France Stamp on Swan Lake Ballet -2016

France chose theme Dance for stamp day issue for 2016 and the Ballet SWan Lake was chosen for miniature sheet issued on 08 Oct 2016.

Swan lake Ballet was originally composed by a Russian Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky in 1875-76. Despite initial failure it is now one of most popular of all Ballets. The scenario,initially in two acts was fashioned from Russian and/or German Folk Tales and tells the story of Odette, A Princess turned into a Swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse.