-stepping, toe tapping blend of styles On a tan bowl a poem scribbled in brown glaze asks, “How far is the southern sky in the eyes of a lone wild swan?” Antiques: Arthur Szyk?s Haggadah and Singapore?s Sunken Arab Treasure 2011-03-10T21:28:27Z To see swans — they’re not real, but they look it — glide across the lake at the start of the second scene is heart-stopping. In ‘Swan Lake,’ Mariinsky Ballet Shows Off a New Generation 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z They travel from Hastings beach to Hackney, round the coast and then north and east, via various circuitous waterways — in a pedalo shaped like a swan. Swandown – review 2012-07-19T20:30:00Z Yet people in that particular business tend to bond with the fidelity of swans. The Gimlet Eye: Lorenzo Martone, Now Party of One 2010-09-29T23:07:00Z “This is it,” Ms. Moore told her, swanning unabashedly in a theatrical black-and-white Tom Ford gown. For Hollywood Actresses, a Custom Dress on the Red Carpet Shows Fashion Clout 2014-01-11T00:36:27Z Finley is a specialist in French song and he evoked the apparently untroubled worlds of the peacock, swan, cricket, guinea-fowl and kingfisher all with apparent cool, though these are more complex works than they appear. Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 2010-05-19T21:45:00Z The music, the story, the swans: It’s already there. Dance Review: ‘Lac,’ Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s Reimagined ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-03-16T19:44:39Z Sharon Stone swans onscreen as an eccentric heiress with a vengeance in her heart and an elegantly clothed monkey perched on her shoulder. Review: ‘Ratched’ Flies Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest and Into the Mire 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The staff may have outsourced the trickier tasks, like carving realistic paw feet and painting tableaus of gilded swans. Antiques: A Portraitist Considered the ?Titian of Louisiana? 2011-12-15T21:47:17Z I found swans and storks and all manner of seabirds but, again, no owls, because stuffing them is forbidden in France. Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z The trembling swan queen herself could be tatted up beneath her tutu like a heavy-metal rocker. How ballet dancers flaunt — and hide — their tattoos on stage 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Ms. Capernall led me to a display case featuring vintage feathered women’s hats, and a photo from 1907, depicting plume hunters and a barn wall full of dead swans. After Oregon Standoff, Birding Is Back 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Photograph: Phil Fisk for the Observer A swan and her cygnets are settling at the edge of the Serpentine river, right on top of our photographer's cable. Stars go wild in the countryside 2011-08-06T23:05:32Z The swans enter the story as figures that her fevered mind conjures up. Australian Ballet reintroducing itself to L.A. with 'Swan Lake' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z “Is it inflating the symphony of the lovable Belgian,” Gilman wondered in the New York Herald Tribune, “to rank it above the dolorous swan song of Tchaikovsky?” What Happened to One of Classical Music’s Most Popular Pieces? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z This is a dance about enchantment: an evil sorcerer turns a princess into a swan, and her only escape is love. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ Returns to American Ballet Theater 2013-06-18T19:59:17Z At the completion of the five-day long event, the Queen's Swan Marker will write a report on the number of swans found, this enables conservation methods to be used to protect the birds. Swans meet their Royal match in annual English census 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z In many ways, Daniel Craig's Bond swan song "No Time to Die" delivers everything fans have come to expect from the franchise: thrilling action sequences, beautiful women, snappy one-liners . . . and a disfigured villain. James Bond hasn't changed much, and neither have his problematic villains after 25 films 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Every performance of Ms. Whelan this season is another swan song, honored with a standing ovation. City Ballet Presents ‘Masters at Work’ 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The deadly Dilophosaurus roar was created by combining howler monkeys, hawk screeches, rattlesnake hisses, and swan calls. 20 things you might not know about "Jurassic Park" 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z If this is his swan song, it’s got a haunting melody. Side Effects: One Pill Makes You Murder 2013-02-08T05:01:30Z A French dance company is to perform a new take on Tchaikovsky's classic ballet Swan Lake featuring real, live swans. Judi Dench heads to West End and cygnets take on Swan Lake 2012-06-15T13:52:09Z Jérôme Kaplan’s designs bring a delightful, youthful air to the stage, particularly his graceful, rounded tutus for the swans that land just above the knee, and their white feathered caps and low, ringlet ponytails. Review: In Miami, a ‘Swan Lake’ That Blasts Off the Cobwebs 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z She showed me another piece, a men’s jacket for her 2015 collection, in a traditional embroidered swan pattern. Seoul’s Hundred Faces 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z She was shocked, she said, even though Ann Brodie, her first ballet teacher in South Carolina, always told her that she looked like a swan. 2010-01-29T19:29:00Z There will be a swan boat for her entrances and reenactments of all of the slights she suffered growing up. Kristen Wiig is fearless in reality TV-jabbing 'Welcome to Me' They strike attitudes of ballet swans in a forceful, clipped fashion. Review: Dada Masilo’s ‘Swan Lake’ Offers Ill-Fated Love With a Twist 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Reveling in her new coat, Mary is oblivious to a mounting hubbub of disapproval as she swans through the Boy’s Constant Companion office as if accepting an Oscar. Gifts Galore: ‘Easy Living,’ With Jean Arthur and a Coat From the Heavens 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Earlier this week Cowell said that he was planning to ditch the auditions and simply swan into Britain's Got Talent at the semi-final stage next year, with an eye to eventually leaving altogether. Britain's Got Talent needs more Simon Cowell not less 2010-04-29T11:10:00Z This story of an ugly duckling, beak and all, “Hans Christian Andersen” never becomes a swan. Review: In ‘Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real and Imagined,’ No Happily Ever After 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z When Johnson suggests this book might be his swan song and that he’s ready to “fade into oblivion,” the audience lets out a piercing cry of “Noooooooo” in unison. Sun, Sea and Books Make This Festival an Enticing Destination 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z And we don't swan around dead bodies wearing designer clothes and stilettos either. Forensic pathologist Stuart Hamilton on Silent Witness 2011-01-09T22:15:00Z This is no melting swan but a creature of untamable wildness. The Firebird; In the Night; Raymonda Act III – review 2012-12-30T00:05:57Z Given the table manners of swans, one hopes that they were small. Forget flowers this year. Try decorating your holiday table with fruit. 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z It’s a swan song that also flips the art world the bird: recently, Mitchell’s estate decamped to the almighty Zwirner. Five Female Painters to See in New York Art Galleries 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z I like Bjork’s swan dress; that was the ultimate in terms of self-expression and of making it your own. How Margaret Cho revives “Fashion Police”: Performing fashion snark as “a woman of color, as a queer woman, as someone who is plus-sized and very proud of my fat” 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Freddie is an actor with a small, sad set of career highlights and a vast ego, who enters most episodes by swanning down the small flat’s oddly grand staircase. ‘Vicious’ Stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z At first his only companions are the coots, moorhens and tiresomely symbolic swans of the polluted river. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z Its lavishly decorated rooms include picture cycles inspired by the medieval legends on which Richard Wagner based his operas, with images of the poet Tannhaeuser, swan knight Lohengrin and his father Parsifal. Trial throws spotlight on Germany's fairytale castle 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z She arrives as if at his call — but then she folds herself at his feet, hiding her face from him: a swan withdrawn as if in the nest. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Broccoli and Wilson, though, say their current focus is on celebrating Craig’s swan song. Daniel Craig on bidding Bond goodbye in ‘No Time to Die’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z In paintings and sculptures he hops from one conquest to the next: from Io, to Ganymede, to Leda; disguised as a cloud, an eagle, a swan. Review: ‘A World of Emotions’ in Greek Art Unmasks the Stony Faces 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Pianist Glenn Sales kicked off this company premiere with a vaudevillian’s endearing hamminess, as he swanned across the stage to the grand piano, flipped his ponytail and unleashed a cloud of dust from the keys. Suzanne Farrell Ballet soars in ‘The Concert,’ stumbles in ‘Swan Lake’ But Boal doesn’t believe Edwards is depriving a female swan hopeful of a spot. A Nonbinary Swan, on Pointe 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z She waded into the flock of Hollywood swans, a seeming ugly duckling, and wound up besting all of them. All hail Melissa McCarthy, Hollywood's indestructible comic superwoman 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The Cocteau Twins' swan song was released just as a new generation of shoe-gazers buzzing on Robin Guthrie's blissful sheets of guitars was harnessing his ideas to travel deeper and louder. Throwbacks: Reissues from Cocteau Twins, Punk Rockers, more 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The confident stranger is gone; Mr. Winsor, back in swan form, claws his way through the mattress. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z Florence is resplendent in a white body suit with a feathery attachment that makes her look a bit like a swan. Florence and the Machine at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T23:59:00Z Two Australian black swans were found in Southold, New York, when local Long Island residents formed a human chain to keep the birds safe until they were able to be rescued. Neighbors form human chain for rare rescue of Australian black swans found on Long Island 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z One decorative aspect of the series deserves its own category: the swan bed. