"Ballet must be accessible," the French choreographer and artistic director of The Ballet of Monte Carlo, Jean-Christophe Maillot, believes — and the upcoming Japan premiere of "LAC," his most ambitious reconfiguration of a classic to date, promises to attract both fans of Tchaikovsky's famed 1876 "Swan Lake" with choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, and also those looking for a narrative with contemporary resonance.