under the title O Cisne de Janeiro. Uses in choreography Le cygne is often known as The Dying Swan, after a poem by Tennyson. Inspired by swans that she had seen in public parks, Anna Pavlova worked with choreographer Michel Fokine, who had read the poem, to create the famous 1905 solo ballet dance which is now closely associated with this music. According to tradition, the swan in Pavlova's dance is badly injured and dying. However, Maya Plisetskaya re-interpreted the swan simply as elderly and stubbornly resisting the effects of aging; much like herself (she performed The Swan at a gala on her 70th birthday). Eventually the piece came to be considered one of Pavlova's trademarks. "Notte Stellata (The Swan)" by Yuzuru Hanyu Japanese figure skater and two-time Olympic champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, used Il Volo's adaption of Saint Saëns' Le cygne, titled "Notte Stellata (The Swan)", as a program music at exhibition galas of various major skating competitions, including the 2017 World Championships, 2018 Winter Olympics, and the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final. The song was suggested to him by Russian coach Tatiana Tarasova and choreographed by David Wilson from Canada. Hanyu performed the program as a tribute to the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On March 11, 2011, he was practicing at his home rink in Sendai, when the earthquake hit the north-east coast of Japan. The program is a reflection of his own memories, having experienced a blackout at the evacuation center on the night of the disaster: "A person living in Sendai, I had never seen the night sky with stars shining so brightly. It was pitch-dark all at once, there was no electricity, and I was struck by how bright the light of the stars in the dark city really was. I could feel a light of hope." In 2018, Hanyu performed the program at the annual charity event on Nippon TV. His upcoming ice show with the title Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata 2023 will be a special commemoration event of the earthquake, held at the Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu on 10–12 March, 2023. Hanyu's program served as inspiration for the ballet performance "Notte Stellata" by the American Crescendo Conservatory, lead by Christina Valdez, at the Kauffmann Performing Arts Center in Kansas City, Missouri on June 16, 2019. Other choreographies In 1949 the American synchronized swimmer Beulah Gundling created a routine inspired