jeffrey brown spent a day with ratmansky and dancers to see how they've brought this traditional balletng back to its rediscovered historical roots. it's part of our arts and culture series, canvas. >> yes, now, almost good, except you'll want to exit with your feet going back. >> brown: a dance studio several weeks before opening the classic ballet, “swan lake.” >> you make it clear for the audience that that is how the love is born. >> brown: and alexei ratmansky, one of the world's leading choreographers, was working with dancers of the miami city ballet to bring to life this fairytale of a prince, young women turned into swans, and doomed love. >> we need to find a good quality for every movement and we should get the feeling that the movements are born from the music, or vice versa, the music is born from their movements, but... >> brown: but they go together. >> yes, exactly. >> brown: ratmansky, now 53, was himself a dancer, trained at moscow's bolshoi ballet school, before turning to making dances. choreography, for him, begins with the music. >> i put on my headphones and i hav