Ballet AU Ft Emily the Swan Princess and Delilah the Black swan. (AU? idk this is more of a fun fictional story not really meant to exist outside of itself)
This is based on swan lake and the black swan, and loosely have dh plot elements but mostly fairy tales (mainly disney and the barbie movies) and like. Princess tutu. Anyway I thought the symbolised slapped so here we are
Jessamine (The White Swan) gets poached/assassinated leaving child Emily behind. Delilah sweeps in and take Emily under her wing. Once Emily reaches adulthood she realises how she was fooled and blinded by Delilah's manipulation, and thus goes on a journey to reclaim her power/position/throne.
Random details ft costumes, stage production (is this a real ballet or something like the nut cracker, idk) and dances ->
Jessamine's costume features a long skirt and is more gentle and modest. When she gets murK the stage becomes flooded with red light and her costume appears red (like blood. symbolism!)
Delilah's is all black, sharp, and more revealing. Its akin to a leotard/corset and an open skirt mimicking wings.
When Emily is taken by Delilah, her costume becomes a mix ofJess and Delilah's. Delilah's figuritively and physically shows off the dominance by laying black over the white, trying, but not quite, erase traces of jessamine.
Emily's final act costume is completely different from jess and delilah, showing she became her own person. While it's also white, brining back em's relationship to jess, it's very rarely shown as white, with lighting affecting much of its appearance.
Emily and Delilah duo dances in act 1 is very much Delilah leading the dances and Emily mimicking her, and have many poses where it appears like Delilah is pulling on Emily's strings like a puppet.
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