Here is alternative TV programming to #resist the Inauguration: Swan Lake. Soviet TV played it on loop when dictators died & it became emblematic. This video of the Kirov Ballet production has scene description: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJo... Article has context. www.history.co.uk/articles/swa... - ThreadSky

gerritb.bsky.social • 53 days ago

Here is alternative TV programming to #resist the Inauguration: Swan Lake. Soviet TV played it on loop when dictators died & it became emblematic.

This video of the Kirov Ballet production has scene description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJoB7y6Ncs

Article has context. https://www.history.co.uk/articles/swan-lakes-link-to-political-turmoil-in-the-soviet-union

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kvlovely19.bsky.social•51 days ago

I'm watching Swan Lake on blu ray right now. I got it from my sister's adoptive parents' estate sale. never seen it before. thanku for posting the article. pretty eye opening.

gerritb.bsky.social•51 days ago

YW, Sleepless. I am glad you're enjoying the performance. 😁 All the best, G.

susanloves7up.bsky.social•52 days ago

This sounds delightful. I am going to try to dedicate my day of service to gathering clothes I don't need and taking them to a thrift store where homeless women can shop free. That would be quite an undertaking for me in my current health condition but I want to try.

gerritb.bsky.social•52 days ago

Susan, that's a brilliant plan for your personal resistance! I hope others also follow your plan.
Take good care of your health while doing it.
Best wishes, G. 😁

memeburk.bsky.social•51 days ago

💙👍

madpussy.bsky.social•52 days ago

If they play Swan Lake does that mean Putin is dead?

gerritb.bsky.social•52 days ago

If Putin dies, I think the Russian TV would continue the Soviet tradition of playing Swan Lake. And the democratic opposition will watch it with subversive intent. 😁

cto1usn.bsky.social•52 days ago

LOL! Love It! How Appropriate! The King is Dead, Long Live the King.

gerritb.bsky.social•52 days ago

👍😈 The democratic activists used it exactly like you say. Cheers, Chip!

fromgulagtogilead.bsky.social•52 days ago

Oh yes, in our post-Soviet mind there is a strong association of Swan Lake = change of leader.

gerritb.bsky.social•52 days ago

Yes, indeed. You would know. We have a lot to learn from Soviet-era and Putin-era democratic activists.
All the best.

hardwarelust.bsky.social•52 days ago

I'll be binge watching ER. I had forgotten how good that show was.

gerritb.bsky.social•52 days ago

Another excellent choice! Enjoy. 😁

rollwithheather.bsky.social•53 days ago

Wow - interesting. I was in the USSR in 1990 but had no idea about the Swan Lake significance. I saw an American Ballet Theater production of it at The Met several years that was fabulous.

gerritb.bsky.social•53 days ago

Good afternoon, Heather. 😁 Yes, Swan Lake had become a symbol of momentous change in the SU. Activists then subverted it into a motif for the democratic #resistance against the SU. It may be useful to connect it to the #resistance to T2.0. 😇😈
All the best, G.

rollwithheather.bsky.social•53 days ago

Perhaps Copland’s ballet Appalachian Spring could do the same in the US?

gerritb.bsky.social•53 days ago

There's a lovely thought! 👍

rollwithheather.bsky.social•53 days ago

😀

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