as most may know [or may not know] that my background is in ballet [much like my idol Dita von Teese] but this is one piece I love to watch endlessly and in fact one of my ballet instructors was trained by Mikhail Fokine's [choreographer of this piece] son, so yea always felt really intimidated while in class. Nonetheless, I am so thankful that my Mum introduced me to ballet because it has given me some of the happiest moments in my life; performing for me has been an amazing outlet and I would definitely be in a dark place if not for these creative outlets in my life. If anything, hope that dance and music can help others as it has for me, which is why it's so important to pass it on. This piece in particular is considered extremely difficult because the dancer is on pointe for a little over two minutes [which is hard...I've tried it!] so it does take some really amazing training and technique to dance and I admire anyone who is able to pull off the choreography. The idea [at least how it was always explained to me] is that the story is based upon a species of swans where they don't make a sound until the die then they make what can be considered a beautiful song, hence the term "swan song" in any case the music was composed by French composer Camille Saint-Saens and was originally choreographed by Mikhail Fokine and first performed by Anna Pavlova.
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