The Secret meanings of Swan Lake - a short documentary

This is my personal take on Swan Lake, exploring some of the hidden meanings within the ballet.

Links to the Swan Lake videos used in this mini documentary are:

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet: https://youtu.be/9rJoB7y6Ncs

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Bolshoi Theatre/Fayer (1957): https://youtu.be/V9lWG9z5SBY

Maya Plisetskaya in Swan Lake (1957): https://youtu.be/TtrHojRfHkA

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev - 1967: https://youtu.be/TrODO0RfEtM

Swan Lake by American Ballet Theatre in 2005: https://youtu.be/gfmc6ZVl7uA

Swan Lake – Act II corps de ballet (The Royal Ballet): https://youtu.be/cSGLGnHJDSQ

Swan Lake Act II - Entrance of Swans - Reconstruction by Alexei Ratmansky: https://youtu.be/iVwSABPPNXU

Zenaida Yanowsky - Swan Lake Act 4 - Royal Ballet: https://youtu.be/_8kdwXtuAa0

SWAN LAKE (alternative ENDINGS): https://youtu.be/RuHI30slv6A

Aerial view Act 2 Corps de Ballet pictures: Bolshoi Ballet

Chapel picture (part 6) by Alexandre Benois, original set designer for Swan Lake (see also 'The Ballet called Swan Lake' by Cyril Beaumont)

Final Part picture identification: White Swan, Margot Fonteyn and Black Swan, Alicia Alonso

Shot of the moon during part 2 is from the film 'An American Werewolf in London'

Видео The Secret meanings of Swan Lake - a short documentary канала Julie Cronshaw