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Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake is a contemporary ballet based on the Russian romantic work Swan Lake, from which it takes the music by Tchaikovsky and the broad outline of the plot. Bourne's rendering is best known for having the traditionally female parts of the swans danced by men. It was the longest-running ballet in London's West End and on ...
Matthew Bourne is best known for his unique re-imaginings of traditional ballet, such as his 1995 production of Swan Lake, where he replaced the traditionally female corps-de-ballet with a male ensemble. [48] Swan Lake (Bourne) went on to be the longest-running ballet in London's West End and New York City's Broadway. [49]
An editor added the sentence 'The music has been dubbed by Taiwanese girl band S.H.E. with Mandarin lyrics, entitling the song "Remember".' I've reverted the change because it's not clear what "music" is referred to – if the song simply made use of music from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, what is the connection with Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake?
Illusions Like "Swan Lake" remains in the repertoire of major German ballet companies. Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake departed from the traditional ballet by replacing the female corps de ballet with male dancers and a plot focused on the psychological pressures of modern royalty on a prince struggling with his sexuality and a distant mother. It ...
Matthew Bourne – Swan Lake. Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking – Fosse; Michael Mayer – You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Harold Prince – Parade; Best Choreography: Matthew Bourne – Swan Lake. Patricia Birch – Parade; Rob Marshall – Little Me; A. C. Ciulla – Footloose
Swan Lake: 1996 Win Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Lez Brotherston - Set Design & Costume) Cinderella: 1998 Win Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Matthew Bourne - Concept and Dramatisation) The Car Man: 2001 Nomination Best Lighting Design (Paule Constable) Play Without Words: 2003 Nomination Best Entertainment Play Without Words: 2003 Win
One such Swan is Kelly Berdyck, née Becker, 46, who appeared on season 1. Here, she reflects on the experience with PEOPLE, in her own words. We all came from something we wanted to change in our ...
He became internationally recognised for creating the lead role of "Swan/Stranger" in Matthew Bourne's contemporary dance production of the ballet Swan Lake, a role that was briefly featured in the 2000 film Billy Elliot, in which Cooper played the adult version of the titular character.