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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake review: Consummate storytelling
Extraordinary dancing unleashes the power and beauty of Tchaikovsky’s music
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Matthew Bourne: A showman from his head to his toes
The choreographer’s Swan Lake has been upending convention, and thrilling audiences, for 25 years
The all-male ballet company defying stereotypes
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on subverting traditions and the importance of the right pair of shoes
Akram Khan’s ‘Giselle’ – an astonishing twist on a timeless classic
‘We represent bringing ballet to the widest’ possible audience, wherever they are, whatever their means’
The best theatre shows: The Red Shoes opens at the Gate
Theatre Lovett ’s ‘They Called Her Vivaldi’ is at the Peacock and and a new play ‘Philip St John’ opens
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Sleeping Beauty: now with added vampires
Although it uses most of the Tchaikovsky music, Matthew Bourne’s gothic-flavoured reworking of the ballet is quite a departure from the original
Don’t feed the swans: pumped up for the all-male ballet
People used to walk out of ‘Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake’ when they saw male-on-male dancing, and the eroticism is undeniable. Backstage, as heads are shaved and make-up applied, the scenes are just as colourful
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