If you’re going to see just one ballet this season, let it be Swan Lake performed by the Russian Grand Ballet. Because how often does one get the chance to see a classic, 19th-century Russian ballet from a traditional Russian company in Spokane? Not often. Though the ballet played a memorable background to the utterly creepy 2010 film Black Swan, Swan Lake is a romantic fairy tale; a mingling of love and deception, and a story that mimics the German legend of Odette, the princess turned into a swan. Some of Russia’s brightest ballerinas take the stage for two shows this weekend, set to the mystical and whimsical music of Tchaikovsky.
Sat, Oct. 17, at 7 pm; Sun, Oct. 18, at 3 pm • $37-$57 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638