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin": How to be Gothic, from creepy manors to severe housekeepers 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Traveling first class with the Paleys to azure beaches, lunching with Babe and her fellow socialite “swans,” he felt sheltered from the “foul smells and tattered fabric” of real life. ‘The Swans of Fifth Avenue’ review: Would you trust Truman Capote? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z For the encore at the Ritz, during “Rill Rill,” Sleigh Bells’ biggest hit, Ms. Krauss swanned backward into the outstretched arms of the audience. Music: The Indie Band Sleigh Bells? New Album, ?Reign of Terror? 2012-02-14T12:00:01Z “Feel this fabric — it’s so heavy,” she said, gazing back over her shoulder with the glassy hauteur of a society swan. The Star of ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Picks a Few Come-Hither Dresses 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z They are swans, wild swans, and she throws the shirts over them while her enemies tie her to a stake intending to burn her. Cornelia Funke's top 10 fairytales 2011-07-06T11:38:18Z The “Apocalypse” of the title is a vague and compelling creative conceit: everything is ending, so why not make a towering savory confection of smoked whitefish salad garlanded with pastry swans? The Best Food Books of 2018 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z There’s less than an ounce of Shakespeare in it, but that probably won’t have the swan of Stratford rolling in his berth. Making Shakespeare Their Own, Serious and Silly 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Like Ovcharenko, she is trying to forget the attack through her dancing, including as a swan in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake". At Bolshoi, show goes on, month after acid horror 2013-02-14T19:25:26Z The enterprising new director and a young swan of a dancer from Korea are linked in an effort to redevelop the Washington Ballet. She was South Korea’s superstar ballerina. Now, she’s given it up to try to make it in America. 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z "There was transformation, metamorphosis going on, which tied into all these other things — a girl into a woman, a technician into an artist, and a woman into a swan." 'Black Swan' director Darren Aronofsky ushers a 'wereswan' onto the screen 2010-12-02T21:56:00Z These young swans, largely African-American and ages 12 to 18, are purposeful, arch and knowing. Hiplet: An Implausible Hybrid Plants Itself on Pointe 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Which is another way of saying that she is both the black swan and the white, both the perfectly controlled performer and the pure creature of instinct. The Oscars: Natalie Portman Embraces Monster and Victim 2010-12-31T20:48:10Z Better to opt for the petite pool, where an inflatable gold swan bobs next to the chic lounge. Lucky 13: The unsung arrondissement you need to visit in Paris 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z He inserted his own verses about "Chantilly lace, like folded white wings of a swan," and "chiffon and organza, lighter than the perfume of lilies." Feminine twist on classic menswear at Fashion Week 2011-02-14T20:56:25Z It was fascinating to learn the swan material. Boys Will Be Swans: ‘What Is That Show, and How Do I Do It?’ 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z He was going to take off his head and say it was me all along, and that was going to be his swan song. Frank Sidebottom ... 'He'd have died to be in?the charts' 2010-06-25T23:15:00Z The most remarkable feature of this wunderkind’s dancing was the complete naturalness with which he expressed the swan’s vulnerability. Jookin in Memphis, Celebrated 2012-11-18T04:50:46Z The Hollywood Reporter offered one of the more energetic quotes about the statue: “It makes swimming a bit more interesting, and I think the swans like it.” Jeff Goldblum’s a movie star, jazz pianist and an inescapable meme. What’s behind his enduring appeal? 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z We watched a daffy video that featured a man dressed as a captain fishing for seafood in the supermarket and a woman searching for swans at the ballet. On a Baltic Sea cruise, board in Sweden and wake up in Latvia — then do it in reverse 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z It was picture perfect, sunny, blue sky, blue lake, swans. New York City Ballet Savors the City of Light 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z And it's 17 years since their landmark Swan Lake, with its aggressively tribal male swans. Lez Brotherston: design, dance and Diaghilev 2012-10-14T19:00:05Z Salon spoke with Sciarrotta about adapting Andrews, why her stories still resonate, the shocking ending of the series, and yes, that swan bed. "Flowers in the Attic" writer on "The Origin" ending, whose story needs telling and that swan bed 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z In our first look preview, Batman and Superman swan into the Lex Corp reception and demand to see the Man Of Steel's arch-nemesis. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes first look 2012-05-29T11:10:10Z Traditionally, the roles of the black and the white swans are performed by one dancer; here, there are two, but that’s hardly the only deviation. Dance Review: ‘Lac,’ Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s Reimagined ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-03-16T19:44:39Z Why, when men create dances for men, is there such an embarrassing preponderance of swan arms? Dance Review: David Hallberg in ?Kings of Dance: Opus 3? at City Center 2012-02-26T21:12:37Z First Katniss was a feral woodland creature; then, in the second movie, she swanned into legend as a flaming fashion star. Review: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1' 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The white swan and the black represent, above all, the Apollonian and Dionysian poles of art, one restrained and rational, the other unruly, passionate and dangerous. The Oscars: Natalie Portman Embraces Monster and Victim 2010-12-31T20:48:10Z In its swan song, the show is drawing the largest audiences of any scripted series on cable this summer. A Series Romance Comes Full Circle 2012-08-10T17:09:14Z Feathers flew at Jean Paul Gaultier, where plumage plucked from just about avian species from the common chicken to the stately swan dressed up his gorgeously cut staples - pinstriped suits, trench coats and bustiers. Couture ends with revolution, as masses enter show 2011-07-06T22:46:06Z At the end of the shoot, I folded a fan, a swan and an elephant. Works for the Now, by Queer Artists of Color 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z His performance at the 2013 Jazz and Heritage Festival turned out to be his swan song. Pete Fountain, Clarinetist Known for His High-Spirited New Orleans Jazz, Dies at 86 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z There are scrimshaw pie crimpers, swan soup tureens and inkwells shaped like a mandolin, a peacock, a shoe. Museum Review: Shelburne Museum Is Opening a New Visitors Center 2013-08-16T22:18:25Z She weeps when a swan walks out of a river and sits down beside her, haunch to haunch, like a large, companionable dog. Helen Macdonald’s ‘Vesper Flights’ Sees Wonder — and Refuge — in the Natural World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z On the personal part, your self-portrait as a frog in a pondful of swans is painful to behold. Carolyn Hax: No joy in trying new things This was all happening on the same afternoon that Facebook’s stock was taking a record-breaking swan dive. Perspective | At the TV press tour, the buzziest drama is all about corporate intrigue 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Rooster, ostrich, swan, turkey and pheasant feathers peeked out from the hemlines of trench coats and fluttered out from beneath the necklines of bustiers and other Gaultier staples. Couture ends with revolution, as masses enter show 2011-07-06T22:46:06Z Encircling the main house is a moat in which two swans float placidly; inside, there are eight dogs, all impeccably groomed and yipping good-naturedly. Lisa Vanderpump on What Makes a Great Reality TV Star 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Kötting and Sinclair end up dragging their little swan on to the back of a tug boat. Swandown: two men in a pedalo 2012-07-18T17:17:15Z To prepare, Ms. Hyltin watched hours of video of other ballerinas’ interpretations and even nature documentaries of swans to understand their physical behavior. First-Time Queen?s Double Demands 2011-02-13T01:06:06Z Just the things to swan around in this holiday season, as you shuffle from the kitchen to the den, between mouthfuls of turkey and pie. How to Dress Up to Stay In 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Not just any film festival, but one dedicated to the literary superstar of educated hopeless romantics and held at a 1799 home in Georgetown, where Austen’s American contemporaries swanned around in colonial splendor. The Jane Austen film festival: Chick flicks for D.C.’s highbrow romantics 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Some nights, Robbins must have known, you just don’t feel like watching another swan. Don’t Look Pretty! Staging a Feral Robbins Ballet at the Bolshoi 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Odette, the ballet’s heroine, is a woman who has been turned into a swan by an evil magician. In Miami, Climbing Ballet’s Everest: ‘Swan Lake’ 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The music for “Swan Lake” tells us clearly when the Princess Mother enters in the first scene, and when the heroine Odette and the corps of swan maidens enter in the next one. The Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ at the Lincoln Center Festival 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z And there’s a swan with an empty space where part of its neck should be. Video Games: Unfinished Swan, Assassin’s Creed and Need for Speed 2012-11-06T22:45:43Z A set of viral photographs showing swans “returning” to the canals of Venice was actually taken in nearby Burano, where swans are regularly spotted. The Rise of the Coronavirus Nature Genre 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z She admired the surface pleasures of the scene — the water, the leaves, a sky the blue of a faded Tiffany’s box, an obliging swan. ‘Tell the Story Every Way You Can’: Bess Wohl on ‘Camp Siegfried’ 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Again, what newspaper has the money to take the chance that the mail room boy might be the next Paul Theroux, and lets him swan off for an extended holiday on work time? New film, old media 2011-01-13T14:58:31Z Placed on your sweetheart’s desk, a pencil sharpener disguised as a swan will make them think of you whenever they gaze at the miniature bird, said by some to symbolize love. Over the Top, Out of the Ordinary, Valentine’s Day Gifts 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Lone kayakers, sailboats and families of swans pass lazily by, with the spires of the Copenhagen skyline across the channel beyond. 