Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: A well-deserved victory lap for a blockbuster classic
It now seems richly ironic that the ballet world was up in arms when, almost 30 years ago, Matthew Bourne unveiled plans for ...
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at Sadler’s Wells review: the gold standard for reimagining a classic
Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score is played live, crisp and soulful, and the tragic ending is scintillating and bereft. Thirty ...
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'It was a shock to many': Matthew Bourne on his Swan Lake with male swans, the show that shook up the dance world
They're a tribute to choreographer Matthew Bourne's gender-flipping dance version of the ballet Swan Lake. The production, which first premiered in London in November 1995, ruffled feathers in ...
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Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
First staged at Sadler’s Wells in London in 1995, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake took the dance theatre world by storm becoming the longest running full-length dance classic in the West End and on ...
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Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE: THE NEXT GENERATION, Sadler's Wells
Even 30 years after he created it, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake is still his defining production. Just why hasn’t he yet ...
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Sadler's Wells' Swan Lake hit by protests over venue's ties to Barclays
Campaigners protesting Sadler's Wells’ ties with Barclays demonstrated at the first night of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake ...
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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: The Next Generation
Hankies at the ready for an emotional rollercoaster with occasions for laughter amongst the tears… Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake ...
Moment eco-zealots dressed as ballerinas douse themselves with 'oil' at opening night of Swan Lake in protest at theatre's ties to Barclays bank
Protesters from Fossil Free London disrupted the opening night of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Sadler's Wells Theatre over ...