The Secret meanings of Swan Lake - a short documentary

Опубликовано: 13 Июль 2026
на канале: Julie Cronshaw

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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:    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Bolshoi Theatre/Fayer (1957):    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Bolshoi Theatre/F...

Maya Plisetskaya in Swan Lake (1957):    • Maya Plisetskaya in Swan Lake (1957)

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev - 1967:    • Video

Swan Lake by American Ballet Theatre in 2005:    • Swan Lake by American Ballet Theatre in 2005

Swan Lake – Act II corps de ballet (The Royal Ballet):    • Swan Lake – Act II corps de ballet (The Ro...

Swan Lake Act II - Entrance of Swans - Reconstruction by Alexei Ratmansky:    • Video

Zenaida Yanowsky - Swan Lake Act 4 - Royal Ballet:    • Video

SWAN LAKE (alternative ENDINGS):    • SWAN LAKE (alternative ENDINGS)

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'