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 Babandoa Etoa contravened the constitution. In April 2011, Babandoa Etoa joined Vital Kamerhe's opposition party Union for the Congolese Nation, later becoming Secretary General of the party. She is sometimes referred to as "Joan of Arc" or the "Iron Lady". As of 2016 she is also the "moral authority" of the Union for the Republic in neighbouring Republic of the Congo. In January 2016, she called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to fully assume its independence by publishing a detailed electoral calendar. Babandoa Etoa is married to lawyer Nicolas Okende Katako and has six children. Odette Babandoa Etoa Odette Babandoa Etoa