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The Swan Princess (film series)


The Swan Princess is a series consisting of eight films. It commenced in 1994 with the release of "The Swan Princess". The Swan Princess is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy film based on the ballet "Swan Lake". Starring the voices of Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, and Sandy Duncan, the film was directed by a former Disney animation director, Richard Rich, and produced by Nest Family Entertainment / Rich Animation Studios and with a music score by Lex de Azevedo. The story follows the
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The Swan Princess (painting)


The Swan Princess () is a 1900 painting by Russian artist Mikhail Vrubel, based on the opera "The Tale of Tsar Sultan" by Rimsky-Korsakov (which was based on the fairytale of the same name by Pushkin). Vrubel designed the decor and costumes for this opera. The part of the Swan Princess was performed by his wife, Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel. Vrubel drew inspiration for this piece from a Savva Mamontov private opera that premiered on 21 December 1900. Vrubel was the costume designer for the opera,
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two out of four stars writing the film is a "casually drawn tale of a boring prince and princess tormented by a dull sorcerer. The songs are weak, and no relationship is developed between the principals." On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, "The Swan Princess" has an approval rating of 55%, based on 11 reviews, with an average score of 5.4/10. "The Swan Princess" received a theatrical release in the United States on November 18, 1994, and only made $2,445,155 on its
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The Swan Princess (film series)


Princess Odette and Prince Derek. It was released theatrically on November 18, 1994, where it received mixed reviews from critics. The Swan Princess: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album of the first film. "Far Longer than Forever" is the theme song for the first film "The Swan Princess" and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. It is performed by Regina Belle and Jeffrey Osborne. The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain / The Swan Princess: The Secret of
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Swan maiden


for all eternity. While the ballet's revival of 1895 depicted the swan-maidens as mortal women cursed to turn into swans, the original libretto of 1877 depicted them as true swan-maidens: fairies who could transform into swans at will. Several animated movies based on the ballet, including "The Swan Princess" and "Barbie of Swan Lake" depict the lead heroines as being under a spell and both are eventually rescued by their Princes. Established folkloristics does not formally recognize "Swan Maidens" as a single Aarne
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The Swan Princess is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy film based on the ballet "Swan Lake". Featuring the voice talents of Michelle Nicastro, Howard McGillin, Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, Sandy Duncan, and Steve Vinovich, the film is directed by former Disney animation director, Richard Rich, with a music score by Lex de Azevedo. The film was distributed by New Line Cinema and is currently owned by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment via Sony Wonder. It was released theatrically on November 18, 1994,
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Princess", with New Line Cinema (now Sony Pictures). The intellectual property rights for The Swan Princess art, logo and title have been transferred to Swan Princess Partners Utah LLC (DBA Swan Princess Partners). Swan Princess Partners is also owned by Jared F Brown and Seldon O Young and is currently active in merchandizing The Swan Princess brand and creating more animated films with Sony Pictures and Streetlight Productions (Richard Rich's production studio). Nest Family Entertainment distributes short animated films for children's education, such as the
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The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom


The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (alternatively subtitled as The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure or The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure) is a 1998 American animated direct-to-video musical adventure film and the third installment in "The Swan Princess" franchise. It was directed by Richard Rich, and features the voices of Michelle Nicastro and Brian Nissen as Odette and Derek. This film follows Derek and Odette having to deal with Zelda, a sorceress, who
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Nest Family Entertainment, directed by Richard Rich and starring the voices of Laura Bailey as Odette and Yuri Lowenthal as Derek. It is the fifth film in "The Swan Princess" series and follows Odette and Derek's adoption of a young girl named Alise, and their battle to defeat the Forbidden Arts. The film marks the 20th anniversary of "The Swan Princess". It was released direct-to-DVD and Blu-ray on February 25, 2014. The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today is a
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Wild Swans (ballet)


Wild Swans is a ballet by Soviet-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin. The story is based on "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen and tells the tale of Eliza, a princess whose wicked-witch stepmother has changed Eliza's eleven brothers into swans. Eliza must knit magic shirts from stinging nettles in order to break the spell and transform her brothers back into human form. With its basis in a fairy tale, the ballet follows in the tradition of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" and "Swan
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the Castle is a 1997 American animated musical-fantasy film and the direct-to-video sequel to the animated film "The Swan Princess". Directed by Richard Rich (who also directed the original), the film follows Derek and Odette one year after their wedding. Their anniversary celebrations are suddenly disrupted by the actions of the wizard Clavius, who wants to regain the Forbidden Arts and destroy their happiness. The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom / The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted
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The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain


The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (alternatively known as The Swan Princess: The Secret of the Castle in European countries) is a 1997 American animated musical-fantasy film and the direct-to-video sequel to the 1994 animated film "The Swan Princess". Directed by Richard Rich (who also directed the original), the film follows Derek and Odette's one-year anniversary of their wedding being disrupted by the actions of the wizard Clavius, who wants to find a magical orb, the source of
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by Crest Animation Productions and Nest Family Entertainment. It is the fourth film in "The Swan Princess" series and follows the adventures of Odette and Derek celebrating their first Christmas together. While the three previous films in the series were animated using traditional 2D hand-drawn animation, "The Swan Princess Christmas" was computer-animated. In addition, the outfits were slightly altered in color and design. The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale is a 2014 American computer-animated fantasy film produced by Crest Animation Productions and
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2016 direct-to-DVD computer-animated sequel and sees Alise on an adventure overseas. The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover is a 2017 direct-to-DVD computer-animated sequel and sees Alise and Lucas on a secret spy adventure. The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery is a 2018 direct to DVD CGI sequel where Odette and her friends investigate the mysterious appearance of the "Z" and learn what it signifies. The Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music is a 2019 direct to DVD CGI sequel where Odette is
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The Swan Princess Christmas


