Picture No | 10472765 |
Date | 1960 |
Description | Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in love |
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Siegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight. A scene from Act II of Tchaikovsky's ballet, Swan Lake, first performed in 1877, based on Russian and German folk tales.
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Source | Cutout illustration by Lotte Reiniger in Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 1960, p36 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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