Guest Artist Princess Reid to dance “The Dying Swan”
Photo: Angel Dibbs Photo
Chicago Repertory Ballet is proud to announce that guest artist Princess Reid will dance the variation “The Dying Swan” in CRB’s upcoming July performance. The dying swan is a well loved classical ballet variation originally choreographed for Anna Pavlova by Michel Fokine. In this sweet variation, the audience sees a frail swan in her last moments before she breathes her final breath. Reid worked with director Wade Schaaf on the version that she will dance July 23 - 25 in CRB’s live performance on Montrose Harbor.
About Princess: Princess Reid grew up in Jacksonville, FL. She started studying ballet at age seven at The Florida Ballet under the direction of Laurie Picinich-Byrd where she danced until she was 18.
Soon after, she joined Orlando Ballet's second company in 2015, where she stayed until May 2018. While in Orlando, Reid performed in Don Quixote, Serenade, and Val Caniparoli's A Cinderella Story, to name a few.
Reid was also given the opportunity to perform Robert Hill's Requiem at the American Dance Competition gala in 2016 and in June 2018, she competed in the prestigious USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi.
See Princess and the rest of the CRB dancers in The Rite of Spring and Other Works July 23 - 25 on Montrose Harbor’s Cricket Hill. Get your tickets today!
Photo: Matt de la Pena
*Princess will appear courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet