JACKSON TWP — Dance devotees as well as anyone who wants to experience ballet for the first time will enjoy the production of “Swan Lake” this weekend at the Seneca Valley Intermediate School auditorium.

That’s the word from Kwang-Suk Choi, owner and principal instructor at the Pittsburgh Ballet House in Cranberry Township and an adjunct faculty member at Point Park University.

The classic ballet will be performed by Pittsburgh Ballet House students at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets will be available at the door.

Kwang said the principal role of Odette, as well as the villainous Odile, will be performed by his daughter, Younji Grace Choi.

The young dancer, 17, placed third in the Youth America Grand Prix in January, and was one of 16 girls in her age group to be chosen to participate in the International Ballet Competition this month in Jackson, Miss.

Playing the dual roles of the soft, delicate Odette and the wicked Odile was a challenge for Younji Grace.

“But it’s my last year at my home studio, so it was a good challenge,” Younji Grace said. “It has prepared me for what’s ahead.”

“She is a very hard worker, and she is handling it well,” Kwang said.

The production will use 128 dancers from Kwang’s dance studio, and two male dancers from Point Park University.

Because the ballet is being performed by impressionable young dancers, Kwang decided to soften the disturbing ending of the “Swan Lake” story.

Instead of Odette dying accidentally at the hands of the prince, who drowns himself as a result of his error, Kwang rearranged the story so that the prince and Odette joyfully dance off into the sunset together.

“I wanted to make a happy ending,” Kwang said.

Younji Grace said while she enjoyed both the roles, the fragile Odette represented the first sad character she has played as a ballet dancer.

“It was interesting to do something new and use the different facial expressions and arm movements,” she said.

The future San Francisco Ballet School student said she also plays dual roles as a principal dancer working under her father.

“For me, it’s way more comfortable because he is a family member and I feel at home when I’m dancing,” she said, “but he can be a lot more critical (than with other students).”

Tickets are $11, $13 and $15 at the door.