2010-01-22T16:48:00Z In 2009 the awkward duckling Susan Boyle became a swan and a world brand with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” on the television show “Britain’s Got Talent.” Movie Review: ‘Les Misérables’ Stars Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman 2012-12-24T22:48:43Z Simply direct the caterer to deliver all leftovers to the trunk of your car, with or without aluminum-foil swans. Social Q’s: Spread No Ill Will 2014-03-20T19:58:51Z "There has to be some closure with the swan – but once you've committed to a project, some elements of it never leave you." Swandown: two men in a pedalo 2012-07-18T17:17:15Z The banks here are natural, with grass and trees growing down to the water, and a cacophony of swans, geese and ducks gathering in the muddy shallows beside a dilapidated 16th-century mill. Monet’s ‘other’ masterpiece: His gardens at Giverny 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Actor Marc Warren writes and directs a delightful tale of the unexpected, and Serafinowicz has the time of his life swanning about in Warhol's wig. TV highlights 18/04/2013 2013-04-18T06:00:04Z And he doesn't shy away from prints; his favorite bird seems to be a swan, emblazoned on an ink-colored dress or an orange silk blouse. Black, white and printed all over at Fashion Week 2012-09-11T16:16:13Z This unusual show has been described by Mr. Cattelan as his swan song. Art Review: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim - Review 2011-11-03T22:20:09Z In the late 1960s, he cut his teeth at Abbey Road Studios, working the boards for the Beatles’ swan song projects. Alan Parsons, prog rock Prospero? 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z And after many a summer dies the swan. Review | The surprising comfort of a new book about death 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Ford packaged and sold models who were tall and thin, with a swan’s neck and a modest to nonexistent bosom. Eileen Ford and Ford Models helped define what American beauty looked like A labyrinthine museum of industrial design in London forms the backdrop of this marvelously languid and bluesy tale about an horologist struggling to mend her broken heart while restoring a 19th —century mechanical swan. 25 best books of 2012 2012-12-13T00:31:12Z "It was fine for an errant snowflake, or a taller swan, but other things it didn't work," she said. Ariana Lallone prepares to bow out of Pacific Northwest Ballet 2011-03-30T23:08:55Z In “Lac,” the Prince is first shown as a child, falling for a little girl who grows up to be the white swan. Jean-Christophe Maillot Brings ‘Lac’ to City Center 2014-03-13T22:17:53Z Directing with an old-fashioned tenderness toward his unassuming star, Ken Ochiai conjures a swan song to a waning art form and those who practice it. ‘Uzumasa Limelight,’ About a Fading Actor 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z But in Leerdam, where, like a swan, the stolen painting keeps returning, there is a sense of loss but nothing approaching hysteria. The Mystery of the Painting Thieves Love 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z There’s a reason this tale of swan women and evil spells has been around more than a century: Done right, it’s utterly electric — and unexpectedly heartbreaking. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for February 2018 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z And he doesn't shy away from prints, either; his favorite bird seems to be a swan, emblazoned on an ink-colored dress or an orange silk blouse. Black, white and printed all over at Fashion Week 2012-09-10T22:01:15Z We threw some bread in the water around us, so we could be surrounded by swans. We’ve been children together, my daughter and me 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The very capable hands of Ensemble LPR, a group of inventive musicians devoted to bridging all forms of music, give David Bowie’s swan song the orchestral treatment with Maya Beiser as the soloist. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Please note: She’s not a swan and, until the 1940s, was never dressed in black. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Swans of the Skagit: Wildlife biologist hosts program on white swans and best places to view them, 1 p.m. Carols, swans and crafts | Weekend Preview 2013-12-04T21:33:43Z If it’s half as good as his cosmic R&B masterpiece, it should be quite the swan song. Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, announces Seattle concert 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Yet fans will be happy to know the Pfeffermans will get their swan song — in the literal form of song. Jill Soloway unpacks “white male liberal” Hollywood: “It’s patriarchy, even coming from t... 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Hence why "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" is going to be the series' swan song — and rightly so. The end of an "X-Men" era 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z There he meets Odette, who explains to him her swan/human conundrum and how it can be solved only by a man’s vow to love and marry her. ‘Swan Lake’ Discoveries Allow for a Deeper Dive Into Its History 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z As I strolled over the bridge, a lone white swan swam into view. Public Gardens Turn on the Charm 2011-06-17T01:45:45Z When swans from Russia put down in an Ankara park, the two children hatch a plot to save them from the chaos. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Before shooing them away we Google their collective noun: a "lamentation" of swans. Stars go wild in the countryside 2011-08-06T23:05:32Z The music began without her swanning on solo — in fact, without any clapping at all. Review: Good Music, but Julia Bullock Makes It Great 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Want to see a modern-day actress swan about as Ali MacGraw? As "Godfather" origin stories go, "The Offer" is so bad it's criminal 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Ballet upholds narrow ideals for everyone: for men, the archetype of the chivalrous prince; for women, the elusive swan or sylph. Lesbians in Ballet: ‘Has Anyone Like Me Ever Walked These Halls?’ 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Boorman has said that "Queen & Country" is his swan song, but he's beginning to change his mind. John Boorman catches up with alter ego in 'Queen & Country' 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z On the personal part, your self-portrait as a frog in a pond full of swans is painful to behold. Husband may be right about branching out, but it’s your choice 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z There were Georgian State dancers, there was the dying swan. Arlene Phillips: Why I'm still haunted by Strictly 2010-10-04T07:00:00Z The bedraggled swans are a horror as they enter the stage backward with their rears sticking up in the air. Dance Review: ‘Lac,’ Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s Reimagined ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-03-16T19:44:39Z The ugly dwarf doesn't turn into a beautiful swan. Cornelia Funke's top 10 fairytales 2011-07-06T11:38:18Z Ilana Goldman, a great long swan of a dancer, is the bride of the piece — and the only one onstage with no companion. Review: Trey McIntyre Project is physical and precise; witty and intricate 2010-03-19T16:44:00Z Along the way we encountered cob and hen swans, flushes of mallards and parliaments of magpies. After tackling Stage 4 cancer, he took on a new challenge — Hadrian’s Wall 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z "This swan is emerging and somehow the ugly duckling is not popping up as often." Author's "Gray Zone" sheds light on dark subject 2011-07-27T16:57:44Z Though it caused a momentary stir, the Bagger doubts it will have the lasting impact of, say, Bjork’s swan dress. The Carpetbagger: Pranking the Oscars, Sacha Baron Cohen and Sean Young Edition 2012-02-27T21:08:14Z Mr. Winsor is a darting, restless swan, sweeping fiercely through the music or quieting his body to instill the notes with foreboding presence. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z Our boat was the black swan of the Seine. A new river line hopes to redefine cruises for millennials 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z For once that gala staple, the black swan pas de deux, was the showstopper it’s meant to be. Dance Review: A Crowd Favorite Takes His Leave 2011-07-01T22:41:17Z An exotic menagerie including Newton's penguins, swans and Arabian horses also stay, Kathleen Newton said. Sign says 'For Sale,' but Newtons intend to stay 2013-03-16T02:16:05Z Jeans, a leopard-printed bikini and, yes, even a swan dress were not cool. Here are the hottest looks from the Oscars champagne carpet, from Rihanna to the Daniels 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Swan Upping provides an opportunity to rescue swans ensnared by fishing lines, the group’s treatment and rescue coordinator, Wendy Hermon, said. UK’s royal swan census resumes on river after pandemic pause 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z It wasn't until a few weeks of patient waiting later, however, that this image presented itself: man and swans, footprints and ripples, positive and negative. Big picture: Man Feeding Swans, by Marcin Ryczek 2013-03-01T16:30:00Z This is Harry's swan song and the fans are looking the part. It All Ends: Tales From the Midnight Screening of Harry Potter 2011-07-15T09:05:00Z The glimmering crystal palace invites you in, while swans linger on the pond in front. In the heart of Madrid, a park for all seasons 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Having never imagined angel wings as coming in any variety other than generic swan white, I was grateful to Barnes for opening my eyes to the ornithological inspiration for angels. The Passion and Peril of Birding 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z There would be a picture of a swan dive, definitely. 