Hello dancers! If you like my videos then feel free to explore our official website (Ballet's Secret Code) for lots (LOTS) more! www.balletsecretcode.com/ And you can watch the documentary film free right here on youtube: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kK2EZ8poq663pnU.html Also, if you find my work useful and would like to donate something to help the cause (of any amount at all) then you can PayPal us a donation to: justjawj@hotmail.com We really really appreciate it! Lastly - here is the full list of videos available on our website. We worked really hard on them. Enjoy :) Monday: 1 - Assemblé Cecchetti 2 - Commentary 3 - Adage; Coupé et fouetté 4 - Commentary 5 - Temps levé, chassé, coupé, fouetté, posé, assemblé, entrechat trois, en avant et en arrière 6 - Commentary 7 - Développé croisé avec relevé, glissade, entrechat six de côté 8 - Commentary 9 - Demi - contretemps, entrechat six de côté (en diagonale) followed by pas de bourrée entrechat six en tournant (autour de la salle) 10 - Commentary Tuesday: 1 - Adage; Developpé fouetté Cecchetti 2 - Commentary 3 - Adage - Pas de chaconne Cecchetti 4 - Commentary 5 - Adage - Tour en dedans pirouette renversé développé à la seconde 6 - Commentary 7 - Pas de bourrée, dégagé, petits battements, dégagé, fouetté, jeté, chassé, pas de chat 8 - Commentary 9 - Relevé, petits battements, posé, petits battements, pas de bourrée, pas de bourrée avec allongée 10 - Commentary 11 - Jeté battement, rond de jambe sauté, etc. 12 - Commentary 13 - Pas de bourrée, posé, fouetté to arabesque, tombé, pas de chat 14 - Commentary 15 - Douze ballonnés, piqués, tombés, pas de bourrée 16 - Commentary 17 - Jeté, petits battements, deux ballonnés en avant 18 - Commentary 19 - Jeté, petits battements, deux ballonnés en arrière 20 - Commentary Wednesday: 1 - Adage; Pas de la Mascotte 2 - Commentary 3 - Jeté rond de jambe sauté, deux fois, jeté, trois ronds de jambe sautés 4 - Commentary 5 - Salvo - Temps levé développé, temps levé fouetté, jeté, gargouillade volée, deux jetés, etc. 6 - Commentary 7 - Muriel - Temps levé développé, temps levé fouetté, jeté, gargouillade volée, deux jetés, etc. 8 - Commentary 9 - Deux (slow) gargouillades en - dehors, deux (quick) gargouillades en - dehors, etc. 10 - Commentary 11 - Ronds de jambe relevé retombé, etc. 12 - Commentary 13 - Demi - contretemps, rond de jambe relevé en dedans, jeté devant allongé à l’arabesque, etc. 14 - Commentary 15 - Coupé dessus en tournant, septs ronds de jambe en tournant en-dehors, etc. 16 - Commentary 17 - Full contretemps, assemblé dessus, ronds de jambe sauté, réleve en attitude, etc. 18 - Commentary 19 - Double rond de jambe sauté en dehors, posé en avant, etc. 20 - Commentary Thursday: 1 - Adage -Pas de l’Alliance 2 - Commentary 3 - Glissade derrière, jeté to arabesque croisée, dégagé en tournant, entrechat six 4 - Commentary 5 - Jeté, relevé, posé, coupé, cinq fois (with ending) 6 - Commentary 6B - (Additional observation) 7 - Glissade derrière, jeté à l’arabesque croisée, etc. 8 - Commentary 9 - Pas de bourrée, jeté en attitude, quatre fois etc. 10 - Commentary 11 - Pas de bourrée couru grand jeté en tournant, pas de bourrée couru, fouetté sauté en tournant dans 1ère arabesque 12 - Commentary Friday: 1 - Adage; Glissade Cecchetti 2 - Commentary 3 - Adage; Glissade de Mami 4 - Commentary 5 - Glissade cabriole devant, glissade cabriole derrière, etc. 6 - Commentary 7 - Brisé volé en avant, brisé volé en arrière, grand pas de basque, entrechat trois 8 - Commentary 9 - Pas de basque battu, etc. 10 - Commentary 11 - Posé, cabriole devant, trois fois, pas de bourrée dessus à la quatrième arabesque allongée 12 - Commentary 13 - Entrechat quatre, entrechat quatre volé, deux fois, trois entrechats quatres, entrechat six 14 - Commentary 15 - Brisé dessus, cabriole devant fermée, entrechat quatre, entrechat trois, brisé volé en avant, cabriole fouetté, jeté battu, cabriole derrière fermée 16 - Commentary 17 - Pointework Observations - (with Emma Moran) 18 - Pointework Observations (with Madeline Squire as a Student) Saturday: 1 - Adage - Six relevés 2 - Commentary 3 - Adage -Deux grands ronds de jambe en l’air avec arabesque 4 - Commentary 5 - Fouetté sauté à six temps en arrière 6 - Commentary 7 - Coupé sauté, ballonné, jeté en tournant, posé, jeté, posé, jeté 8 - Commentary 9 - Temps levé, chassé en arrière deux fois, temps levé posé deux fois, jeté élancé à l’attitude, pas de bourrée renversé, assemblé coupé derrière, entrechat six 10 - Commentary 11 - Temps levé, chassé croisé, temps levé en arabesque croisée, coupé dessus, ballonné, grand jeté en tournant, posé 12 - Commentary 13 - Additional steps for men - Deux temps levés, chassés en arrière, assemblé devant, double tour en l’air 14 - Commentary 15 - Commentary only - Pas de l’ange (additional steps for men) En Diagonale: 1 - Pas de bourrée en dedans, jeté, fouetté en tournant en dedans, développé à l’arabesque 2 - Commentary 3 - Coupé fouetté, coupé fouetté en tournant, coupé, pas de basque, tour en attitude renversé 4 - Commentary 5 - Pas de bourrée en tournant, coupé trois temps levés en 4ème arabesque en tournant, etc. 6 - Commentary 7 - Temps levé chassé, deux fois, deux tours en dehors (with arm movement and renversé) 8 - Commentary 9 - Additional steps for men - Double tour en l’air, chassé en arabesque, glissade, cabriole etc. 10 - Commentary Barre: 1 - Pliés 2 - Commentary 3 - Pliés - Additional Summary 4 - Battements tendus, relevés and dégagés 5 - Commentary 6 - Ronds de jambe à terre avec ronds de jambe jetés 7 - Ronds de jambe à terre - Commentary - Muriel 8 - Holding the arms in à la seconde - Commentary 9 - Battements frappés 10 - Commentary - Salvo 11 - Commentary- Muriel 12 - Petits battements 13 - Petits battements - Commentary - Muriel 14 - Ronds de jambe en l’air 15 - Ronds de jambe en l’air - Commentary- Muriel 16 - Adage movements - Commentary 17 - Grands battements & battements balancés 18 - Commentary - Salvo 19 - Commentary - Muriel 20 - Value of the Cecchetti Barre 21 - Barre Summary Centre Practice & Pirouettes: 1 - First set of Ports de bras - Salvo 2 - Second set of Ports de bras - Muriel 3 - Commentary 4 - First set of Ports de bras & grands battements - Muriel 5 - Commentary 6 - Battements tendus & dégagés 7 - Commentary 8 - Ronds de jambe à terre 9 - Commentary 10 - Battements frappés & petits battements (with 2nd ending) 11 - Commentary 12 - Grande préparation pour pirouette en dedans (in 1st arabesque and on the knee) - Muriel 13 - Commentary 14 - Grande préparation pour pirouettes en dedans - Salvo 15 - Commentary 16 - Pirouettes en dehors sur le cou-de-pied 17 - Commentary 18 - Deux tours en-dehors, rond de jambe à l’attitude croisée, etc. 19 - Commentary 20 - Série de coupé, rond de jambe, pas de bourrée renversée 21 - Commentary Interviews with Katharine Kanter: 1 - Cecchetti - Why take on the challenge? 2 - Muriel Valtat - interview 3 - Salvatore Nicolosi - interview 4 - Muriel Valtat & Julie Cronshaw - interview 5 - George Massey - interview 6 - Morta Grigaliūnaitė - interview 7 - Florence and the Hamlyn School 8 - Nicoletta Santoro - interview 9 - Alessandra Alberti - interview 10 - Elisa Corsini - interview www.balletsecretcode.com/

