The Dying Swan that the dance today is often made to appear to be a variation of "Swan Lake", which she describes as "Odette at death's door." Isabelle says that the ballet is not about a ballerina being able to transform herself into a swan, but about death, with the swan as a metaphor. Pavlova was recorded dancing "The Dying Swan" in a 1925 silent film, to which sound is often added. The short ballet has influenced interpretations of Odette in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", particularly during the parting of the lovers in the first lakeside scene. The dance was almost immediately adapted by
Odette Alonso Odette Alonso Odette Alonso is a poet, storyteller, essayist, and promoter of Cuban literature. She has a degree in Philology. She currently lives in Mexico, where she has resided since 1992. Odette was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1964. She is a member of the Network of Female Latin American Writers ([http://www.wworld.org/about/affiliates/relat.htm <nowiki>Red de Escritoras Latinoamericas [RELAT]</nowiki>]), the Writers' and Artists' Union of Cuba (Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba), and the Union of Women Writers of the Antilles (Unión de Mujeres Escritoras de las Antillas [UMEDA]). Currently, she is an editor of the Dirección de Publicaciones of