Great Performances: Dance in America (TV Series)
'Swan Lake' with American Ballet Theatre (2005)
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- No sex or nudity is shown, but Von Rothbart, the evil magician, appears to want to seduce Odette at the beginning.
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Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- Von Rothbart changes from what appears to be a dashing, handsome young man into a hideous, reptilian-like creature (his true shape) in the opening scene and once more in Act III.
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Violence & Gore
- The ballet ends with Siegfried and Odette committing suicide by throwing themselves off a cliff. Artistically done and not graphic.
- At the end, Odette and Prince Siegfred commit suicide by jumping into the lake because Odette would rather die than be doomed to remain a swan forever, and Siegfred does not wish to live without her. Their spirits rise to Heaven. The suicide is very tastefully shown and not frightening at all.
