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Bourne dives into delirious, captivating 'Swan Lake'
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With all the sweaty men, high tension and lustful longing, you
might be tempted to call this "Swan Lake" "Brokeback: A Ballet with
Feathers."
British director/choreographer Matthew Bourne was on to something
11 years ago when he first decided to Tchaikovsky's 1875 ballet an
extreme makeover.
He kept the glorious music but decided to chuck the story of
Prince Siegfried and Swan Queen Odette so that he could tell the
story of a modern-day British prince -- ...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Bourne's 'Swan Lake' is worth the risk.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Scott C. Morgan Daily Herald Staff Writer Swan Lake 1/2 out of four Location: Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago Times: 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Sunday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; through Sunday Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes Tickets:
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BOURNE'S BEEFED-UP `SWAN LAKE' COMES TO TOWN
The Boston Globe
; It's hard to believe 10 years have passed since Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake" first took flight and ruffled feathers with its tale of a sexually frustrated prince and his fatal attraction to a flock of bare-chested men, rather than the traditional bevy of ballerinas. It's even harder to believe this
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Male swans make a splash in Bourne's modernized 'Swan Lake'.(Time Out!)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Scott C. Morgan Daily Herald Staff Writer Swan Lake Where: Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago When: 8 p.m. Tuesday and Feb. 24-25, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday Feb. 26, 2 p.m. Feb. 25 and 26; through Feb. 26 Tickets: $15-$72.50. Phone: (312) 902-1400 British
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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PREVIEW: DANCE - Glittering cygnet ring; The much-celebrated, all--male version of Swan Lake comes back for another encore.(Features)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Charlotte Cripps WHEN MATTHEW Bourne's all-male Swan Lake premiered at Sadler's Wells in 1995, with Scott Ambler as the Prince, it caused a bit of a stir. I remember the first night, Bourne says. When the male swans first came on, there was a gasp in the audience - because it worked. It had
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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Fed: Bourne: New Swan Lake would meet Tchaikovsky's approval
AAP General News (Australia)
; AAP General News (Australia) 02-21-2007 Fed: Bourne: New Swan Lake would meet Tchaikovsky's approval By Michael Gadd, National Entertainment Writer ...
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