Yes, I agree. Swan Lake is really about the Prince, his hero's quest. And the divine geometry in Act II is no accident. Such a beautiful documentary, made with such love. Thank you.

I’ve always looked at the swan corps with the straight lines, in diagonal and vee shapes as migrating birds in flight

I am so grateful to have stumbled upon this video, Swan Lake has been my favorite ballet since I was a child and in my own journey into adulthood I have become only more fascinated with it. I have been searching for deeper symbolism and have yet to find any video that dives into this beautiful story until now! Thank you so very much for this, I look forward to watching more of your content

What amazing and beautiful interpretation of Swan Lake. You are a very spiritual, sensitive and wise person.

This was absolutely excellent!! I wish there were videos done my Ms Cronshaw on all the major ballets! Thank you so much for such a well done video and analysis.

This is obviously very well researched, and very interesting. I never really looked into the symbolism of ballet, even though I would like to, but this was a great starting point, and I just love it! This has definitely filmed my love for ballet. Thank you :))

I really enjoyed your documentary, especially act 4 - I interpret the 'infinity' created by the lines of the dancers as also a kind of 'inevitability' - as if this tragedy will play out again and again.

Very glad to see you chose some of Angel Corella’s footage, the best Siegfried EVER !!!.... 👏🏼👏🏼 In your analysis , you seem to agree with me that Swan Lake is really about the Prince !! In spite of the Odette/Odile duality and the 32 fouettés, the story is really about Siegfried’s quests.... 💕💕💕🇧🇷

Loved the explanation with the Vedic words.

I loved this thank you. I would love to see you dissect more ballets like this.

Already slightly obsessed with Swan Lake, so thanks! ⭐️🌝

There seems to be a more pointed difference between Act 1 and 3. Act 1 is the joyous, ordered, normal world of society and nature, while Act 3 is brilliant yet at night, enclosed, political, full of the high-stake menace and shadows that always threaten our lives.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom I loved it!! As a kid my ballet teacher and mother took me to swan lake many times and I always hated it... Just four years ago I started to appreciate it and this video helped a lot!

Thank you for the video, this was very interesting! I've also read The ballet called Swan Lake, but I think it's not so satisfying. I would rather recommend try to read for the history and any sources of Swan Lake Wiley's book on Tchaikovsky's ballets (via Internetarchive) and/or "Bolshoi Confidential" The interesting thing is that Swan Lake is a story shaped probably about more years and has a lot of influences. It is so different from any other ballets around this time, not only with the ambigous ending in a time, when a happy ending was the ballet fashion (I think we may only understand the Swan Lake ending happenings with the help of the music). And the whole first act without any appearance of the primaballerina! I think this is all a proof that Tchaikovsky had big influence on the story, and probably wrote it. I can't imagine otherwise, especially with all this psychological meanings...(in 1876, he was also urged to marry at last, and he was also in kind of a quest). By the way, I'm also posting videos on the origins of Swan Lake, so perhaps could be also inspirational for your analyzis. Somehow, I think it happened like this: Taking the "Stolen Veill" by Musäus (and it's opera adaption Le Lac des fees); names from different European Medieval-romantic traditions; adding some ballet traditions (La Sylphide; La Peri; Giselle) and opera influences (Lohengrin, Carmen), but basically it's true, it's about things can't be restored, and also the hero's quest.

So glad I stumbled on this. These interpretations are enlightening ! 🙏🏻

Thank you! Your narrative is beautiful. I am going to show this video to my little niece - we are going to see Swan Lake in Kharkov shortly.

Thank you so much, this offers great insight to the topic and finally made me understand why there is an unhappy ending. Definitely going to watch you other KZfaq video👍🏻💕

Excellent explanation, very useful for all of us who are dedicated to ballet (students, dancers, teachers, etc.). Greetings from Mexico.

thank you so much for this, a fascinating and thought provoking interpretation and ideas

Wow! I have never known about these meanings!! Thanks so much!!!!

Thank you for sharing beauty your explanation is giving the work the real dimension Thank you again

Thank you for making this video , an explanation of the philosophy within the story. I ❤ the story deeply

This is just wonderful! Thank you! 💝🌷

Swam Lake is may favorite ballet . I enjoyed you documentary.

