Good Swan, Bad Swan: Dancing Swan Lake

Name: Good Swan, Bad Swan: Dancing Swan Lake
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Tamara Rojo

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2014

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Good Swan, Bad Swan: Dancing Swan Lake (2014)

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Tamara Rojo takes us backstage as she prepares for the dual lead in Swan Lake. It is the ultimate role for any dancer, requiring her to play the completely contrasting characters - Odette th... Read allTamara Rojo takes us backstage as she prepares for the dual lead in Swan Lake. It is the ultimate role for any dancer, requiring her to play the completely contrasting characters - Odette the White Swan and Odile the Black Swan.Tamara Rojo takes us backstage as she prepares for the dual lead in Swan Lake. It is the ultimate role for any dancer, requiring her to play the completely contrasting characters - Odette the White Swan and Odile the Black Swan.

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- Dominic Best
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- Tamara Rojo

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- Dominic Best
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- Tamara Rojo

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Analysis of one of the Toughest Roles in Ballet

GOOD SWAN BAD SWAN not only looks at the rigors of trying to perform SWAN LAKE - one of the most popular yet one of the most difficult roles in ballet - but also looks at the elements of trying to portray a good and a bad character in one performance.

Sometimes the temptation might be to treat the entire ballet as a melodrama, but as Tamara Rojo, principal dancer of the English National Ballet explains, directors and stars have tried to invest the performance with considerable degrees of light and shade. The documentary contains archive footage of several seminal performances as well as behind-the-scenes footage of rehearsals at a new production. Definitely worth a watch for anyone interested in the mechanics of ballet production.