The Swan Princess Christmas is a 2012 American computer-animated fantasy family film directed by Richard Rich, produced by Crest Animation Productions and Nest Family Entertainment. It is the fourth film in "The Swan Princess" series first in 14 years, and follows the adventures of Odette and Derek celebrating their first Christmas together. While the three previous films in the series were animated using traditional 2D hand-drawn animation, "The Swan Princess Christmas" was the first film to be created entirely with 3D CGI animation. Out of all
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The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today


The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today is a 2016 American computer-animated fantasy musical film produced by Crest Animation Productions, Nest Family Entertainment and Streetlight Productions, directed by Richard Rich and starring the voices of Jayden Isabel as Alise and Grant Durazzo as Lucas. It is the sixth film in "The Swan Princess" series, and follows the adventures of Odette and Derek's daughter Alise on her first journey as a member of the royal family overseas. It was released direct-to-DVD and Blu-ray
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Swan Princess (horse)


being exported to Japan. Swan Princess's dam Swan Ann showed modest racing ability, winning one race in twelve attempts but was much more successful as a broodmare with her other foals including Primo Dominie who won the Richmond Stakes and sired both First Trump and Primo Valentino. As a two-year-old Swan Princess was campaigned exclusively over the minimum distance of five furlongs. On her debut in March she won a fifteen-runner maiden race at Doncaster Racecourse in March by a wide margin despite veering across the track in the
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The Showgirl Princess


The Showgirl Princess is a children's book written by Kylie Minogue. It was released on 21 September 2006 through Puffin Books. The book is aimed at girls aged six and upwards and is based on Minogue's life. The hardcover book was illustrated by Swan Park. It features photos of Minogue taken by William Baker. Jane Richardson, the book's editor, says that "The Showgirl Princess" will "appeal to little princesses everywhere who love to dress up and have fun. It brims with positive messages such as believing
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not] terribly distinctive". Brian Lowry of "Variety" said the film was "technically impressive but rather flat and languid storywise". James Berardinelli of "ReelViews" gave the film 2.5 stars of 4 writing that "much of "The Swan Princess" is trite and uninspired", though added "nevertheless, despite its problems, "The Swan Princess" is actually one of the better non-Disney animated productions to come along in a while". Gene Siskel of "The Chicago Tribune" gave the film
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The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale


The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale is a 2014 American computer-animated film produced by Crest Animation Productions and Nest Family Entertainment, directed by Richard Rich and starring the voices of Laura Bailey as Odette and Yuri Lowenthal as Derek. It is the fifth film in "The Swan Princess" series, and follows Odette and Derek's adoption of a young girl named Alise along with their defeating the Forbidden Arts. It was released direct-to-DVD and Blu-ray on February 25, 2014 for the franchise's
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and talking flying squirrels, called the scullions, found the legend and over the years formed a community dedicated to finding and destroying the Swan Princess. When Odette, the Swan Princess, was finally born to King William, the Forbidden Arts tried to use the sorcerer Rothbart to defeat her but failed. In the present, Odette and Derek are pressured by Uberta to have a child, and are unaware that they're being tracked by the scullions, (two in particular, Cutter and Jojo, a pair of "Master Traper
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The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale


Jojo, the younger of the two brothers from before. Odette cures him with an antidote prepared by Scully, and the tablet with the corrupted prophecy reveals the true prophecy about the Swan Princess. At the castle, Uberta and Rogers are about to be punished by the scullions for protecting the Swan Princess, and declare their feelings for each other. Jojo and the other scullions arrive with the real prophecy tablet, proving Odette to be good, and they release Uberta and the captives. The scullion army works together with Derek,
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The Swan Princess (film series)


Treasure is a direct-to-video film and the third installment in "The Swan Princess" franchise. It was released in 1998, directed again by Richard Rich, and features the voices of Michelle Nicastro and Brian Nissen as Odette and Derek. This film follows Derek and Odette having to deal with Zelda, a sorceress who is seeking the Forbidden Arts and wishes to use it to destroy Odette and Derek's happiness. The Swan Princess Christmas is a 2012 American computer-animated fantasy film directed by Richard Rich, produced
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The Swan Princess (painting)


while his wife played the part of the Swan Princess. However, the face of the Swan Princess in the painting does not resemble that of his spouse, as evidenced by a photo taken at the time the opera was shown. The art critic Nikolai Prakhov opined that the painting drew upon the likeness of his sister, Elena Prakhov. It is possible that Vrubel combined the likeness of Elena and his wife, or an unknown lover. The artist painted this piece at the farm of his parents in Chernihiv oblast, in present
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Swan Lake


. Willam Christensen based his choreography on the Petipa–Ivanov production, turning to San Francisco's large population of Russian émigrés, headed by Princess and Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia, to help him ensure that the production succeeded in its goal of preserving Russian culture in San Francisco. Several notable productions have diverged from the original and its 1895 revival: Swan Lake is scored for the typical late 19th-century large orchestra: By 1895, Benno von Sommerstern had become just "Benno," and Odette "Queen of the Swans
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, or even be turned into a dragon herself. Indeed, there are a few examples when a curse or spell transforms a princess into a dragon or similar creature (e.g. an alligator, giant bird, or fictional reptile species). In such stories, the transformed princess usually aids her sweetheart in a battle against a force of evil. In "The Swan Princess", for example, Princess Odette is transformed into a swan, and she helps her lover triumph in a battle against the sorcerer Rothbart, who has the
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The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover


