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Dances with Swans: A French dance company is putting on a show in Paris involving live swans, sharing the stage with human performers. It is called simply, “Swan.”

The production has been in the works for two years. A zoo offered the dance company some swan eggs and when the swans hatched, the dancers and swans began to bond.

“The idea behind ‘Swan’ is to recreate a new world where communication could (be) possible between living creatures,” said Luc Petton, the choreographer. “And specially, birds and dancers are like cousins for me because both of them are dealing with movement, with migration and with international language and they are both very fragile. It is the dancers becoming wild – maybe as wild as the swan.” More.