- Athens

- Tonight & Tomorrow

Russia’s famed Mariinsky Ballet will stage Tchaikovsky’s classic “Swan Lake” at the Herod Atticus Theater tonight and tomorrow, accompanied by the Athens State Orchestra under the baton of Pavel Bubelnikov. For information and tickets, contact the Greek Festival box office (39 Panepistimiou, tel 210.327.2000).

Herod Atticus Theater,

Dionysiou Areopagitou.

- Athens

- Tonight & Tomorrow

Breakthrough avant-garde choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker will stage her landmark 1983 piece “Rosas danst Rosas” at the Pireos 260 venue tonight and tomorrow. She will also present a brand-new production, “The Song,” at the Athens Concert Hall on Thursday and Friday. For information, contact the Greek Festival (see above).

Pireos 260,

Tavros.

- Athens

- Tonight

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will present “Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno” at the Badminton Theater tonight. Tickets can be purchased at the theater box office, at the Public multimedia store in Syntagma, at tel 210.884.0600 and at www.ticketnet.gr.

Badminton Theater,

Goudi Military Park,

tel 211.101.0020.

- Athens

- Tonight

Lura, the young ethnic muse from Cape Verde, will perform at the Scholeion venue tonight as part of the Greek Festival’s world music series of concerts. For information and tickets, contact the Greek Festival box office (see above).

Scholeion,

52 Pireos, Moschato.

- Athens

- Opens Tonight

The three-day ECM Festival of jazz and ethnic music will open tonight at the Vrachon Theater with a performance by Vassilis Tsabropoulos. Dino Saluzzi and Anja Lechner will perform tomorrow and Manu Katche will close the festival on Wednesday. Tickets are available at the Public, Ianos and Fnac stores.

For information:

Tel. 213.203.7819,

www.festival-ymittou.gr.