National Ballet in Kiev: Swan Lake

This timeless and well-known performance, with stunning costumes, music, and fantastic story that has been choreographed so flawlessly, needs no introduction. It is with dexterity and perfection that the dancers of the National Ballet in Kiev bring Peter Tchaikovsky's fantasy Swan Lake back to life once more. The story of girls turned into swans and living on a lake of tears—a curse that can only be broken by a prince's love—is timeless. Even if you know it by heart, the world-class performance is by the National Ballet in Kiev enough reason to attend a second time.