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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?
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
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, the creator of the dance adaptation of Edward Scissorhands, during the Australian tour in 2008. Bourne's all-male 1995 version of Swan Lake has become the longest-running ballet production and earned him the distinction as the only British director to become a winner of both the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Choreography at the 53rd Tony ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Ballets by Matthew Bourne" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Swan Lake (Bourne) This page was ...