The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover is a 2017 computer-animated spy-themed musical comedy film produced by Crest Animation Productions and Nest Family Entertainment, directed by Richard Rich and starring the voices of Laura Bailey as Odette, Yuri Lowenthal as Derek, Jayden Isabel as Alise and Grant Durazzo as Lucas. It is the seventh film in "The Swan Princess" series. It was released on DVD and Digital HD on March 28, 2017. In the middle of the night a strange masked man goes to the kingdom of Trumbeau
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The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery


The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery is a 2018 computer-animated spy-themed musical comedy film produced by Crest Animation Productions and Nest Family Entertainment, directed by Richard Rich and starring the voices of Nina Herzog as Odette, Yuri Lowenthal as Derek, Jayden Isabel as Alise and Grant Durazzo as Lucas. It is the eighth film in "The Swan Princess" series. It was released on DVD and Digital HD on March 27, 2018. Queen Uberta has written a book called "Queen U to the Rescue!"
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foreign distribution rights. Pillsbury partnered with Turner Home Entertainment for a marketing campaign to promote the film's home video release. Turner Home Entertainment released "The Swan Princess" on VHS and LaserDisc in the Turner Family Showcase collection on August 3, 1995, and sold over 2.5 million units. In certain European countries, the full "The Swan Princess" trilogy was released in a 2-disc double-sided set on February 16, 2004. On March 30, 2004, the film was re-released to mark its 10th anniversary
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Sarah Lane


", the youngest sister in "Pillar of Fire" by Antony Tudor, one of Juliet's friends in "Romeo and Juliet", Celestial in "Shadowplay", Princess Aurora, Princess Florine and the Fairies of Charity and Joy in "The Sleeping Beauty", the pas de trois, Odette/Odile, Polish Princess and a little swan in "Swan Lake", a Goat in "Sylvia", Swanilda in Coppelia (ballet), Princess Praline in "Whipped Cream", Miranda in "The Tempest
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Swan Princess (horse)


Swan Princess (8 March 1978 – after 1998) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old in 1980 she showed exceptional speed but was also temperamental and difficult to restrain. She won two minor races and finished second in both the National Stakes and the Molecomb Stakes before recording her biggest win in the Phoenix Stakes. She won one minor race from four attempts ain 1981 before being retired from racing. As a broodmare she produced several minor winners. Swan Princess was a "headstrong" brown
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as "an exceptionally speedy filly" with "tremendous nevous energy" but opined that her owners had wasted their money by entering her in the 1000 Guineas as she had no chance of staying beyond five furlongs. Swan Princess began her second season in a minor race over six furlongs at Folkestone in April and won by one and a half lengths from Silex. She finished unplaced in her next two races before finishing third in her final racecourse appearance. After her retirement from racing Swan Princess became a broodmare. She produced four winners
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The Princess Who Never Smiled


Making the princess laugh, or smile, is a common fairy tale motif of various uses. The culmination of Golden Goose and The Magic Swan, where the goose or swan causes other characters to stick to each other, is that the sight causes a princess to laugh for the first time, resulting, as in this story, in her marriage. Peruonto and the frame story of Giambattista Basile, however, combine it with a curse, caused by the angry person laughed at, to force the princess to marry someone.
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Azamara Pursuit


entered operation, this time as the sole cruise ship in Swan Hellenic's fleet. The vessel was named "Minerva II", after both the Roman goddess and the company's previous vessel, "Minerva". On 7 April 2007, "Minerva II" completed her final voyage with Swan Hellenic and was transferred by the parent company, Carnival Corporation & plc, to Princess Cruises. She was renamed "Royal Princess" and entered into service for Princess, with her first voyage as a Princess Cruises ship on 19 April
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The Wild Swans (film)


The Wild Swans (, "Dikiye lebedi") is a 1962 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by the husband-and-wife team of Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya. The film is based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. Unusual for Soviet films of this period, and especially for animated films, it was produced in widescreen. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The princess Elisa and her eleven brothers live in peace and happiness until their father marries again and brings home
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Leda with Her Children


Kneeling Leda with Her Children is a 16th-century painting by Leonardo da Vinci's pupil Giampietrino. It is now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Kassel). It is based on sketches for Leonardo's own "Leda and the Swan", now in the collections of Windsor Castle, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and Chatsworth House. The beautiful princess Leda is seduced by Zeus who transformed himself to a magnificent swan. On the same night, Leda would also sleep with her husband, King Tyndareus of Sparta.
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Swan maiden


wings and her magic ring of power. Wieland's enemies, the Neidings, under Princess Bathilde, steal the ring, kidnap Swanhilde and destroy Wieland's home. When Wieland searches for Swanhilde, they entrap and cripple him. However he fashions wings for himself and escapes with Swanhilde as the house of the Neidings is destroyed. The swan maiden has appeared in numerous items of fiction, including the ballet "Swan Lake", in which a young princess, Odette and her maidens are under the spell of an evil sorcerer,
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from the New Testament, Animated Hero Classics and Animated Stories from the Bible. In 1994, the two studios produced and released their first and most famous collaborated feature film called "The Swan Princess", based on the classic ballet Swan Lake, it was distributed for New Line Cinema. The film was rather successful on its first opening weekend. It also spawned two sequels, "" and "", neither of which did a good performance. In 1999, the two studios teamed up with Morgan Creek Productions and Rankin
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Mikhail Vrubel


