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 Gartenlaub Odette Gartenlaub Odette Gartenlaub (13 March 1922 – 20 September 2014) was a French pianist, music teacher and composer. Odette Gartenlaub studied music at the Paris Conservatory with Olivier Messiaen, Henri Busser, Noël Gallon and Darius Milhaud, and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1948. She became well known as a soloist, performing with orchestras internationally. In 1959 she took a position as a professor at the Paris Conservatory. On September 20, 2014, she died at Hôpital Cochin in Paris, at the age of 92. Gartenlaub's compositions include works for orchestra, chamber ensemble and solo instruments. Selected works