'Comedy is a way to survive' 2011-02-08T08:00:00Z The weekend's most precipitous swan dive was executed by . Box Office: Sly Preys on Julia, World Beats Pilgrim 2010-08-15T07:55:00Z I watched Rachel Weisz, dressed like an amazing tulle and chiffon swan, swivel in her seat and whisper to Spike Lee, dressed like a blueberry, but pulling it off because he is Spike Lee. ‘I crashed Timothée Chalamet on the red carpet’: my night at the Baftas 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Even without backstage demons the switch from white swan to black swan is tough. First-Time Queen?s Double Demands 2011-02-13T01:06:06Z With the surprise release of the fourth season this week, as well as news that this is the show’s swan song, UnREAL now enters a TV landscape where female darkness is no longer a rarity. The end of UnREAL: why it's time to say goodbye to TV's darkest comedy 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Yet getting a whole group to dance for an extended passage is not his strength, and certain scenes feel too long — the ball, for instance, and the battle of the swans in the prince’s bedroom. Review | A ‘Swan Lake’ with echoes of ‘The Crown’ at the Kennedy Center 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Although the same study found that funeral directors will often refuse musical requests due to lyrical content, plenty of off-beat and trendy tunes made the list of the top selections for swan songs. Which Pop Song Do You Want Played At Your Funeral? 2012-10-16T16:31:15Z The one story line running through “Paris Merveilles” features a shy, bespectacled girl who transforms into a bodysuit-wearing swan, triumphantly removing her glasses in the final scene. Paris Cabarets: Can We Ask for More Than the Cancan? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z “The swans represent the whole of her past to her,” the narrator says about one character. ‘There Your Heart Lies,’ by Mary Gordon, plunges into the Spanish Civil War 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z White swans dotted a dark canal as I crossed a tiny brick footbridge into a walled community of a few remaining cloistered Benedictine nuns, the Beguinage that dates from the 13th century. Why early-morning walks are the best way for travelers to explore new places 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z They were all to a certain extent the ugly ducklings who grew into swans, channeled the pain of their isolation and emerged as champions. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Evan shows feeling 2010-05-18T13:20:00Z For a while there had been a glittery headband, motif of those ultimate good-time girls, the flappers; once there were two tiny white feathery swans nestled in the dark hair in a Björkian echo. Natasha Khan on still being 'badass' 2013-02-16T09:00:00Z The swan maidens, this time real women, are bewilderingly gorgeous as they skim across the stage or frame it, poised like statues. In ‘Swan Lake,’ Mariinsky Ballet Shows Off a New Generation 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The corps de ballet of swan maidens forms a passionate accompaniment. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z "I would like to take the swan across to the Hebrides," Sinclair says. Swandown: two men in a pedalo 2012-07-18T17:17:15Z On one day, his followers may encounter, say, three rare images of the ballerina Anna Pavlova in the embrace of an actual swan. Who Is rg_bunny1: An Instagram Whodunit 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z In both works, the bugle calls lead to the appearances of magical swan people. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ From Mariinsky Ballet, Broadcast Live 2013-06-10T22:31:51Z In Act IV the dances for the black and white swans are clever without being moving. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z Eric and Don, those jerks, are swanning off to Uruguay and who knows where else on the federal dime. Ivanka Trump goes to Washington (and all she got was dumped by Nordstrom) 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Trumpeter Swans of the Skagit SAT Trumpeter Swan Society information on places to view swans in Skagit Valley in December, January and February, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2012-11-29T02:36:57Z Knoxville, 50, has said that this will be his final film — he sustained a brain hemorrhage from getting flipped upside-down by a bull during filming — and his swan song is not for the bashful. ‘Jackass Forever’ Review: A Visit From the Goon Squad 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The tragedy of “Swan Lake” is its tale of metamorphosis: the heroine must alternate between swan and human form. Critic?s Notebook: One Classic Ballet, Many Interpretations 2011-07-05T00:25:11Z How seriously can you take a company that starts its “Swan Lake” — season after season, complacently — with a prologue that ends with the sorcerer von Rothbart tenderly abusing an imitation swan? Critic?s Notebook: Injuries and Triumphs Color a Ballet Season 2011-07-10T22:01:07Z Or it could have something to do with my co-pilot: Kötting is wearing mirrored shades and a shabby, dark blue suit on top of a cardigan embroidered with swans. Swandown: two men in a pedalo 2012-07-18T17:17:15Z Like the central character in “Conversations With Friends,” like perhaps nearly all teenage girls, Marianne is an ugly duckling and a swan at the same time. Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ Explores Intense Love Across Social Classes 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z It must be lovely for Dr Gray, who until a couple of years ago, was presumably alone and forgotten rolling away at her tudor pastry to make her swan pie. TV review: Great Houses with Julian Fellowes 2013-01-22T22:00:01Z Finally, unimpeded by their costumes and Fredrikson's tilted lake, the large Aussie swan corps unfailingly dances up to the level of the music. Australian Ballet's 'Swan Lake' a royal disconnect 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Streb’s dance experiments are daring and acrobatic: Imagine a swan dive from a platform 25 feet in the air and a face-first landing. Netflix’s ‘The OA’ and the Transformative Power of Dance 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z But Ms. Velsey’s fantasy of swanning from Pilates to trampoline to boot camp studio did not last long. Young Fitness Fogies Ditch $40 Classes for Hoops, Laps and Jogs 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Before he can jump into the lake, Mr. Winsor’s swan appears — radiant, wearing feathered breeches and marked with a black streak on his forehead. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z Fox is planning a celebratory swan song for the show when it returns in January. 'American Idol': Why Fox is axing the show after 15 seasons 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Sharon is practical though, maybe she wanted to give the books a quick going-over and squirt some bleach in the gents before swanning down the aisle. EastEnders: it's a Walford crime wave 2013-04-27T05:00:00Z Sawyer's swan song last week was similarly without fanfare. David Muir debuts as ABC 'World News' anchor, replacing Diane Sawyer 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z TIME: Will the infamous, notorious swan dress be there? Björk Is Your Tour Guide: Her Stories About the MOMA Exhibit 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z These days in this city, street toughs seem almost as fantastical as swan maidens. Dance Review | New York City Ballet: From a Dreamy World to a City?s Tough Streets 2010-02-19T23:14:00Z Then, thanks to a canny investment by Salma Hayek's production company, it was transformed into a US hit about an ugly duckling set adrift among spiteful swans. Your next box set: Ugly Betty 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z The forthcoming album “Voyage,” to be released Nov. 5, is a follow-up to 1981’s “The Visitors,” which until now had been the swan song of the Swedish supergroup. ABBA back after 40 years with new album, virtual stage show 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Authorities and family members believe a swan nesting at the pond became aggressive, causing the kayak to overturn and Hensley to drown. Kayaker drowns after run-in with swan 2012-04-16T17:29:00Z "The best things in life are free," Robert Morse sang in his literal swan song as agency elder Bert Cooper to close the first half of the seventh season. 'Mad Men' open for business again in Part 2 of final season 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z But it was also the official swan song for Embassy Row’s premier hostess: After 21 years, Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem Al-Sabah is retiring, and the couple will become private citizens. How Rima Al-Sabah became a force in Washington’s social scene 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Poor Michael Billington is usually under the table by the time the swan is served. What to say about ? Hamlet with Rory Kinnear 2010-10-11T11:05:00Z The unharmed twin would take her life by whatever means she possessed: Drano, phone cord, knife, swan dive from a cliff. Losing my twin 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The play, with its vertiginous swan dive into America's lethal entanglements in the Middle East, is anything but simple satire. At New City Theater: 'Tiny Kushner' provides 5 short plays, epic effect 2012-09-27T20:25:08Z Did he see swans from the deck?’ ” said Diane Harper, an artist and social worker from Little Rock, Ark., who visited the island in September. Cultured Traveler: Drawing Yourself Into the Scene 2013-12-12T16:43:08Z Matovina's painstaking efforts to capture Ham's swan song have come up trumps, affording listeners with a new take on the songwriter's last days. Badfinger's Pete Ham: "Misunderstood" 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Though Vollmann cheekily states that this will be his last book, that can’t possibly be true: It would not suit a writer of his talents to let this be his swan song. Voyage-tales collection blends atypical narrative, history Her custom three-dimensional jelly cakes look like giant dew drops, filled with edible flowers and pre-molded koi fish and swans — translucent and stunning. Getting jiggly with it: The curious community that's grown around gelatinous creations 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Her arms rose and fell as she retreated to the back of the stage and, for a brief moment, undulated like a swan’s wings. Misty Copeland Leads the Charge at Fall for Dance 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z In their pas de deux he and Mr. North play with weight, parting and connecting until the swan cradles the prince. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z In reality, the charming capital of West Flanders in northwestern Belgium is indeed tranquil, with swans gliding along medieval canals and cobblestone lanes dotted with lace shops and quiet cafes. A Weekend in Bruges: Beyond Cobbled Lanes and Medieval Canals 2012-02-23T16:11:54Z And on this early May day, the midway point in filming its six-episode closeout, the HBO drama's swan song was positioned as a duet with its leader. Aaron Sorkin signs off from TV ... maybe 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Pieces such as Bleeding Fairies in 1977 deconstructed the ballet stereo-types of swans, nymphs, sylphs and earth mothers in a menstrual riot of radical feminism. Spirit of the underground: dance 2011-01-30T21:30:00Z The swans haven’t left the lake just yet: This weekend is your final chance to catch performances of “Swan Lake.” Dance in NYC This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z There, we happened upon a quiet playground and swans waiting for some food scraps by the ferry dock. Frankfurt on the fly: A long layover allows for a walking tour of the German city 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong, I like Matt Saracen, and sure, some high school sweethearts do swan into adulthood together. ArtsBeat: 'Friday Night Lights' Watch: The Lies They Tell 2011-06-04T04:01:13Z And not just any swans — his were a special variety imported from Denmark. A River’s Tales: The Islands of the Seine 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Hall, tall, lithe and bubbling with that outsize Texan charm, swanned about the museum, wearing another Charles James dress, under a glamorous white eiderdown jacket from 1938. Charles James and Me 2014-04-23T23:10:18Z I informed her hurriedly that this “Swan Lake” was the one about Diana, Charles and Camilla, and that Australian black swans were not on offer. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ by Australian Ballet at Koch Theater 2012-06-17T22:05:37Z Gaming reporter Gene Park picks the best games for kids and adults as consoles release their swan songs of the generation. The ultimate holiday gift guide for 2020 The ideal is never real, the voluptuous swan or handsome prince is in fact an athlete, sweating and straining, and at the behest of the choreographer’s whim. Review: ‘Degas’ Little Dancer,’ at National Gallery Here are edited excerpts from conversations with them about why they were drawn to the work, Bourne boot camp and what it’s like to be a swan. Boys Will Be Swans: ‘What Is That Show, and How Do I Do It?’ 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z "Diving Board" made me think of "Leap Into the Void," the famous 1960 photograph of a swan dive taken by artist Yves Klein, ostensibly from a Parisian rooftop and into an empty street below. Making photos, not taking them; the distinction in 'Perfect Likeness' 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Among the seven offerings are “Feelings,” about a man who loves a swan, and “Minor Monuments,” a look back at a failed relationship and the banal objects that defined it. Spare Times for July 24-30 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z As empress, she obsessively collected plants and animals from around the world and was apparently the first person to breed black swans in captivity. Review | Napoleon Bonaparte, gardener? Yes, says a new book, the dictator found solace in the natural world 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Rather than rock up in double-denim, or perhaps a slogan T-shirt and flip-flops, she came wearing a dress made to resemble a swan. Björk's best TV moments 2013-07-26T11:10:12Z Opening their arms, they are transformed into beautiful Black swans. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Wahler’s swan song will be a magician’s performance by Christian Jankowski, closing out a curatorial line inspired by Christopher Priest’s “The Prestige.” Scene/Seen: Paris Regains Some of Its Lost Aura in Art World 2011-10-28T13:30:24Z The saccharine mash-up of romance and posh schlubbiness teetering delicately between pastoral and kitsch before blossoming into pure Disney fantasy: taffeta, velvet, iridescent blues — the frumpy duckling turning into a polka-dot-and-silk-swathed swan. Why Do We Care So Much About Diana’s Dresses? 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Last season, American Ballet Theater’s opening night of “Swan Lake” took a dramatic turn that had nothing to do with evil sorcerers transforming princesses into swans. Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Swan Lake’ Adds Drama to Romance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z She decided to make 2016 her Niagara-on-the-Lake swan song, and asked Smith to direct the Thornton Wilder classic “Our Town,” which runs through Oct. These two artistic directors collaborate on the stage and in life 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Wild turkeys and pheasants, ducks, geese and swans were spit-roasted, as was a vast supply of venison. Same Vegetables, New Flavors 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z He lands in a neo-Romanesque transformer station; his swan is an abstract flash of white; his sword is a lightning bolt. Review: Bayreuth’s First American Director Arrives With ‘Lohengrin’ 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Or that strange lady in the swan dress? All is full of love: Listening for Bjork’s radical humanity 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Pooh was the name of a swan that they came across. Pooh returns 2011-04-18T07:22:39Z There’s also a choppy video out there of his swan song, “This Is My Life,” fervidly performed in a caftan and satin gloves at the benefit from which the book takes its name. Long Before RuPaul, Doris Fish Wore the Wig. Fiercely. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z This “Swan Lake,” which fuses the original’s two lakeside acts into one, preserves the medievalism of its music’s drama and even the spectacle of swans crossing the lake. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at Koch Theater 2013-01-18T23:37:16Z This year featured a disappointing lack of swan dresses and bike shorts – and similarly, there were no immediate classics like Renee Zellweger's glorious vintage yellow. Salon's red carpet awards 2010-03-08T05:06:00Z Once on land, they deflated the swan and threw it away. Florida woman and son drift miles away from shore on inflatable swan: 'This could have ended so much worse’ 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z It also doesn’t help that it costs the city about $10,000 a year to feed and care for the swans. Florida city selling swans because of overpopulation 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s a bustling, jostling cartoon that also floats like a swan. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z She carefully threw her jacket over the swan, and walked a mile with the 17-pound bird in her arms back to her bike. New Yorkers save sick swan, take it on subway to animal rescue 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z That fall, they would release "Abbey Road," their magisterial swan song. In 1969 the fifth Beatle was heroin: John Lennon's addiction took its toll on the band 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z In “Swan Lake,” an evil magician transforms a beautiful princess into a graceful swan, an image now intimately linked to the idea of classical ballet itself. Boys Will Be Swans: ‘What Is That Show, and How Do I Do It?’ 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z In the first half black swans appear in a river onstage meant to represent the Styx, and a dancer floats by like a cadaver. DANCE: Choreography With Real Swans 2012-06-03T04:30:53Z She notices that one Ukrainian soldier is a former barista, known for the swans he would paint in milk foam. When War Came to Ukraine, She Took Up a Diary and a Camera 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Ross swanned through the crowd before taking her seat at a table with them. A Palm Beach Power Hostess Prepares for Trump’s Washington 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Yes, they were objectionably oversize and luxurious, and spoke of obscene, ill-gotten wealth, but where were the stuffed rhinos, the gold-and-onyx swans, the lifesize replica of the Albert Memorial? Gaddafi, the great-taste dictator of interior design 2011-08-25T17:03:47Z As far as swan songs go, 2011′s “Collapse Into Now” was pretty much note-perfect; the album neatly tied a bow on R.E.M.’s legacy by nodding to all eras and styles of the band. R.E.M.’s 10 best songs after Bill Berry: Daring, brilliant, underappreciated 2014-04-19T15:00:00Z The trumpeter swan has a small, flap-covered hole on its neck to drain saliva. Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z It will be the swan song for a show that has lasted nearly 9,000 episodes over 38 seasons, and became appointment viewing every weekday for many Australians and Britons. After 37 Years, the Sunny World of ‘Neighbours’ Comes to an End 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z In the 1920s, she toured the vaudeville circuit with Annie Sullivan, swanning around in sequined dresses while demonstrating her accomplishments and cracking jokes about drink and politics. Review: Helen Keller’s Words and Seven Actors in ‘Three Days to See’ 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Is it re-accumulating in the art, like the fictional dolphins and swans returning to Venice? Perspective | What Mona Lisa with her feet up says about art after coronavirus 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Stanley Kubrick’s swan song would prove quite polarizing in 1999, but many today consider it his underrated masterpiece — and with good reason. Bah, Humbug: 12 Movies for the Holiday Blues 2013-12-20T18:09:17Z Although the first ensemble in Act 4 seemed strictly by-the-numbers, the swan corps usually danced beyond mere neatness to a level of soaring musicality that threatened to outclass the subdued principals. Quibbles aside, a strong 'Swan Lake' from Los Angeles Ballet 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Much of the pleasure of Allied lies in watching beautiful people swanning through beautiful—or even just painstakingly re-created—locales. Review: With Allied, the Old-School Wartime Melodrama Enters the Modern Age 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z With the Beatles' "Abbey Road" in heavy rotation, she and her sister memorized every lyric and every note of the group's swan song. "Like the lunar landing": The day the Beatles changed the world on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z His most canny strategy in directing the movie, which would be his swan song, was to treat “Silk Stockings” as a dance musical — and dance itself as a form of liberation. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Interspersed are hilarious parodies of everything from TV producers to Soviet book reviews; there is even a Professor Bloodrot who lectures on the sex life of the swan. Review: ‘The Golden Notebook,’ by Doris Lessing 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And his stage time was, let’s say, abundant; if he wasn’t cutting in between the swans, he was poised on a cliff directing their movements. Review: Hungarian National Ballet Opens With a Stale ‘Swan Lake’ 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z If you didn’t think Lindsay-Hogg showed enough of their rooftop swan song concert, now you get to see the whole thing. Fall TV 2021: The 31 Shows to Watch 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z We glided up and down on a teeter-totter in a deserted playground, while enormous white swans preened their feathers on the banks of the Main River a few feet away. Frankfurt on the fly: A long layover allows for a walking tour of the German city 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “I felt like I was able to bring so much of that to my white swan and now to be able to bring this to my white swan?” she said. A Ballerina’s Nightmare: ‘Am I More Than Just a Dancer?’ 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z An earlier version of this article misidentified the maker of the inflatable swan Taylor Swift first posted on Instagram. America’s Next Top Pool Float 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z But he also effectively reinvented the 19th-century narrative ballet for an audience ready for tales of passion, drama and violence rather than those involving myths, swans and chivalry. Kenneth MacMillan’s School of Ballet Sex, Neurosis and Grit 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z He arrives on a boat pulled by a very large swan, and asks only one thing – that she never asks his name. A to Z of Wagner: E is for winsome heroines 2013-03-26T17:54:29Z The being that was a swan now takes the stage, transformed: a woman, a ballerina. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z For those who prefer their swans with a Russian flare, another “Swan Lake” comes to town for two performances only. 6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z When Odette, the princess transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer, appears at the lakeside, you feel her pain. At New York City Ballet, Swans Use Grit to Find Glory 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Across from Alexandria and next to the Wilson Bridge; swan pedal boats, kayak and paddleboard rentals available starting May 4. Rediscovering Washington, D.C. — on a stand-up paddleboard 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Brenner said: “The art form is leaving us as these swans vanish from our lives.” T Magazine: Deeda Blair’s Elegance of Conviction 2013-05-31T17:00:11Z Cygnets in particular were once regarded as a tasty dish at banquets and feasts, whereas today the swans are counted to protect their numbers. Swans meet their Royal match in annual English census 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z This footage is projected in the round like "China," and the result is deeply affecting, juxtaposing healthy-looking wild horses, swans and lush plant life with rubble and neglect. 'Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination' at LACMA stuns the senses 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z But the opus does feature a number of heart-stopping swan dives by dancers from on high into the waiting arms of sure-footed partners. Machines Of Movement, With Bruises 2010-08-29T02:30:00Z And there was a delightful homage to the “little swans” in “Swan Lake.” Review: City Ballet Dresses Up for Another Fashion Letdown 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z By nature white swan is easier for me. First-Time Queen?s Double Demands 2011-02-13T01:06:06Z “Calder: Hypermobility” is a bewitching and somewhat unexpected swan song for Jay Sanders, the Whitney’s curator of performance, who was recently named the new director of Artists Space. When It Comes to Calder, the Same Piece Is Always Different 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z “Angels in America” will be your swan song at the National as you launch a new production company, Elliott and Harper Productions, with your frequent producer Chris Harper. 'Curious Incident' director Marianne Elliott isn't afraid of big risks 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z “You know how a swan, when they’re on the river, they’re floating along really gracefully but underneath their legs are ——” she mimicked paddling furiously. Daisy Edgar-Jones Would Like the Ingénue Phase of Her Career to End Now 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Now they’re performing in the female swan corps and as one of the four famous “little swans” in “Swan Lake.” A Nonbinary Swan, on Pointe 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z But there’s something not quite right about this strange scene: the set, which features a palm tree, a hut with a chair and an enormous swan, is made entirely of cardboard. Dance: Meg Stuart Choreographs ?Blessed? at New York Live Arts 2012-01-06T20:40:21Z In the white acts, the dowdy and overlong dresses of the swans occlude the leg-line, and elsewhere the costumes are continually forced into confrontation with the garish sets. Swan Lake ? review 2011-01-30T00:05:59Z He prefers giving his team credit to swanning. Dara Khosrowshahi, Dad of Silicon Valley 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z It was a “watershed” attack, “one in a million,” an all-but-unforeseeable “black swan.” In Las Vegas, Concert Security Met a New Threat: Aerial Assault 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Exaggerated performances from Chloë Sevigny — swanning around in outré outfits — and Timothy Hutton as unrelated, monstrously clueless parents underline their offsprings’ warped immaturity. Review: ‘#Horror’ Finds the Fear in Cyberbullying and Social Media Threats 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z A local conservation group, Swan Support, takes care of swans along the banks of the Thames. UK’s royal swan census resumes on river after pandemic pause 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z A swan dive, a bungee rope, and a grappling-hook gun with laser cutter attachment got our agent inside. My favourite Bond film: GoldenEye 2012-09-26T08:00:13Z Their transformation from indie duckling to dance-rock swan has proved to be a masterstroke. This week's new live music 2012-12-15T00:05:21Z Variously sheathed and geometric, or layered and voluminous, the gowns are often named for the forms they invoke: umbrella, butterfly, swan and, in the most architectural and extravagantly cantilevered, a four-leaf clover. Art Review: ‘Charles James: Beyond Fashion,’ a Retrospective at the Met 2014-05-08T13:04:04Z The ducks and swans paddled around the Serpentine, quite indifferent to the bars and rows of loos that had sprung up around them, and, slowly but surely, the park began to fill with rain-proofed visitors. Jubilee concert: big noise and a big gap as duke misses date with pop royalty 2012-06-04T22:37:22Z Admire the stately evergreens and wildlife, which includes spotted geese, ducks, swans, turtles and raccoons all within a golf-swing of downtown skyscrapers. 36 Hours in Vancouver, British Columbia 2013-06-20T15:46:07Z You don’t look at New York City Ballet and think to yourself: “Ah, swans.” At New York City Ballet, Swans Use Grit to Find Glory 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The crown was made of metal, and in a swan dive into the pool from a 50-foot platform, her head snapped back when she hit the water. Esther Williams, Who Swam to Movie Fame, Dies at 91 2013-06-06T17:42:45Z The central idea of swans is where the production is dimmest. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ by Australian Ballet at Koch Theater 2012-06-17T22:05:37Z One might expect to find a higher concentration of social swans in black and white and tabloid fodder in red, but that’s not the case here. Art Review: How the Other Half Dressed 2010-09-16T21:44:00Z Georgette Mosbacher, visiting from Texas, swanned around in a sleeveless gold pouf she had bought at the designer’s salon in Paris. Recalling the Lacroix Era 2013-04-19T23:17:23Z Whatever window dressing an author might heap on top—iambic pentameter, swan feathers—the triangle demands that a choice be made, and, inevitably, that joy and sorrow will follow. Katia Bachko: Dance This Summer 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The black swans could have potentially been released or escaped from captivity, Di Leonardo said. Neighbors form human chain for rare rescue of Australian black swans found on Long Island 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Even as its swan song got maybe a little too swanny, “The Good Place” never lost track of its greatest strength: specificity. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Her 16th birthday is the occasion for an Edwardian tennis match – lots of chaps swanning about in white flannels and boaters – through which she skitters barefoot, heedful only of her secret romance. Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty – review 2012-12-16T00:05:50Z Part swan dive, part belly-flop, its inaugural edition, “NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial,” is an ambitious, inchoate, sometimes dissatisfying sampling of visual culture from across the five boroughs. ‘NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial’ Has About 100 Contributors 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z As Ganga, the goddess of the Ganges River, her arms undulated with a plasticity more astonishing than any swan princess. Dance Review: A Show of Kuchipudi at Jacob?s Pillow 2010-07-12T22:05:00Z As we all know by now, this approach has its limits, especially when it comes to “black swan” events that upend our expectations about how the future will resemble the past. What Isaac Asimov Taught Us About Predicting the Future 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z When we first see the swans — rows of women in white-feathered tutus — the lighting has tones of blue and cyan. Pacific Northwest Ballet's Rico Chiarelli lights the way 2010-12-03T21:21:00Z Perhaps the biggest is how his swans aren’t quivering birds, but women — radiant in their carriage, glowing in their classicism. Review: In Miami, a ‘Swan Lake’ That Blasts Off the Cobwebs 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z These days, many of the owners, handlers and breeders come to New York from around the country, some from areas where the opportunities to swan around in sparkly suits may be limited. Rule No. 1: Don’t Outshine the Dog 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Owls, swans, squirrels