invited by Mamontov to perform in his private opera theatre. While in Moscow, Vrubel designed stage sets and costumes for his wife, who sang the parts of the Snow Maiden, the Swan Princess, and Princess Volkhova in Rimsky-Korsakov's operas. Using Russian fairy tales, he executed some of his most acclaimed pieces, including "Pan" (1899), "The Swan Princess" (1900), and "Lilacs" (1900). Vrubel was not only a painter. He was a master of majolica
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at Hanho Heung-Up in Seoul, South Korea. Overall, 275 animators and artists worked throughout the film's production. David Zippel was approached by Richard Rich to compose songs for "The Swan Princess", while the score was composed by Lex de Azevedo. The theme song "Far Longer than Forever" was written by lyricists by de Azevedo and Zippel. In the 1994 animated film, the song was performed by vocalists Liz Callaway (as the singing voice of Princess Odette) and Howard McGillin (as the speaking
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The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)


that his only previous ballet, "Swan Lake", met with little enthusiasm at that stage of his career. The ballet scenario that Tchaikovsky worked on was based on the Brothers Grimm's version of Perrault's work entitled 'Dornröschen'. In that version, the Princess's parents (the King and the Queen) survived the 100-year sleep to celebrate the Princess's wedding to the Prince. However, Vsevolozhsky incorporated Perrault's other characters from his stories into the ballet, such as Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood
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Sinking of SS Princess Alice


stopping off to travel on or back on different vessels if they wanted; for tickets from Swan Pier to Rosherville, the cost was two shillings. "Princess Alice" left Rosherville at about 6:30 pm on her return to Swan Pier; she was carrying close to her full capacity of passengers, although no lists were kept, and the exact number of people on board is unknown. The master of "Princess Alice", 47-year-old Captain William Grinstead, allowed his helmsman to stay at Gravesend, and replaced him with
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The Princess and the Pea (2002 film)


The Princess and the Pea is an animation film adaptation of the popular fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was directed by Mark Swan. It was released August 16, 2002 as an American-Hungarian production of Feature Films for Families & Swan Productions. The script writers were Forrest S. Baker and Ken Cromar. The film won two Accolade Competition Awards of Excellence In 2003 and 2004, both for the musical score by composer Alan Williams. The film was also nominated for a Young
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W. & D. Downey


managing the Newcastle branch. The London studio enjoyed the patronage of Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, taking photos at Balmoral and Frogmore during the 1860s. Its first Royal image was of the Princess of Wales at the York Agricultural Show in about 1865. The studio also produced the iconic carte-de-visite portrait of the Princess of Wales piggybacking Princess Louise. The studio received a Royal Warrant in 1879. Downey used Joseph Swan's carbon process for their best work. In the 1880s Mawson, Swan & Morgan of
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The Storyteller (TV series)


Based on the early German folk tale, "The Six Swans". After the queen dies, an evil witch ensnares the King and turns his three sons into ravens to rid herself of her rivals. The Princess escapes and must stay silent for three years, three months, three weeks and three days in order to break the spell. But after she meets a handsome Prince, this is suddenly not so easy for her stepmother has remarried and to the prince's father... This episode stars Joely Richardson as the Princess,
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26 employees, in which most of his key employees came from Disney, including the company's marketing chief, Matt Mazer. Subsequently, Jared F. Brown from Living Scriptures, Inc. tapped Rich into producing half-hour animated videos based on the audio cassettes readings of the Book of Mormon. Inspired by the success of Don Bluth's animated films as well as Disney's early-1990s animation renaissance, Rich decided to adapt the German folk tale version of "Swan Lake". During production, the script went through twelve drafts over the
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The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain


the Forbidden Arts, and take over the world. The film was released on July 18, 1997. The film was followed by six more direct-to-video sequels: "" (1998), "The Swan Princess Christmas" (2012), "" (2014), "" (2016), "" (2017) and "" (2018). It is the only film in the series to be released by Warner Bros. and eight of them were released by Sony Home Entertainment. One
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Signal Transfer Point


A Signal Transfer Point (STP) is a router that relays SS7 messages between "signaling end-points" (SEPs) and other signaling transfer points (STPs). Typical SEPs include "service switching points" (SSPs) and "service control points" (SCPs). The STP is connected to adjacent SEPs and STPs via signaling links. Based on the address fields of the SS7 messages, the STP routes the messages to the appropriate outgoing signaling link. Edge STPs can also route based upon message body content using
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Yuri Lowenthal


outed". Lowenthal has also been involved in "The Swan Princess" direct-to-video series starting in 2012 with "The Swan Princess Christmas" where he was the voice of Prince Derek, and then in 2014 with "" and in 2016 for "" where he reprised the main role. Of these videos, he also served as the screenwriter on "Christmas" and "Royal Family Tale". Lowenthal provided the voice for the protagonist in "Persona 3" and Yosuke Hanamura for "Persona 4"
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Mute swan


