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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. [49] Swan Lake (Bourne) went on to be the longest-running ballet in London's West End and New York City's Broadway. [50]
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
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 ...
Etta Jane Bertschinger MBE (née Murfitt; born 29 July 1966) is a British dancer, choreographer and the associate director of the New Adventures educational strand. [1] She has worked for Matthew Bourne for over 20 years in a variety of different roles.
A special performance - Mr Wonderful: A Celebration of Jonathan Ollivier's Life in Dance - was staged at Sadler's Wells in honour of Ollivier on 18 January 2016. The performance included extracts from The Car Man, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.
The Richland County Land Bank in a special meeting Friday approved additional well monitoring on surrounding properties of the former Swan Cleaners.
In December, he took time off from the Royal Ballet for 32 performances as the lead swan in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at the Sadler's Wells Theatre. [1] [8] He has danced lead roles in ballets such as Swan Lake, La Bayadère, Don Quixote, Ashton's Marguerite and Armand and McGregor's Infra. [1]