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whats the story behind swan lake - the ballet?

Does anyone know where i can find out about the story of swan lake? I am taking my sister (12 years old) , to see the ballet - and would love to give her and I a bit of a run down of the story.

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1. http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/SwanHist.html
2. 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. http://www.wikipedia/wiki/Swan_Lake
3. You can see this web site: http://www.danceit.org/Swan.html
4. Good for you for taking your sister and introducing her to Swan Lake! I hope you two have a wonderful time at the ballet!! Here are a couple of links that give you the synopsis of the story in separate acts so you'll know what to expect during each act... http://www.ballet.org.uk/swan_lake_show_story.htm http://www.ellenkent.com/synopsis/swan-lake/ http://pnb.org/season/swanlake-story.html http://www.soundventure.com/web/footnotes/episode1.html