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Swan Lake Interpretation
Swan Lake is a globally well-known ballet choreographed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He composed the ballet in the late 1880s. Even though it failed miserably initially, Swan Lake is now considered the renowned classical ballet piece among the many others. I personally grew up watching numerous Swan Lake plays. Talk about the choreographer briefly in one paragraph.
Swan Lake centers around the story of two girls: Odette and Odile who resemble each other closely. Odette, a young maiden, was cursed by an evil magician who enjoys turning young maidens like Odette into swans. She is cursed so that she could only turn back into her human form at night, and left to be a white swan during the day. While the prince was out hunting

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