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Swan Lake begins at a royal court. Prince Siegfried, heir to the kingdom, must declare a wife at his birthday ball. Upset that he cannot marry for love, Siegfried escapes into the forest at night. As he sees a flock of swans flying overhead, he aims his crossbow and readies himself for their landing by the lakeside. When one comes into view, however, he stops; before him is a beautiful creature dressed in white feathers, more woman than swan. Enamoured, the two dance and Siegfried learns that the swan maiden is the princess Odette. An evil sorcerer, Von Rothbart, captured her and used his magic to turn Odette into a swan by day and woman by night.

A retinue of other captured swan-maidens attend Odette in the environs of Swan Lake, which was formed by the tears of her parents when she was kidnapped by Von Rothbart. Once Siegfried knows her story, he takes great pity on her and falls in love. As he begins to swear his love to her - an act that will render the sorcerer’s spell powerless - Von Rothbart appears. Siegfried threatens to kill him but Odette intercedes; if Von Rothbart dies before the spell is broken, it can never be undone.

The Prince returns to the castle to attend the ball. Von Rothbart arrives in disguise with his own daughter Odile, making her seem identical to Odette in all respects except that she wears black while Odette wears white. The prince mistakes her for Odette, dances with her, and proclaims to the court that he intends to make her his wife. Only a moment too late, Siegfried sees the real Odette and realizes his mistake. The method in which Odette appears varies: in some versions she arrives at the castle, while in other versions Von Rothbart shows Siegfried a magical vision of her.

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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake;The ballet is particularly known for having the parts of the swans danced by men rather than women.

The unhappy and unloved Prince is mocked, betrayed and rejected by everyone around him. When he decides to commit suicide by throwing himself in a lake at a city park, a beautiful Swan emerges from the water. The Prince and The Swan become close friends, but their friendship is destined to end in tragedy. Written by Anonymous 

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Hi sweet ppl,

Yesterday I went to see Matthew’s Bourne swan lake version… Tell the truth dont really like that typical version becos it portrays tragedy- lots of miseries n unhappiness with unhappy ending..

Feel so sad but thats reality.. many people are lost, lost in their own tragedies of life… tryin to find a way out n lots are still searching, not knowin that those tiresome action will bring them nowhere becos to start wif, no one knows wher to search it… on n on we look for satisfaction externally, but the true beauty only exist in our heart … in that pure kindness,compassion n love for other beings including ourselvesss… Thers so much longing for othersss to love us, thats probably why the more older we become,the more miseries we face… becos that needs to be loved by others is far more important than to selflessly love others…. I recommend to try n hav pets to understand how beautiful to lov others selflessly, rmb this only works if u do it wholeheartedly wif good intention embedded deeply in ur heart +)

Like u guys, im still searching… writing these blogs, sort of like givin myself advice n reminder of wot i shud be thinkin, wat directions to go in life n wishful hope that each one of u’s can discover strength in urself, discover wisdom in urselves, discover smile in ur eyes n discover compassion in ur heart +)

This is my advice to others ; life is already hard enuf, dont make it much more harder for urself… relax n expect less, learn to love, keep on learning n laugh often.. hehehehe

To those who knows me, these blogs represent my other side… It is still me but in reality im just as hopeless as anybody else, as crazy as anyone else n full of defilements to overcome…

Lov u All, Mel

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