The Ballet 'Swan Lake' By Rothbart

Finally, Swan Lake is a beautiful ballet that comprises elements such as composition and rhythm. The first act is set in a park surrounded by trees, with a castle in the background. With a gift from his mother, Prince Seigfried leaves the park to go to the lake to hunt swans with the crossbow he received for his birthday. Prince Seigfried is dressed in a black leotard comprised of beautiful jewels and white pants. His mother, the Queen, is dressed in a long blue dress which fades into white which also has large silver jewels and head piece with a veil. The chorus of female dancers elegantly dance on pointe, in which the dancers support their entire body weight on the tips of their extended feet with pointe shoes. The male dancers show their strength, energy, and grace through impressively
Some of these movement the dancers master are numerous pirouettes, leaps, and arabesques. The second act begins by swans swimming through the lake, surrounded by trees and rocks, during the night. The black swan, Rothbart, enters the stage dressed in a black leotard and black tights with silver jewels down the middle of the leotard and head piece. Odette, the white swan, transforms from her swan appearance to human form. She is under the spell of the evil, Black swan, Rothbart in which she is a swan during the day and a person during the night. This spell will endure her until she marries. Odette enters on pointe reaching arabesque. She meets Prince Seigfried, in which they soon profess their love for each other. The two dance together incorporating many exquisite lifts. The chorus, as swans, enter the stage in a zig zag pattern leaping as Odette and Prince Seigfied finish their duet and exit. They enter again performing more lifts. Odette and the swans are both wearing white tutus and head pieces. Odette and the prince begin dancing again and the swans bow to them. Prince Seigfried spins Odette in the needle