"Swan Lake" is the most popular of all classical ballets. From its first incarnation in 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, to the many productions mounted around the globe today, this timeless story of a young man's love and eventual betrayal of a swan queen, set to one of Tchaikovsky's most enduring scores, continues to engage audiences and inspire new generations of dancers. Recorded in high definition television at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, this special captures all the grandeur of ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie's visually stunning new production, which was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as "giving the ballet fresh splendor, depth and momentum."

The elegant production stars ABT's newest sensation Gillian Murphy as the Swan Queen, and the great Angel Corella as her suitor, Prince Siegfried.