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Ballet

  • Movie Suggestions for When You Want to Feel Like a Swan Maiden

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is another list of film recommendations to evoke a certain feeling, this time I am focusing on films that make you feel like a Swan Maiden!   I have broken this list of seven films into two sections, those inspired by Swan Lake…

  • Odette, the Swan Princess

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Odette, the Swan Princess!   I decided to choose another fairytale character for this Femme Fatale Friday because I wanted to keep the fairytale theme going for one more day.   I absolutely adore Odette from Swan Lake…

  • Unhinged Ballerinas in Film & the Dangers of Perfectionism

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is an examination of the use of Unhinged Ballerinas in film and how they are representations of the Dangers of Perfectionism!   In particular, I will be looking at the films Suspiria (both versions), The Red Shoes, and, most particularly, Black Swan.   …

  • The Nutcracker, An Iconic Holiday Ballet

    Welcome to the final day of Winter Faerytale Week here at White Rose of Avalon.    For this post, I have decided to discuss the classic holiday fairytale The Nutcracker and in particular, the iconic ballet based upon it! So most of us are familiar with the music of The Nutcracker, as it just sounds…

  • The Nutcracker

    Hello my Lovely readers, and for the holiday I am writing about my favorite Yuletide show.   This will be a very brief overview of the show.   The ballet about a little girl and her magical toy nutcracker has delighted audiences for over a century.   It has been performed yearly every December in…

  • The Sleeping Beauty Ballet

    The Sleeping Beauty Ballet was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.   It is based on the fairytale of Sleeping Beauty.   It is one of three ballets composed by Tchaikovsky.    It is my personal favorite Tchaikovsky ballet, and actually my favorite ballet of all time!   I am, in fact, walking down the aisle…