Matthew Bourne's version of this ballet replaces its female ensemble with a chorus of shirtlessmale dancers.
Matthew Bourne's version of this ballet replaces its female ensemble with a chorus of shirtlessmale dancers. Pierina Legnani introduced the thirty-two consecutive fouettes in this ballet's third-actpas de deux during its revival in 1895. Divided into "white acts" and (*) "black acts," this balletfocuses on a curse cast by the sorcerer Von Rothbart, who tricks its male lead into pledging eternal love forOdile. In its final scene, the curse is broken by the double suicide of Prince Siegfried and Odette. For 10points, name this ballet by Tchaikovsky about a woman transformed into the title bird.
Matthew Bourne's version of this ballet replaces its female ensemble with a chorus of shirtlessmale dancers.
Swan Lake [or Lebedinoye ozero]