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The Dying Swan
The Dying Swan
(originally
The Swan
) is a
solo
choreographed by
Mikhail Fokine
in 1905 to
Camille Saint-Saëns
's
Le Cygne
from
Le Carnaval des animaux
as a
pièce d'occasion
for the ballerina
Anna Pavlova
, who performed it about 4,000 times. The short ballet (4 minutes) follows the last moments in the life of a swan, and was first presented in
St. Petersburg, Russia
in 1905. The ballet has since influenced modern interpretations of Odette in
Tchaikovsky
's
Swan Lake
and has inspired non-traditional interpretations and various adaptations.
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