2. Pure fairy tales. The story of Swan Lake is based on folk stories, that is, the devil turned a beautiful girl into a swan, but the power of love and justice finally defeated evil.
At first, Swan Lake had two different endings, usually mixed performances: in the first version, the prince was fascinated by hallucinations and finally died with Princess Aogueta; However, in the famous St. Petersburg version, although the music at the end is sad, it is a happy ending in which love triumphs over evil.
3.32 The shock of "flogging". In the third act of Swan Lake, the black swan has to do 32 one-legged spins called "whipping" in one breath. This stunt was created by Italian ballerina Pirina Legna in 1892 and appeared in the performance in St. Petersburg.
Dancers use delicate feelings, light dancing, tenacious endurance and perfect skills to interpret the completely different spiritual worlds of white swan and black swan. This stunt is still preserved in Swan Lake and has become a touchstone to measure the strength of ballerinas and dance troupes.
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The play is divided into four acts, including 29 divertimentos. The second act describes the meeting and love between Siegfried and Aogueta in Swan Lake, which consists of five parts. The basic theme of the first divertimento is the swan theme, which runs through the whole play and plays a leading motive role. The sad melody is played by the oboe accompanied by the harp, and then turned to the horn.
Finally, the two octaves separated by woodwind instruments and stringed instruments beat together and gradually disappeared. When the band played this suite, it was a wide night on the stage. A flock of swans are floating on the lake, and the leader is wearing a corolla.