Music #380 - Tchai - Swan Lake

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

/ˈpiːtər ˈɪlɨtʃ tʃaɪˈkɒfski/ (1840–1893)

Swan Lake 

/ Le Lac des cygnes  

The scenario was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.

        “Act 1 At the royal palace, Prince Siegfried celebrates his coming-of-age. Various dancers entertain the party to new-familiar themes, and a flight of swans appears, marked by the main oboe melody of the ballet.

        “Act 2 Siegfried and friends are hunting swans, denoted by the oboe melody. However, one swan -- Odette -- tells him she is a woman, turned into a swan by the evil magician Rotbart.

        “Act 3 At the royal castle, Siegfried has to choose a wife at a ball, entertained by various dances. He thinks he sees Odette there, but she is actually Odile, Rotbart's daughter.

Siegfried dances with her and nominates her as his bride, spelling doom for Odette.

        “Act 4 Back at the lake, Odette is about to die -- but Siegfried battles with Rotbart, breaks the bell, and is reunited with her, as the swan theme triumphantly reappears.”

 

The Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet

Selections:
* Main Theme
* Entrance of Swans
* Simply beautiful
* Pas de quatre - four little swans
* Black Swan - pas de deux

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Bonus:
* Pas de 'Deux' - two little swans from the Dance Subaru movie
* Swan Lake - Chinese acrobatic ballet 
* Swan Lake also - Chinese acrobatic ballet also
  

Extra:
* Pas de quatre

 

* Moon - solo dance