Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne)
starring: Adam Cooper, Scott Ambler, Fiona Chadwick, Barry Atkinson, Emily Piercy
directed by: Matthew Bourne, Peter Mumford
directed by: Matthew Bourne, Peter Mumford
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5024165753903
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Nvc Arts
Manufacturer: Nvc Arts
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Nvc Arts
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 23, 2000
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 31724
Studio: Nvc Arts
Theatrical Release Date: June 10, 1998
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Matthew Bourne, director and choreographer of Adventures in Motion Pictures--a maverick new modern dance company based in London--brings a new twist to an old classic with this production of 'Swan Lake.' Taking advantage of the public's preoccupation with the ups and downs of the royal family, Bourne has set his story in the modern era and has cast all the swans--including the Odette/Odile role--as males. Boutne's creation brings great ballet to an audience it has never before reached, and for cognoscenti offers a new view of the breadth of possibilty in Tchaikovsky's well-loved score. 'Swan Lake' enjoyed a sold-out run in London and a subsequent critically acclaimed and public-adored Broadway stint.
Amazon.com:
Swan Lake became an unexpected popular hit when radical choreographer Matthew Bourne took Tchaikovsky's traditional ballet by the scruff of the neck and reworked it with a myriad of modern influences and themes to astonishing effect. Seldom have the dark psychological riptides at the heart of so many classical ballets been so brilliantly exposed. The Prince (Scott Ambler) is a wretched and dissolute young man dominated by his mother, the Joan Collins-like Queen (Fiona Ambler). Shades of Tennessee Williams, indeed. Von Rothbart becomes a press secretary, more sinister eminence grise than hissable villain. Most startling of all, the Swan (Adam Cooper) is a muscular, emphatically masculine male.
Bourne has stressed the universality of his interpretation, which proved such a success for his Adventures in Motion Pictures dance company. And indeed this is never an overtly 'gay' Swan Lake, although the electricity of the pas de deux at the height of Act 2 delivers a palpably homoerotic charge. Its universal threads--as Bourne suggests, the need to be held and understood is common to us all--are synthesized in the utterly moving conclusion as the Swan cradles the lifeless Prince and raises him to a better place. Swan Lake becomes a human, rather than simply romantic, tragedy. --Piers Ford
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- Just watch AdamAct II where the prince meets the Swans is the highlight of the entire production. The story is about ... Read More
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- beautifulI gave this to my brother for Christmas. He was thrilled. He said that is an excellent video of Swan ... Read More
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- swan lake dvdI found the DVD of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake excellent material and I have some friends queuing up to ... Read More
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- Not a fan of the choroegraphy, but can't knock the ideaBourne's swan lake is an interesting twist on the traditional version. The choreography (especially for ... Read More
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- Swan Lake ExperienceI saw the live version of this production in Brisbane (April 2007) and it was truly magical and amazing. ... Read More
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