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 Roy Fombrun of the country's new constitution, the organization Ligue Feminine d'Action Sociale (Feminine League for Social Action), and the founding in 2007 of the Fondation Odette Roy Fombrun. She turned 100 in June 2017. Her historical works include "L'Ayiti des Indiens" (Port-au-Prince: Deschamps, 1992) and "Le Drapeau et les Armes de la République" (Port-au-Prince: Deschamps, 1989). Odette Roy Fombrun Odette Roy Fombrun (born 13 June 1917, Port-au-Prince) is a Haitian writer and intellectual. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, she graduated in 1935 from the teachers training college, Ecole Normale d'Institutrices, and in 1945 went to the United States to pursue nursing studies