Swan Lake Love, Romance, Tragedy

Recently, I borrowed the London Festival Ballets Prodction video o! the Swan
Lake" Thogh this #rodction is very well known, I have never seen it be!ore" It was
choreogra#hed by $atalia %akarova, and I was stnned by the dancers ama&ing
#er!ormance"
The #rodction is divided into !or acts" The !irst act is mainly abot a #rince named
Sieg!ried 'Peter Scha!ss( who arrives at his )*
st
birthday celebration on the #alace
cortyard" In there he !inds all o! the royal !amilies and towns#eo#le dancing and
celebrating, while the yong girls are an+iosly seeking his attention" ,t this time, the
msic is very e+citing, and the dancers dance very -ick and with lively ste#s to
e+#ress their ha##y !eelings"
In the second act, he goes hnting with his !riends" Since he went ahead, he soon
!ond himsel! all alone by a lake" There, the msic became mysterios as the #rince
watched the swan trn into a beati!l maiden named .dette '/velyn 0art(" She was
trned into a swan by an evil magician and can only trn into a hman at night" The
only way to break the s#ell was i! she was loved by someone who had never loved
be!ore" The #rince !ell in love with her instantly and they begn to dance grace!lly,
e+#ressing their love and bond" The aditorim was !illed with romance as the #rince
raised .dette into the air"
The third act occrs in the #alace" 1ring the royal ball it was the #rinces trn to
choose a bride" The evil magician and his daghter, .ddie

#er!ormed by /velyn
0art

were #resent in the ball" The #rince was charmed by the evil magician, so he
!ell dee#ly in love with .ddie and com#letely !orgot abot .dette" 0e chooses .ddie
as his bride and dances ha##ily, making hge 2m#s and #iroettes" Later on, when
.dette heard that Sieg!ried broke his love #romise, she was very sad" The sadness was
e+#ressed by very so!t movements in a very slow tem#le" 3hen the #rince came ot
o! the s#ell and reali&ed what he had done, he a#ologi&ed to .dette" $ow the s#ell
cold never be broken" The dance becomes very gloomy, and yo can tell !rom the
slow #iroettes and other so!t movements" ,t that moment, the sorcerer comes and
battles with the #rince" The dance sddenly becomes violent and e+citing" The
movements are -ick and sdden" Bt at last, the #rince cold no longer !ight the
sorcerer and colla#ses in the lake" .dette was heartbroken so she 2m#s into the lake
and both died"
In conclsion, Swan Lake is an e+cellent #rodction" The story can be clearly seen in
the movements o! the dancers" I recommend yo to watch $atalia %akarovas version
o! the Swan Lake"