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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Release Date: 06/26/2012
Label: Kultur Video Catalog #: 4841
Composer:  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Conductor:  David Lloyd-Jones Orchestra/Ensemble:  New London Orchestra Number of Discs: 1
Length: 1 Hours 59 Mins.

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Leopard Films, from Sadler's Wells Theatre Presents a New Adventures production

When it premiered at Sadler's Wells in 1995, Matthew Bourne's triumphant modern re-interpretation of SWAN LAKE turned tradition upside down, taking the dance world by storm. Now firmly crowned as a modern day classic, this iconic production is perhaps best-known for replacing the traditional female corps de ballet with a menacing male ensemble.

Matthew Bourne blends dance, humor and spectacle with extravagant, award-winning designs by Lez Brotherston, to create a provocative and powerful Swan Lake for our times.

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