LAMORINDA WEEKLY | 'Swan Lake' comes to the Orinda Library Auditorium


Standing, from left: Sadie Elkind, Phoebe Higgins, Maya Elkind, Emily Charo, Bailey Brothers, Ella Pierce, Amy Li, Chloe Sabo-Nichols; kneeling: Gianna Galando, Mia Jeric, Ava Allaire Photo Patricia Tomlinson

Orinda Ballet Academy's spring production, "Swan Lake and Contemporary Dances," will offer three performances at the Orinda Library Auditorium May 19-21. The academy had planned to perform this program back in spring 2020 before the COVID shut down. Director Patricia Tomlinson noted that while she was "super sad" to have had to close down that performance during the pandemic, "we are happy to be reviving it with a beautiful cast of students and guest artists."

"Swan Lake" was last performed by the Academy in 2013. This years' guest artists performing along with the Orinda Ballet Academy students are Jackie McConnell, Christopher Dunn and Maurice Monge.