Odile

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Odile is the seductive and deceptive Black Swan character in the ballet "Swan Lake," often portrayed as the antagonist and foil to the virtuous Odette.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Odile canonical 8
Odile–Siegfried pas de deux 1

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet character
fictional character
alignment villainous
appearsIn Swan Lake
artForm ballet
associatedWith Odette
Prince Siegfried
linked to: Siegfried

Rothbart
characterTrait deceptive
seductive
characterType Black Swan
colorSymbolism black
contrastsWith Odette
createdForWorkBy Lev Ivanov
Marius Petipa
danceStyle classical ballet technique
disguisedAs Odette
firstPerformanceIn Swan Lake premiere (1877)
genre classical ballet
hasAlias Black Swan
influenced later “black swan” archetypes in dance and film
medium stage performance
musicComposedBy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
narrativeFunction obstacle to true love
notableScene Black Swan pas de deux
notableTechnicalFeature 32 fouettés en tournant in Black Swan variation
notableVariation Black Swan variation
oftenPortrayedBy same ballerina who dances Odette
parentageInSomeProductions daughter of Rothbart
relationshipToOdette foil
impostor
roleInWork antagonist in Swan Lake
foil to Odette
settingOfAppearance royal ballroom scene in Swan Lake
symbolizes deception
sensuality
temptation
tricks Prince Siegfried
linked to: Siegfried

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swan Lake principalCharacter Odile
Odette contrastedWith Odile
Rothbart associatedWith Odile
Black Swan Pas de deux alsoKnownAs Odile–Siegfried pas de deux
linked to: Odile
Nina Sayers performsRole Odile
Swan Lake mainCharacter Odile
Odile Decq givenName Odile