Great Performances: Dance in America

Host:
[introducing the ballet] "Swan Lake" is considered one of the classical ballet's greatest challenges for a ballerina. In one performance, she really dances two roles: the tender, lyrical Odette, the white swan of the second act, and the steely, scintillating Odile, the black swan of Act III.

Ethan Stiefel:
The single best thing about being a male ballet dancer is, uh, that you're workin' with women all day, and you're workin' hands-on, with women all day, and they're pretty fit, and, you know, that's the thing people don't know they're missing out on.