In a scene from this ballet's second act, four dancers perform sixteen pas de chat after entering the stage in a line with their arms crossed in front of each other, grasping each other's hands.
In a scene from this ballet's second act, four dancers perform sixteen pas de chat after entering the stage in a line with their arms crossed in front of each other, grasping each other's hands. A prominent theme from this ballet beginning with an F-sharp half note, four ascending eighth notes, and another F-sharp is played by solo oboe over harp and tremolo strings. At a ball in its third act, the male lead is seduced by the antagonist's disguised daughter, who is now often played by the same dancer as the female lead. The many different endings to this ballet often involve a clash between Prince Siegfried and the villainous sorcerer Von Rothbart. For 10 points, name this Tchaikovsky ballet in which Odette is cursed to live as the title bird.
In a scene from this ballet's second act, four dancers perform sixteen pas de chat after entering the stage in a line with their arms crossed in front of each other, grasping each other's hands.
Swan Lake [or Lebedinoye ozero]