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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Which, if you pause to consider the actual narrative rather than the hauntingly beautiful dance work, makes perfect sense. After all, this tale from ancient Russian myth features a prince who falls for a woman (Odette) who has been transformed by an evil baron into a swan. Amid the protestations of undying love there is betrayal, tragedy and death. The dancing here is so breathlessly passionate, purely because it exists right on that fine line between love and pain.
Houston Ballet’s production, which comes to Dubai Opera this week, takes its initial inspiration from pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse’s 1888 work The Lady of Shalott. It makes sense: it’s a painting depicting the Tennyson poem where a maiden in love with Sir Lancelot defies her curse for a moment of freedom. Choreographed by Australian director and artistic director Stanton Welch, his Swan Lake – which premiered in 2006 – opens by referring directly to The Lady of Shalott; Odette floating on the lake in a boa...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Which, if you pause to consider the actual narrative rather than the hauntingly beautiful dance work, makes perfect sense. After all, this tale from ancient Russian myth features a prince who falls for a woman (Odette) who has been transformed by an evil baron into a swan. Amid the protestations of undying love there is betrayal, tragedy and death. The dancing here is so breathlessly passionate, purely because it exists right on that fine line between love and pain.
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