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In conversation with Yuriko Kajiya, the swan queen

Concierge meets Yuriko Kajiya, Houston Ballet’s principal ballerina, ahead of her performance in Swan Lake. In the world of ballet, Swan Lake is one of the best known and most universally loved. Composed by the legendary Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875 and first performed by the Bolshoi Ballet in 1877, it...