). The fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of a cygnet ostracised by his fellow barnyard fowl because of his perceived homeliness. To his delight (and to the surprise of others), he matures into a graceful swan, the most beautiful bird of all. In the famous ballet "Swan Lake", the main character, Princess Odette and her companions are turned into swans by a wicked spell. Today, the British Monarch retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans
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, with a new cover for the VHS and Special Edition DVD. The Special Edition DVD contains a few extras, including trailers, a read-along feature, a sing-along feature, and games. On August 2, 2005, "The Swan Princess" was released as a double-feature DVD with its sequel "". In the US, the film along with its sequels can be seen in the pan-and-scan ratio, as opposed to the European releases where the film is preserved in its
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The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover


. At the kingdom's castle, Alise and a disguised Prince Lucas meet an elder King Sebastian. He tells them that Antonio is good and to help him search for a cat named Jasper (the same Cat Number 9 from "The Swan Princess Christmas"). Jasper shows Puffin and the children Count Antonio's real plan – stealing valuables from the people. The children are discovered by his men and are locked in the dungeon. They learn that Niccolo, the king's aid, is also a part of the scheme
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Swan Hellenic


in 1983. More recently, it became a subsidiary of the world's largest cruise operator, the British-American Carnival Corporation & plc. Under Carnival, the characteristically small 300-passenger ship "Minerva" was replaced in 2003 by the 600-passenger "Minerva II". This led to criticism that the intimacy of the original cruise concept had been compromised. In April 2007, Carnival ended its operation of Swan Hellenic, and transferred "Minerva II" to the Princess fleet, with the new name "Royal Princess". This was
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The Swan Princess


's musical landscape. The Motion Picture Guide 1995 Annual: The Films of 1994 said the "love theme" was deserving of the Golden Globe. "Star-News" deemed the song "insistent", noting that audiences may "quickly get their fill" of the tune. "Far Longer than Forever" was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for Best Original Song. When "The Swan Princess" was nearing completion, New Line Cinema purchased the distribution rights in the United States, while Sony Pictures obtained the
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Swan maiden


Anita Blake series, including . They are also called swan mays or swanmays in fantasy fiction and "Dungeons and Dragons". In the Mercedes Lackey book, "Fortune's Fool", one swan maiden (named Yulya) from a flock of six is kidnapped by a Jinn. Elven princess Eärwen in The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien was referred to as the "swan maiden of Alqualonde". The animal bride theme is explored in an animated film called "The Red Turtle" (2016). The anime/manga Ceres
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United States hydrogen policy


programs. Each states energy office gets SEP funding and manages all SEP funded projects. For more information about the SEP, including project descriptions, visit the SEP website. Clean Ports USA is an incentive-based program designed to help reduce emissions by encouraging port authorities to redesign and replace older diesel engines with new technologies and cleaner fuels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Clean Diesel Campaign offers funding to port authorities to help them overcome the obstacles that prevent the adoption of cleaner diesel technologies. Clean Construction USA promotes the reduction
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Marie Dressler


the Palace Theatre. Early in 1930, Dressler joined Edward Everett Horton's theater troupe in Los Angeles to play a princess in Ferenc Molnár's "The Swan", but after one week, she quit the troupe. She proceeded to leave Horton flat, much to his indignation. Dressler later in 1930 played the princess-mother of Lillian Gish's character in the 1930 film adaptation of Molnar's "The Swan" called "One Romantic Night". Dressler had appeared in two shorts as herself, but her first role
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The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain


it, as he wishes to spend the day with Odette. The two share a kiss, enjoying their time together alone at last. The film had a limited theatrical release on July 18, 1997 with a domestic gross of $273,644. On September 2, 1997, Warner Home Video released the film on VHS in the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment collection. In 1999, it was included in a VHS Gift set containing all three "The Swan Princess" movies. The DVD of the film was released in the United States
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The Wild Swans


The Wild Swans is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. The tale was first published on 2 October 1838 as the first installment in Andersen's "Fairy Tales Told for Children" by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been adapted to various media including ballet, television, and film. In a faraway kingdom, there lives a widowed king with his twelve children: eleven princes and one princess. One day,
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The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale


20th anniversary. A sixth film titled "" was released on September 6, 2016. Centuries ago, a sentient evil force known as the Forbidden Arts entered Earth from the underworld, intent on destroying all of its rivals for magical power. It learned of a legend that boded ill for the Forbidden Arts: However, she can be defeated by a green "the Glowing Stone". The Forbidden Arts corrupted the prophecy, making it appear that the Swan Princess will bring despair and destruction instead: A group of unusually large
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The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom


to feature Nicastro before her death in 2010. The film was followed by another direct-to-DVD sequel: "The Swan Princess Christmas" which was then followed by a fourth sequel, "". As Derek and Odette's kingdom prepares to celebrate Festival Days, the evil sorceress Zelda plots to reclaim Rothbart's notes on the Forbidden Arts; notes she helped write when she and Rothbart were partners. To discover if the notes still exist, Zelda captures a yakey-bird named Whizzer, who has the ability to
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The Swan Princess Christmas


due to his injuries, but a distraught Odette sings again, the great spirit of Christmas returns him to life and restores the royal Christmas Tree. At the Christmas party, the kingdom puts up a new Christmas ornament on the tree, honoring Derek and Odette. The film's music was composed by Vassal Benford. Two albums were released in conjunction with the film. A Christmas album, "17 Songs from The Swan Princess Christmas" was released on October 22, 2012, containing the film's Christmas songs and a few
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Swan Lake (Bourne)


been made of Bourne's decision to cast men as the swans. The original ballet is a standard in the European tradition of romanticized female–male love. The heroine, the swan princess Odette, is portrayed as powerless but lovely in accordance with conventional gender roles, and her hero is portrayed as a hunter who alone has the power to save her. Having a man in the role of lead Swan suggests that the Prince's struggle has repressed gay love at its core, and changes the realm of the plot from magical
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The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale


Alise refuses to speak, she slowly becomes closer to Odette and Derek, and they decide to adopt her as she has no living relatives. The scullions attack Uberta's castle, kidnapping Alise to lure Odette and Derek away, and locking everyone else in the cellar. Odette and Derek avoid the scullions' traps but Derek is poisoned by Mangler's blow dart. A friendly scullion, whom Odette names Scully, cures Derek and explains about the fake Swan Princess legend and the Forbidden Arts, and reveals that he has been keeping
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Swan Princess (horse)


Weld stable) but stayed on well to win by a head. Later that month she was matched against older horses in William Hill Sprint Championship at York in which she finished sixth behind Sharpo. At the end of the year Swan Princess was rated the best two-year-old filly to race in Ireland on the Irish Free Handicap. The independent Timeform organisation gave her a rating of 106, making her eighteen-pound inferior to their best juvenile filly Marwell. In their annual "Racehorses of 1980" Timeform described her
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The Swan Princess


original widescreen aspect ratio. A Blu-ray version of the film has been announced for a release on October 29, 2019, along with a digital exclusive in 4K UHD HDR, commemorating its upcoming 25th anniversary. At the time of its theatrical release, "The Swan Princess" received favorable reviews. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Despite the comparatively limited resources at his disposal, Richard Rich shows that he understands the recent Disney animated renaissance
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The Swan Princess


). Elsewhere, Rothbart is keeping Odette captive at Swan Lake. He has cast a powerful spell that turns Odette into a swan during the day. At night, she can become human temporarily if she is on the lake when the moonlight touches it. Every night, Rothbart asks Odette to marry him so he can rule William's kingdom legally, but she refuses, then the moonlight leaves the lake, and she turns back into a swan. During her captivity, she befriends a turtle named Speed (Steven Wright)
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SS Princess Alice (1911)


Princess Sophia", the SS "Princess Alice" was one of four similar ships built for CPR during 1910-1911. The SS "Princess Alice" was built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend, United Kingdom for the Canadian Pacific Railway. "Princess Alice" was launched on May 29, 1911; and she was completed in September 1911. The 3,099-ton vessel had length of , breadth of , and depth of In 1913, "Princess Alice" made several special Alaskan cruises through the inside passage at reduced rate of $
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Swan Lake (Bourne)


the lead Swan, the Prince is gradually accepted and eventually taken into his arms, realizing what the Prince now knows he always desired. The Prince is elated and abandons his plan to kill himself. This Act contains the most talked-about element of the ballet in which bare-chested, barefoot male dancers play the swans, and it contains a very sensual "pas de deux" between the lead Swan and the Prince. Scene 1 begins with princesses from various European nations and their escorts arriving at the palace gates for
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Captain Cook Cruises Western Australia


Captain Cook Cruises is a cruise and ferry operator on the Swan River, Perth. Captain Cook Cruises was founded in 1980 by Rottnest Island ferry operator Boat Torque Cruises. In July 1987 the business was sold to Tony Baker and John Goodbody with the "MV Captain Cook" and the "MV Swan Explorer". In May 1990 the Swan River Scenic Cruises business was purchased with the "MV Jolly Jumbuck" which was rebuilt and renamed the "MV Swan Princess". From October 1992 until September 1997, the "MV
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Princess Cruises


was renamed MV "Victoria" to allow a then-new Princess ship to be named "Sea Princess". The first P&O Princess Cruises purpose-built cruise ship was "Royal Princess" in 1984, the largest new British passenger ship in a decade, and one of the first, if not the first, ships to completely dispense with interior cabins. The ship served in P&O Cruises fleet as "Artemis until 2011." The Swan Hellenic Cruiseship Minerva II, originally built as the Renaissance Cruises R8 was renamed Royal
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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The Swan Princess Christmas


tree and its ornaments into flames. Rothbart becomes fully restored to his physical body, takes Uberta's crown which he turns into his own, and kidnaps Odette where he takes her back to Swan Lake. At Swan Lake, Rothbart once again turns Odette into a white swan and traps her inside a cage made of roots, just as Speed, Puffin and Jean-Bob arrived. Puffin tries to attack Rothbart, but the evil sorcerer knocks the bird down and turns him into a Christmas ornament. He then casts a spell
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The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today


Puffin and the Scullions. Queen Uberta begins to prepare Alise to learn how to be and act like a princess. But Alise doesn't want to be a princess in this way but to be a modern princess. Lord Rogers says that Alise needs adventure but Queen Uberta disagrees. While fighting once again, Alise uses her chance to swim in the lake with her friends but she was quickly sent back to the palace to learn to be proper. Queen Uberta is very strict with Alise, trying to teach her everything, but
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Black Swan (comics)


injuries, Black Swan repaid the favor and saved Deadpool from being killed by the ex-mutant Black Tom, who had been hired by Black Box as they both had grudges against Deadpool. Black Swan then used his powers to make Black Box and Black Tom forget Deadpool had ever lost his healing factor, so they would stop trying to come after him again. Black Swan even proposed to team up with Deadpool, who was forced to grudgingly accept as he needed allies in his current condition. Yabbat Ummon Tarru was a princess
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Knight of the Swan


