Swan Lake

'Swan Lake' In 3D?!?

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 05.16.2012

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NEW YORK — If you've ever seen choreographer Matthew Bourne's version of "Swan Lake," you already know that his birds aren't the usual delicate,...

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'Swan Lake,' With Bare-Chested Men In Feathered Pants

Sean Martinfield | Posted 05.16.2012

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Sean Martinfield

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake in 3D not only reflects the psychological and mystical currents of the ballet's original narrative, it also floats the same physical and creative demands upon its featured star. Richard Winsor is well-equipped to handle both.

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Another Visit to Oman

Michael Kaiser | Posted 03.10.2012

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Michael Kaiser

There is truly no Eastern art or Western art or Asian art, etc. There is only art. And great art has the power to move us because great artists speak to us no matter what the language.

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CultureZohn: Black Swan, Or Letting Your Inner Bad Girl Out

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patricia Zohn

2010-12-02-natalieout.jpgThe message of the movie is that longing and desire are the very things that can take us over the top -- and then, alas, are the very things that inevitably take us down.

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Were-Swans and Dark Doubles Take Manhattan

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Abeel

Aronofsky has plumbed the Swan Lake fairytale for its inbuilt elements of Goth-horror. He proposes the black swan as a gateway to mayhem and madness. It becomes a malevolent creature -- think were-swan instead of werewolf.

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Movie Review: Black Swan

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Black Swan is like a horror-movie version of The Red Shoes --or perhaps it's The Red Shoes meets Saw -- in which the quest for perfection drives the dancer slowly mad.

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Hooters to Swan Lake During One Week in New York

Susan Eley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Eley

In Bourne's modern dance-inspired version of Swan Lake, the swans are men and the prince longs not only for the love of the virile, lead swan, but also for the affection of his cold, unloving mother, the Queen.

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Matthew Bourne's All-Male "Swan Lake" Returning To NYC

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — More than a decade after its acclaimed run on Broadway, Matthew Bourne's all-male "Swan Lake" is returning to New York. Bourne's rei...

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