Canadian artistic director refreshes Dresden's Swan Lake

Over the 12 years he’s been artistic director of Dresden’s Semperoper Ballet, Aaron S. Watkin has not only developed a versatile company capable of both classic ballet and modern dance, but also cultivated an audience of dance lovers in the East German city.It’s been a long journey for the British Columbia-born dancer and choreographer. When he arrived in Dresden in 2006, the European tradition of going to the ballet had fallen by the wayside in the decades following the Second