Yours is a very good study, eludicating profundities (semi- Jungeian,.perhaps) I was not aware of in this great work, which ,I have been fortunate to see in some exquisite peformances, live and in video. I'd only demure that you give Odile short shrift; she isn't just "maya" but representative, emblematic of the powerful dark ("erotic", if you will) forces that animate and are essential to our being. The facile, overtly "happy" ending ( would you discuss the various endings?), so common now, diminishes this work, in my view. Thank you so much for this video.Please do more.

Thank you for your observations. The story of Swan Lake always leaves me with lots of questions, as it seems less spelled out than Nutcracker or Sleeping Beauty. What happened to Siegfried's father? What happened to Odette's parents? Who are the Swan Maidens? What does Rothbart want? Is Odile really his daughter or just an apparition? If she's real, who is her mother? Does she look like Odette because she is related or is it just an enchantment. If she is real, what does she want? Why is the Queen Mother uneasy when Siegfried wants to marry Odile? Does she know Rothbart? Etc.

Fabulous video ! ,so much information …🙏

So grateful to have come across this video, that touches onto The DNA of Most Beloved Swan Lake. As I am studying Cyril Beaumont's A Ballet called Swan Lake, would also recommend. Thank you Ms Cronshaw 💐 Will look out for the other video 👍🏽

Thank youuuuu so much for this beautiful explanation 🥰

Heavens! What a brilliant insight into this masterpiece! Thank you👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I am impatiently waiting to go to a Swan Lake performance….lucky me!🙌🌹

Thank you for this video!!

Thank you, a very interesting insight.

So interesting!!

This is fantastic.

Beautiful explanation

This is wonderful

Very interesting analysis

Fascinating

Love this.

Wonderful!

MUCHAS GRACIAS !!!!!!!!!!!! BENDICIONES !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!! BLESSINGS !!!!!!!!!!!!

well explained👏👏👏

Thanks Dear, just 1 thing it's not fantasie it's the astral reality!!!!

I've been watching (also reading and writing about) ballet for many years and really enjoyed your mini-documentary. I was very interested to learn that the very, very original production featured an ambiguous ending. Do you know if the ballet included at that point that stunning apotheosis? I'd felt the ending for which that music was written was the one used in the 1895 revival/restaging---at least, Ratmansky's reconstruction includes the lovers sailing off to Paradise in the little boat with the swan maidens doing an obeisance to their fallen saviors. It drives me nuts that the trend lately has been for every choreographer in creation to make his or her mark on this ballet by tinkering with the ending (this includes a version in which Siegfried marries Odile????!!!) I've noticed "Ballet's Secret Code and will definitely make an effort to watch it all the way through. Again, thank you for this interesting piece. It definitely made me rethink some of symbolism and dramatic nuance!

Thank you

There are at least 2 different ending options for this ballet and one is the happy victorious one😊

This was soo good🥲🦢✨

congratulations!!!!

Beautiful video. I wish it had English subtitles.

very intresting! Whould you concider to talk about the symbolism of Gissele? Also about historical facts etc? I really appreciate your work

which ballet has the swan maidens turning human again?

6:01 what's this version of the swan lake called

Anyone know where I can find the original 1877 version?

Does anyone know what version is the one where the swans become human at the end of the ballet?

From where are the „live action movie“ references from like in 8:45 ?

i'm surprised you didn't go into the romantic era precedents with men and doomed supernatural loves, not to mention the ubiquity of a ballet blanc by this point in balletic history.

I feel that, unlike the Willis in Giselle, I don't see the point of those swans.

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Yet, you don't explain Rothbart and why Odette is trapped.

Yes

isn't a code "secret" by definition?

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It is not a happy ending to see them in heaven together. Only if they overcome Rothbard and the curse is defeated, Odette and the other maidens are free, and the couple lives and loves in this world ... is it a triumph.

I want you to be my aunt 😭

It's interesting that she interprets the prince going into the forest as his search to find Himself, and then him doing so, in the form of a beautiful swan princess. That actually sounds like an interesting way to read the story through the lens of queer theory. Which ironically is basically the exact and much more obvious symbolism that Matthew Bourne gave his reimagined all-male gay swan lake; in which the swan represents the prince's repressed sexuality and will to live.

No auto-translate subtitles! 👎

The handsigns you're doing are very annoying.....get a hold of yourself.

Bravo! So wonderful. 👏🏻 Really love your insights! 🦢🤍꩜

There are at least 2 different ending options for this ballet and one is the happy victorious one😊