Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley rehearse Rupert Pennefather and Lauren Cuthbertson in the mime scene from Act II of Swan Lake. Royal Ballet 2006
Dowell -- The chat. you gonna say, you gonna say,in this place here, look at the stage, just here why? She said,
Antoinette Sibley : I am the queen of the swans.
Anthony Dowell: You the queen! Now I bow to you.
AS: you suddenley think when he is very nice to me. not frightened has been very gentle, - you see over there , point the lake, the lake is my mother's tears. yes, that's lovely.
if she says the lake is my mother's tears, you just think , my god holy expansive water then you come back just in time for she go away you say listen again, so she's gonna tell you more. But-
AS: over there one wicked person makes me into swan, then you say, But if one loves me, marry me, swear to it, I swan then you stop into --no more
AD: into the mime scene for please,
Mime
AD: You're great on my mother's tears,
AS: neck is beautiful, then you got to go you just begin to get over there
AD: 'cos the story becomes magical when you say the lake is my mother's tears, that's really --so passion
AS: Your mother saw what happened to you, I mean he took you away, my mother's tears, whole thing behind the story, she, lost daughter taken away by Rothbart, she cried and cried and cried so daughter made the lake, so that is the story of Swan Lake.