Knight. In the Beatrix variants, the woman had taunted another woman over her alleged adultery, citing a multiple birth as proof of it, and was then punished with a multiple birth of her own. In the Beatrix versions, the mother is also an avenging justice. In the Isomberte variants, the woman is a princess fleeing a hated marriage. Version II involves the Swan Knight himself. These stories are sometimes attached to the story of the Swan Children, but sometimes appear independently, in which case no explanation of the
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Swan Lake


Swan Lake (), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular of all ballets. The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian and German folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger (Václav Reisinger). The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on at the Bolshoi Theatre
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Richard Mattern Montgomery


staff. Sep 1956-Aug 1959 In 1956 he was assigned as deputy commander of the 2d Air Force (SAC). Following this two-year tour, he became commander of the 3d Air Division at Guam, with responsibility for SAC Forces West of the 180th meridian. Sep 1952-Sep 1956 The assignment which did most to shape his subsequent career was that of chief of staff, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, in September 1952, a post he held until September 1956. As a principal staff
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Hee Seo


doubted that someday she would become a principal dancer at ABT". Seo has been noted for her "lyrical and open" style and "unique feminine strength" by several critics including "The New York Times", "Dance Magazine", and "KoreAm". Seo's debut performance as Principal dancer in 2012 was as Princess Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty" and the Swan Queen in "Swan Lake". Seo has said that "Swan Lake" was her most challenging ballet. The iconic classic ballet is
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Swan Lake


dies before the spell is broken, it can never be undone. As Rothbart disappears, the swan maidens fill the clearing [Scène: Allegro, Moderato assai quasi andante]. Siegfried breaks his crossbow, and sets about winning Odette's trust as the two fall in love. But as dawn arrives, the evil spell draws Odette and her companions back to the lake and they are turned into swans again. "An opulent hall in the palace" Guests arrive at the palace for a costume ball. Six princesses are presented
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The Swan Princess


, a French frog named Jean-Bob (John Cleese), who claims to be a prince, and an Irish puffin named Puffin (Steve Vinovich). Puffin and Odette (in her swan form) fly together to find Derek. By chance, they stumble upon Derek in the woods as he is searching for the Great Animal. Derek mistakes Odette for the Great Animal (having deduced that the creature is a shapeshifter), and tries to kill her. The ensuing chase leads Derek to Swan Lake, where he
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Colchester


for Canterbury). The uniforms worn during the match in the book are similar to the modern kit of Colchester United. Prominent members of Blur, a popular 1990s music group met at school in Colchester. During the "Princesses on Parade" sequence in the 1994 film "The Swan Princess", one of the princesses in the beauty pageant is said to come from Colchester. The verse says: "This princess comes from Colchester, where corn and cotton grows. She plays croquet and harpsichord, and sews her own clothes
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Lake Seppings


one hundred different species of birds have been recorded on and about the lake. Wading species are often seen along the margins of the lake such as the Australian white ibis, yellow-billed spoonbill and the white-faced heron. Several species such as the blue-billed duck, musk duck, black swan, hoary-headed grebe, Australian pelican and Eurasian coot can be seen regularly on the surface of the lake. Birds that can be spotted amongst the lake vegetation include spotless crake, masked lapwing, dusky moorhen,
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Dark Parables


released on November 19, 2015. The Detective is sent to the fictional Lake Symhir (possibly based on an area of Russia) and the Kingdom of Barsia to investigate mechanical stag attacks occurring in the kingdom. The bonus gameplay linked to this game is titled The Golden Slumber, and it centers around Jack (from the sixth installment) and his fiancee Emma who has fallen comatose. It is the Detective's job to wake her. "Dark Parables: The Swan Princess and The Dire Tree" is the eleventh installment of
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The Black Swan (Lackey novel)


to be loyal to men. Living in the gardens is the "flock;" the group of young women von Rothbart has enchanted because they were unfaithful to their husbands or fathers. They are under a curse which compels them to become swans by day and women only during moonlit hours. The most beautiful and noble of these is Princess Odette, the Queen of Swans. Odile is restless because her father seldom praises her, even though (or perhaps because) she is growing to be his equal in magic. She has
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Swan Lake (Martins)


a princess into a swan. The bird seduces the prince because if he declares his love for her then she would be released from her bonds. The evil sorcerer sends his daughter Odile to seduce the prince, even though the bonds were destined to be broken by Odette. In the end, Odette is left in her bonds as a swan due to the prince’s misguided faithlessness. • Premiere on 27 October 1996 at the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen. • New York City Ballet opened on 29 April 1999. The sets
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Middle-earth objects


taking all the ships, and leaving the other Noldor factions behind. When Fëanor landed in Middle-earth, at Losgar, he infamously commanded the ships to be burned so they could not be used to transport the other factions. Thus all the original swan-ships were destroyed. Galadriel, whose mother Eärwen was a princess of Alqualondë, had a boat resembling a white swan, which she used to travel on the Silverlode river in Lothlórien, especially on ceremonial occasions. The more ornate boats of Lake-town had swan
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The Swan Princess


in the form of human Odette, arrives at the ball where she dances with Derek, who is unaware of her true identity. At Swan Lake, Puffin, Speed and Jean-Bob manage to free Odette from the dungeon through a duel with two hungry alligators and she flies to the castle, but is too late. Derek makes the vow of everlasting love to the wrong girl and Rothbart bursts in, revealing to Derek the fake's true form. Realizing his mistake, Derek races after Odette back to Swan Lake,
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List of Princess Tutu characters


