The Napoleonic, Spanish, Cup Lifting, Mazurka, and Chardash are some of the most colorful moments in the play.
In the third act, princesses and ambassadors from various countries attend Prince Zigrid's birthday party and dance their national dances.
In the famous solo variation of the black swan, Aurelia, in the third act of Swan Lake, the black swan performs 32 one-legged spins called "whip spins".
The technique was originated by Italian ballerina Pirina Legnani in 1892, and was featured in the St. Petersburg version.
The process of creation
In the third act of Swan Lake, princesses and ambassadors from various countries come to attend Siegfried's birthday party and dance their respective national dances. The Napoleonic, Spanish, Mazurka and Hungarian dances are some of the most colorful moments in the play.
In 1882, Tchaikovsky asked for the score of Swan Lake from the theater to turn it into a suite, but it was never completed. A number of Swan Lake Suites in the world's repertoire now include those dances.