Martin ThomassonEnglish National Ballet’s production of Swan Lake is entirely conventional. And perhaps, with such a classic piece, this is what audiences demand – after all, the magnificent sight of ballerinas in white tutus moving in unison is one of...
Carmel ThomasonAs New Adventures catalogue of dance grows, so does the time between opportunities to see individual dance pieces on tour. It’s five years since Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake last played the Lowry stage, and judging by the packed auditorium on the...
Choreographer, Matthew Bourne talks to Quays Life about re-staging his ground-breaking Swan Lake for the 21st century and the royal scandal that inspired him to transform this Tchaikovsky classic with a multi-award winning, male corps-de-ballet. You...