"Princess Tutu" follows Duck ( in the original anime and manga, meaning "duck"), a duck who was transformed into a young girl and takes ballet at a private school. She becomes enamoured of her mysterious schoolmate Mytho, and transforms into a "Swan"-like ballerina—Princess Tutu—to restore his shattered heart. Mytho's girlfriend Rue transforms into Princess Kraehe to frustrate Tutu's efforts, and Mytho's protective friend Fakir discourages Mytho's burgeoning emotions. When it becomes apparent that Duck, Rue, Mytho,
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Drama


, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse, Sergei Prokofiev's ballet "Romeo and Juliet", based on Shakespeare's famous play, and Igor Stravinsky's "Petrushka", which tells tells the story of the loves and jealousies of three puppets. Creative drama includes dramatic activities and games used primarily in educational settings with children. Its roots in the United States began in the early 1900s. Winifred Ward is considered to be the founder of creative drama in education, establishing the first academic use of
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The Ugly Duckling


of The Ugly Duckling. The anime "Princess Tutu" is about a duck that turns into a swan-like ballerina. In 2006, the Danish animation studio A. Film produced a spin-off CG feature called "The Ugly Duckling and Me!", and later produced a children's CG television series "Ugly Duckling Junior" which featured the same characters as the movie. The 1954 Tom and Jerry cartoon "Downhearted Duckling" is also based on the famous story. The tale has seen various musical adaptations. In
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The Tale of Tsar Saltan


time, the Prince is transformed into a bumblebee and stings the nose of his grandmother. In the end, The Prince expresses a desire for a bride instead of his old home, at which point the swan is revealed to be a beautiful princess, whom he marries. He is visited by the Tsar, who is overjoyed to find his newly married son and daughter-in-law. 2012 Malek Rama Lakhooma, Hannibal Alkhas' Assyrian Aramaic poem, loosely based on the Pushkin fairy tale, was staged in San Jose
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Zinfandel Advocates and Producers


Vineyard" Zinfandel are Joel Peterson (Ravenswood Winery), Chris Leamy (Terra d’Oro Winery), Scott Harvey (Scott Harvey Wines), Diane Wilson (Wilson Family Winery), Ted Seghesio (Seghesio Winery), Tom Mackey (St. Francis Winery), Dr. Jerry Seps (Storybook Mountain Vineyards), Bill Knuttel (Dry Creek Vineyard), Kent Rosenblum (Rosenblum Cellars), Paul Draper (Ridge Vineyards), Ehren Jordan (Turley Wine Cellars), Rod Berglund (Joseph Swan Vineyards), Matt Cline (
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September 1941 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Friday, September 5, 1941. It was a shallow partial lunar eclipse, with less than 10% of the Moon covered in Earth's shadow. Aug 31, 1941 = Sunday Sep 1, 1941 = Monday Sep 2, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 3, 1941 = Wednesday Sep 4, 1941 = Thursday Sep 5, 1941 = Friday Sep 6, 1941 = Saturday Sep 7, 1941 = Sunday Sep 8, 1941 = Monday Sep 9, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 10, 1941
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Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper


Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is a 2004 American-Canadian direct-to-DVD computer animated musical fantasy film, and the first musical in the Barbie film series. It is directed by William Lau and stars the voice of Kelly Sheridan as the Barbie protagonists, Anneliese and Erika. The film is loosely inspired by the Mark Twain novel "The Prince and the Pauper", but unrelated to the 1939 film "The Princess and the Pauper". Together with "Barbie of Swan Lake" it is considered as
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19th Air Refueling Squadron


The 19th Air Refueling Squadron (19 ARS) is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. At the time of its inactivation, it was based at Otis Air Force Base. On 19 Sep 1985 the 19th Air Refueling Squadron,(Medium), was consolidated with the 19th Ferrying Squadron, a unit that was last active 31 Mar 1944. This action was directed by Department of the Air Force Letter DAF/MPM 662q Attachment 2 (Inactive Units), 19 Sep 1985. The Consolidated Unit will retain the Designation of 19th
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Rankin/Bass Productions


character developed specifically to explore moral issues related to vegetarianism. The original story and a follow-up cookbook became bestsellers for independent publishing house Barefoot Books. In 1999, Rankin/Bass joined forces with James G. Robinson's Morgan Creek Productions and Nest Family Entertainment, creators of "The Swan Princess" franchise, for the first and only animated adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The King and I", based on a treatment by Rankin. Distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, the film flopped at the American box
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Swan


perish as well. Jean Sibelius composed the "Lemminkäinen Suite" based on Kalevala, with the second piece entitled "Swan of Tuonela" "(Tuonelan joutsen)". Today, five flying swans are the symbol of the Nordic Countries, the whooper swan ("Cygnus cygnus") is the national bird of Finland, and the mute swan is the national bird of Denmark. The ballet "Swan Lake" is among the most canonic of classical ballets. Based on the 1875-76 score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
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Princess Peach


Peach was voiced by Leslie Swan, a localization manager for Nintendo of America. In all other releases of "Mario Kart 64" and in "Mario Party" and "Mario Party 2", she was voiced by Asako Kōzuki. Starting with "Mario Golf" on the Nintendo 64, Peach has been voiced by Jen Taylor. After Super Princess Peach in 2005, Nintendo used a new voice for Princess Peach. Although "Mario Hoops 3-on-3" in 2006 still used Taylor's voice, Peach in "Super Mario Strikers
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