and little foxes clambered all over tunics and jackets at Dolce & Gabbana, and a crimson fur coat brought Red Riding Hood to mind. Trendspotting: Trends From the Fall 2014 Fashion Shows 2014-03-07T20:20:33Z Aduba, in one of the best roles of her career, swans in and out of the kitchen, her Clyde never letting the employees forget her power over them. Review | Lynn Nottage sets ‘Clyde’s’ in a truck stop cafe, and feisty comedy is on the menu 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z This month, Edwards joins the ensemble swans in the company’s production of “Swan Lake,” a pinnacle of balletic femininity. A Nonbinary Swan, on Pointe 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z A rare summer sighting helped rescue two abandoned black swans. Neighbors form human chain for rare rescue of Australian black swans found on Long Island 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Pedal boats and swan boat rentals currently available. Rediscovering Washington, D.C. — on a stand-up paddleboard 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z There’s nothing like a compromised ankle to remind you: these are actual people with actual bodies, not princes, sorcerers and swans. ‘Swan Lake’ at American Ballet Theater 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z She praises the writing of English aristocrat Lord Berners, which traces a class of writers who swanned around together through two wars and terrible economic crashes. Tania Vartan Creates Coats from Furnishing Fabrics 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z This shaggy, darkly comic and deeply eccentric tale begins as the suicidal Axler takes a startling swan dive off a Broadway stage during a production of "As You Like It." 'The Humbling' is Al Pacino's act all the way 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The two had met five years earlier, introduced by Babe Paley, the wife of then-CBS President Bill Paley and one of Capote’s famous “swans” — the rich, beautiful wives who ruled New York’s social world. We’re still talking about Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball 50 years later. Here’s why. 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z In the performances this year at both the Royal and Ballet Theater, the corps of swan maidens — excellently drilled — moved many. Critic?s Notebook: One Classic Ballet, Many Interpretations 2011-07-05T00:25:11Z At the close of the ballet, as she turns back into a swan, the blue tones return. Pacific Northwest Ballet's Rico Chiarelli lights the way 2010-12-03T21:21:00Z Britons no longer eat swans and the birds are protected by law. Queen Elizabeth owns how many swans? Annual count gets underway 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z While Cooper’s performance is largely a matter of embarrassed masculine vogueing, Bow, whose character is a study in willful neediness, gets to express every emotion, including that of the dying swan. Bow and Cooper in ‘Children of Divorce’: Poor Little Silent Rich Kids 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z “I feel this is her swan song,” she said. The Mezzo-Soprano Rosalind Elias in ?Follies? on Broadway 2011-10-23T22:55:37Z Still, they’d gone to the trouble of twisting my bath towels into the shape of a swan. 'I got so sunburnt, I was like a piece of chorizo': comedians on their holidays from hell 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z The temptations of Sarah Ruhl’s “Passion Play” include cameos by Elizabeth I, Adolf Hitler and Ronald Reagan, each briefly swanning through with a stateliness that keeps them well above the fray. Backstage with Jesus and Hitler in Ruhl’s epic ‘Passion Play’ 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Gray herons, oystercatchers with their orange dunce-cap-shaped beaks, and a couple of mute swans all sauntered or swam by as I stood there. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways Few would take exception to Anthony Dowell's assiduously researched choreographic text, but aside from the swan passages, this is now buried under layers of specious business. Swan Lake – review 2012-10-13T23:06:25Z Samson said the music represents the “swan song” of keyboardist Rick Wright, who died of cancer in 2008 at age 65. New Pink Floyd album based on 1994 sessions may be coming this fall 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z First Gomes impersonated the mysteriously male alternative swan in Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake.” Gustavo Dudamel gives Misty Copeland the royal treatment in the Hollywood Bowl's classical opener 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z He added, “I think it’s sort of fitting for a film that feels like it might be kind of a swan song for all these key players.” ‘The Irishman’ on Broadway: Phone Booths, Broadsheets and Jimmy Hoffa Stickers 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Franzen’s “Perchance to Dream” is a premature swan song for literature as it passes out of fashion in consumer culture and allegedly becomes overwhelmed by the world’s proliferating materiality. Literary realism is dead 2012-10-20T21:00:00Z The piece, a czarist box made by I. P. Khlebnikov, a Fabergé contemporary, depicted aristocrats feasting on a roasted swan. Battling to Keep Auction Sellers Anonymous 2013-02-03T21:14:16Z Finally, this list considers the show’s entire existence, not just its swan song. The Best TV Shows of 2017 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Glamorous people were swanning up the staircase, wearing tuxedos, gold lamé waistcoats and mink stoles over bare shoulders, their hair lacquered into immovable waves or teased into jewel-encrusted Raphaelite clouds. Joy and Nostalgia in Moscow as Bolshoi Theater Reopens 2011-10-29T01:50:11Z Salon caught up with McBride over the phone on the eve of the show’s swan song. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z He sees the swan first, then takes aim and prepares to shoot. All About Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z About 200 are for sale, with bodies shaped like swans, lyres and classical archways. Antiques: Kerosene Lamps With a Long Afterglow 2010-03-25T22:03:00Z Spitting out insults and swanning about in their gaudy frocks, they could be the Grimm Kardashians. REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z There is also the sheer nutso glory of Madeleine’s fantasy life, in which a swan on a pond in the park addresses her in French about her quest for beauty and Johnno. Review: ‘Pondling’ Looks Deep Into the Heart of a Disturbed Child 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The followup, 2008's "Batman Begins," solidified Bale's status as a leading actor, and "Dark Knight Rises" will be his swan song in the role. Actor Christian Bale reflects on years as 'Dark Knight' 2012-07-17T12:13:45Z White was traveling through Ohio when she saw a swan down by a river. Betty White: I Was Once Bit By a Swan 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z They meet food historian Ivan Day to discuss our age-old love of all meats avian, from swan to the arguably-a-bit-extravagant Yorkshire Christmas pie, which conceals within its pastry folds an obscene number of feathered creatures. TV highlights 01/04/2013 2013-04-01T05:59:02Z “It’s like the neck of a swan or something like that, if you wanted to pursue that analogy,” Mr. Brown said. The Invention That Shot Rocky Up Those Steps 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Is it wrong to say that I’m furious, but that I also really want to see that automated swan? A site for sore eyes? How Dominic Cummings put Barnard Castle on the map 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z He is at his most skilled with the massed swan maidens in the closing scene, and at his most human with the children in the first scene. Dance Review: Peter Martins?s ?Swan Lake? at New York City Ballet - Review 2011-09-14T22:29:22Z I would feel bad saying this, but Livia did get to swan around LA all Sunday night drinking champagne and waving her husband's Oscar around. Oscars 2011: Fashion royalty 2011-02-28T17:10:00Z They stick up in the back, and while the effect is not always flattering — sometimes they look like swans who have been through the carwash — the design mirrors the theme: exposing a dancer’s interior life. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z With that battle cry he heads out into the streets of Kingston, a man with a mission, which in the short term involves buying a loaf of bread to go and feed the swans. Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z In Childe Hassam’s painting of a Central Park pond, two swans warily observe the shoreline strolls of women and children in long skirts. At New York Botanical Garden, Time to Smell the Impressionists’ Roses 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The Strategist published a guide to every item found at the wedding, including ice swans and silver cigarette cups. The Branded Marriage of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The dual role, which requires a dancer to perform both the innocent white swan Odette and the dark swan Odile, is one of the most challenging in ballet. First-Time Queen?s Double Demands 2011-02-13T01:06:06Z Not only is the 26-year-old Jordan swimming, he might as well be doing swan dives along the Riviera. Jordan finally front and center in 'Fruitvale' 2013-05-17T13:47:08Z Neither can I. And indeed, Christie maintained her omniscient aloofness throughout Poirot’s swan song, “Curtain,” which came out a few months before her death in 1976. Review | Montalbano says farewell in the lovably quirky novel ‘Riccardino’ 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Following the success of “La Confidence des Oiseaux” Mr. Petton decided to apply his method to swans, one of the most enduring symbols in dance. DANCE: Choreography With Real Swans 2012-06-03T04:30:53Z Unaware of my thoughts, the cast began their pre-show, walking throughout the audience guiding beautiful, friendly, elegant-looking swans, which the audience quickly fell in love with. Young arts critics competition 2010: the winning entries 2010-10-20T22:00:00Z In the parks — de facto living rooms — retirees gossip on benches and feed the swans morsels of stale baguette. In reopened Paris, creative energy and festive euphoria set the mood 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z “Blue Danube” features swans, a vulture, TNT, and a harp. Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z His “Night Across the Street,” the last of more than 100 movies solely credited to him as director, is the kind of swan song you want from a master. ‘Night Across the Street’: a surreal, rewarding farewell 2013-04-25T20:44:45Z Here, Ratmansky steers away from black swan imagery — Odile’s dark featherless dress is washed in shades of green and purple like an iridescent fish dipped in glitter. Review: In Miami, a ‘Swan Lake’ That Blasts Off the Cobwebs 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z It does not stint on mime, not even for the swan corps, and the clarity of much of that mime is proven by the audience’s laughter. Review: Misty Copeland in the Washington Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z What does a swan song mean when it’s placed on Netflix as an artist’s first recorded special, and her last? Hannah Gadsby's Nanette dares to dream of a different future – for ourselves and comedy | Jane Howard 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The swan bed is not going to be the site of anything good. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin": How to be Gothic, from creepy manors to severe housekeepers 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z We don't swan around in crinolined ball gowns and horse-drawn coaches, but we can wear the heels with the magical aura. High heels and their perennial appeal: why pain seems a small price to pay 2012-07-21T14:48:19Z Among the many clichés “Flack” indulges is its focus on Robyn’s shoes—as she swans away from tabloid gaggles, as she strides urgently toward appointments. “Flack,” Reviewed: Anna Paquin Has Plenty of Cocaine But Only One Pair of Shoes 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Why is the mute swan singing?Why is the wren so bold?Why are the wild geese stayingAnd the spider weaving gold? Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z It opened at the same time that the Brooklyn Museum, in a swan song to its collection, showed off a panoply of major pieces. Museums Are Finding Room for Couturiers 2011-04-20T20:58:21Z At home, we had dog-eared our copy of “Make Way for Ducklings,” and the kids were thrilled to ride the real, human-powered swan boats around the pond. Money-saving ideas and kid-approved must-sees for a family trip to Boston — that won’t break the bank 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Even dancing the black swan Odile, where she is all imperious challenge and sharp satire, Lopatkina lacks musical spontaneity, and remains strangely unresponsive to the dancers around her. Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake ? review 2011-07-26T17:29:09Z The filmmakers were unencumbered by American censorship standards, and Ms. Tovar recalled spending much of the film swanning about in a transparent negligee. Lupita Tovar, actress in Spanish-language version of ‘Dracula,’ dies at 106 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z “Today swan upping is about conservation and education,” he continued. Queen Elizabeth owns how many swans? Annual count gets underway 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The dancer, filmed on a residential street on a cloudy day, is an unassuming swan. The Dance of Too-Hot Summer? Melt Into the Pinegrove Shuffle. 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z By breaking Odette’s heart, Siegfried condemns her to an eternity of turning back into swan form by day and only regaining human form, with her female companions, at night. ‘Swan Lake’ Discoveries Allow for a Deeper Dive Into Its History 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z A suave, melodramatic Helena Bonham Carter, draped in a fabulous purple fur coat, swans into the office of Ben Kingsley, who plays her silent psychoanalyst. Roman Polanski directs Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham-Carter in Prada 'anti-commercial' 2012-05-22T09:52:00Z Here is just a true fact: Gwyneth glows like a radioactive swan. 'Gwyneth glows like a radioactive swan' – my day at the Goop festival 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z At the edge of the property is a pond where swans, mallards and coots paddle around. The New Noma: Frequently Asked Questions 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z This weekend concludes the two-week reign of the swan queens, with the final performances this season of “Swan Lake.” Dance in NYC This Week 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Starting in 1959, Mr. Brinckle, who died in 2007 at 92, filled his suburban house’s basement with a stage, screen, tasseled drapes, nine seats, swan and eagle statuettes, gilded sconces and a concealed speaker system. Antiques: A Fantasy Movie House Is Saved From Extinction 2010-09-16T21:00:00Z “There’s no doorman, it’s just my home,” she said, swanning through a horde of pompadoured hipsters. Not Going Gentle Into That Good Night 2013-07-10T21:41:08Z How did you feel about the way the show handled Ms. Panjabi’s apparent swan song? 'The Good Wife' Recap: So Long, Farewell 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Gypsy is portrayed here by Lara Pulver as a neglected ugly duckling who never quite believes in her metamorphosis into a swan. London Theater Journal: A Scorching Momma Rose 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z You know that one of my favorite elements was the swan bed. "Flowers in the Attic" writer on "The Origin" ending, whose story needs telling and that swan bed 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z She can swan around as long as her victim stays locked up. 'Tangled' Movie Review: Disney Excels with Rapunzel Remake 2010-12-01T16:55:00Z A skylight filtered white light as I passed through a soaring lounge deployed with Barcelona chairs and an Arne Jacobsen swan chair. Haute Hostels Put to the Test in Europe 2013-04-26T16:24:14Z David Lowery’s film, in its relish for Redford’s waspish looks and smooth, movie-star charm, is itself a kind of swan song for a bygone version of the American man, solitary, sandy-blond and square-jawed. Boys on film: what we can learn about masculinity from Hollywood 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z "Blithe Spirit," she insisted, is not her swan song. Angela Lansbury's spirit and star power burn as bright as ever 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Mälkki brought out piquant touches, like some characterful wails of clarinet, and the tidal undercurrent of the low strings at certain moments even anticipated the grand “swan call” climax of the Sibelius. Review: A Conductor Adds Her Name to Philharmonic Contenders 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z There are those who still dress like the swans and swains time forgot, but some of Rue St. Denis’s most devoted customers are professionals. Rue St. Denis, Longtime Outfitter to TV and Chic People, Is Closing 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z She seems gawky and guileless, a galumphing work in progress; “more goose than swan” in the view of New York Times critic AO Scott. Greta Gerwig: ‘I don't need a man. I would have done all this anyway' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Backstage the handlers must keep the black and white swans apart so they don’t tear each other to pieces. DANCE: Choreography With Real Swans 2012-06-03T04:30:53Z On a typical visit, over the last 15 years, I swim in “my” pond, shared only with a pair of swans, a half dozen times a day. The Magic of Swimming on Martha’s Vineyard 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The saber’s etched copper handle is shaped like a swan’s beak, with a ring at the end. Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilizations Welcomes Some Treasures Home 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z A rustling noise, of tulle and footsteps, as two dozen swan maidens alight. A gorgeous, gliding ‘Swan Lake’ at PNB 2013-04-15T21:42:06Z In his “Swan Lake,” the tutu-clad swans are bald, squatty and awkward. Mats Ek — the Swedish rebel choreographer who’s ‘allergic to pretty’ 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z She knew she would be initially seen as an outsider: a liberal white woman artist “swanning in with all of the assumptions that come with that,” and her expectations were not mistaken. Will a New Play Restart a Fire? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z And if your self-rescue is more of a swan dive, nobody’s going to leave you foundering in the woods. Mud, Worms and Ropes: A One-Day Survival Course 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z It is also the finest of swan songs for its curator, Kathy Halbreich, MoMA’s former associate director, who did so much to revive the museum’s engagement with the art of today. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “I was interested in Rothbart and didn’t want to demonize him,” he said of the sorcerer in the ballet “Swan Lake,” who magically transforms women into swans. A ‘Swan Lake’ About Ireland, Where Myth Meets the Mundane 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z We saw hawks, a bevy of swans and a nutria, a semiaquatic rodent easily mistaken for a beaver, splitting green algae with a determined stroke. Escaping Berlin for the Watery Wonders of the German Outdoors 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z And it ends, ridiculously, with the image of a dying Judy Garland performing her swan song. Books of The Times: ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room’ Is a Look at Roger Ailes 2014-01-19T22:43:42Z But that’s incorrect if by “swan song” one means the last music Wright made, as opposed to the last recording released that featured playing by a given musician. New Pink Floyd album based on 1994 sessions may be coming this fall 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Each evening, the resident estate swans march to the Royal Swan Feeding. Budget Escapes 2010-05-12T17:32:00Z The Ugly Duckling, by Martha Stewart I recently helped a homely little bird transform herself into a beautiful swan. Style Invitational Week 1436: Haven’t seen it — new plots for movie titles 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z In later years, Frankenthaler continued to use oil and charcoal but employed a quieter vision, with bare regions on the canvases and even negative spaces that form swans. Within Walking Distance of La Biennale Paris 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z But then there’s Ella Wesner, who swanned off to Paris with a famous actress and lived openly with her in Paris. Theater Review: ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me,’ at 59E59 Theaters 2013-05-06T02:00:02Z The “Transparent” swan song, its “Musicale Finale” episode, incorporates a smidge of each kind of farewell tune in its songbook. The "Transparent Musicale Finale" is a fitting eulogy for a wacky, messy series 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z "The music hall a costly bow / The music all is lost for now / To a muted trumpeter swan." Van Dyke Parks: return of a musical maverick 2012-06-15T21:55:10Z |
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