Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (Act One)PART.13

Act Three:The palace Ballroom 4/4
Just as in the original Swan Lake one ballerina performs the white Odette and the black Odile, the same danseur performs the white Swan and the black-clad young von Rothbart in this version. The Prince sees something of his beloved Swan in the son and he is as much attracted to his bravado and animal magnetism as he is repulsed by his lewdness. During bump and grind group numbers and a sequence of national dances, it becomes clear that the Queen is powerfully attracted to von Rothbart's son. His father, the Private Secretary, looks on with an increasingly triumphant approval. But the Prince, in a pas de deux, also tries to approach young von Rothbart, only to be rebuffed. The Prince retreats into his mind and imagines dancing intimately with him, but the Prince's confusion interrupts the fantasy, and the son's movements turn quickly from loving to violent. The Prince imagines the other guests at the ball laughing and ridiculing him. The Queen and young von Rothbart embrace and begin kissing, signalling her acceptance of him as her lover. Overwhelmed by his conflicted feelings, the Prince produces a pistol and threatens to shoot his mother. In an ensuing scuffle the Girlfriend tries to dissuade the Prince, while the Private Secretary draws a pistol and points it at the Prince. As shots ring out, the Girlfriend and the Prince fall to the ground, but only the Girlfriend has been hit. She lies unconscious on the ground and the Prince is dragged away, while the Queen throws herself into young von Rothbart's arms. He gives the pistol he had taken from the Prince to his father, the two of them laughing.

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[looker768]

I just admire that principal male dancer for dancing in plether pants....heaven forbid it's actually leather....

[Jenni4Design]

@looker768 I admire the way he fills them out ::blush:: :D

[MfloLovesNinjaz]

4:10 I felt like this should have been said... S***! HE GOT A GUN! RUN!

[prixmgify]

damn this i so mean and i love it...is just that...omg is Adam Cooper he doesn´t need words for his greatness he´s so handsome and mean...