Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake in 3D
NEW CAPTURED LIVE PRODUCTION
TO SCREEN IN AUSTRALIAN CINEMAS
SATURDAY 5 & SUNDAY 6 MAY
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
“A must-see” The Arts Desk
“Stunning” The Daily Telegraph
“With 3D the magic of space in dance is released from the bottle.” The Arts Desk
When it premiered at Sadler’s Wells in 1995, Matthew Bourne’s triumphant reinterpretation of SWAN LAKE turned tradition upside down, taking the dance world by storm. Now, Australian cinema audiences can watch this modern day classic for the first time in stunning digital 3D, accompanied by state of the art surround sound.
A new version of this iconic production, perhaps best–known for replacing the traditional female corps de ballet with a menacing male ensemble, was filmed in 3D at Sadler’s Wells, London in 2011. The stellar cast includes the magnificent Richard Winsor as the lead Swan/Stranger, Dominic North as The Prince and Nina Goldman as The Queen. Breathtaking in its drama and intensity, filming in 3D creates an illusion of space around the dancers, drawing you onto the stage and bringing a dramatic realism to the story.
With more than 30 international theatre awards including three Tonys and an Olivier, Swan Lake has been acclaimed as a landmark achievement on the stage, becoming the longest running ballet in the West End and on Broadway.
MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE IN 3D will be released in Australian cinemas nationally on May 5 & 6. Tickets on sale NOW
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION
Director and Choreographer – Matthew Bourne
Set and Costumes – Lez Brotherston
Lighting Design – Rick Fisher
Music – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor – David Lloyd Jones
The New London Orchestra
CAST
The Swan/Stranger – Richard Winsor
The Prince – Dominic North
The Queen – Nina Goldman
The Girlfriend – Madelaine Brennan
The Private Secretary – Steve Kirkham
The Young Prince – Joseph Vaughan
PARTICIPATING CINEMAS ACROSS AUSTRALIA
VIC: Cinema Nova, Hoyts Melbourne Central, Village Rivoli Cinemas, Village Southland, Palace Balwyn, Palace Dendy Brighton, Hoyts Chadstone, Yarra Ranges Arts Centre
NSW: Hayden Orpheum Cremorne, Dendy Opera Quays*, Event Cinemas Bondi Junction, Hoyts Broadway, Hoyts Penrith, Event Cinemas Castle Hill, Event Cinemas Hornsby, Greater Union Newcastle, Dendy Byron Bay, Arcadia Twin Ulladulla
ACT: Dendy Canberra, Greater Union Manuka
QLD: Palace Barracks, Dendy Portside, Hoyts Stafford, Event Cinemas Indooroopilly, Noosa 5 Cinemas
SA: Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas, Event Cinemas Marion
WA: Luna Cinema Paradiso, Hoyts Carousel
*Alternate screening date, check with cinema for session times
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MORE REVIEWS (3D cinema performance of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake)
‘The resulting performance, when viewed in 3D, is both slick and stunning. The impact of the vibrant staging remains undiminished; if anything it’s more powerful – the illusion of space created around the dancers allows the audience deeper into the action; the movement and speed of the dancers, filmed from high above to uncomfortably low down, brings tension and immediacy; and the use of extreme close-up shots draws the viewer into Bourne’s narrative dance, enhancing the reality of the characters and the engagement with his dramatic storytelling.’ Rachel Ward, The Daily Telegraph
‘For the millions of fans of Bourne’s iconoclastic 1995 ballet, with its House of Windsor royal family jokes, its gorgeous feathered male swans, and its breathtakingly emotional finale, this will be a must-see. The 2010 lead swan, Richard Winsor, has as much magnificent charisma as the original, Adam Cooper, Nina Goldman is a languidly chilly Queen, and the 3D treatment of the space created within Lez Brotherston’s smartly theatrical designs brings an immediacy in experiencing dance in theatre that will reach countless numbers who can never see it on stage.’ Ismene Brown, The Arts Desk
REVIEWS (Staged production of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake)
“Sensational” – The New York Times
“SEE IT or live to regret it” – The London Independent
“Mesmerizing. It should not be missed” – Associated Press
“Highly imaginative, full of laughs, yet powerful emotionally.” – WQXR
“Dance just got all sexypants” – New York Post
“A truly stunning achievement” – am NEW YORK
“One of the most audacious, visually stunning, and moving works created for the stage.” – Theatermania
AWARDS
USA AWARDS
Astaire Awards for best dance on Broadway 1999:
Best male performance: Adam Cooper
Special Recognition Award for Concept, Direction and Choreography: Matthew Bourne
Tony Awards 1999: Best Musical Direction: Matthew Bourne
Best Choreography: Matthew Bourne
Best Costume Design: Lez Brotherston
Outer Circle Critics Awards for Broadway Season 1999:
Best Musical Direction: Matthew Bourne
Best Choreography: Matthew Bourne
Best Costume Design: Lez Brotherston
Drama Desk Awards for Broadway Season 1998/99:
Best Musical Direction: Matthew Bourne
Best Choreography: Matthew Bourne
Best Musical Stage: Lez Brotherston
Best Costume Design: Lez Brotherston
Best Theatrical Event: Swan Lake
Drama League Awards for Los Angeles Season 1997:
Musical Direction: David Frame
Best Performance: Adam Cooper
Best Performance: Scott Ambler
Director: Matthew Bourne
Producer: Katherine Dore
Costumes & Stage: Lez Brotherston
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award 1997:
Best Choreography: Matthew Bourne
BRITISH AWARDS
The South Bank Show Award 1997
Matthew Bourne for Swan Lake
The Evening Standard Ballet Awards 1997
Adam Cooper Best Performance
Society of West End Theatres Olivier Award 1996
Best New Dance Production
Time Out Dance Award 1996
Adam Cooper Best Performance
The Manchester Evening News Award 1996
Best Dance Production on Tour
Gay Times Readers Poll 1996
Most Amazing Live Show
Time Out Dance Award 1996
AMP Special recognition for West End season Swan Lake
Ballet 2011-2012: Nutcracker
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November
(Check with your local participating cinema for any additional screenings)
Performed by the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Choreography and direction: Yuri Grigorovich
Performers:
Stahlbaum Alexei Loparevich
His wife Olga Suvorova
Fritz, their son Anna Proskurnina
Marie, their daughter Nina Kaptsova
Drosselmeyer Denis Savin
Nutcracker Artem Ovcharenko
The Mouse King Pavel Dmitrichenko
Music: Pytor Illyitch Tchaikovksy, directed by Pavel Klinichev with libretto by Yuri Grigorovich
Set design: Simon Virsaladze
With the Orchestra of the Bolshoi State Theatre
With the Bolshoi soloists and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet
Based on a fantastic tale of the same name by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman and with ideas from Marius Petipa’s script.
Created and presented for the first time in 1982 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Nutcracker is Tchaikovsky’s last ballet. Composed within one year, the music is certainly one of today’s most popular ballet music and Nutcracker, one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular piece of work. Created for the Bolshoi, Yuri Grigorovich’s choreographic version is full of romanticism and philosophical reflections on ideal love. This version became one of the great classics of the twentieth century.
On Christmas Eve, Marie’s godfather, Drosselmeyer, offers her a nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. At midnight, after the celebrations are over, Marie watches a miracle: the Christmas tree begins to grow, the toys come to life and all the lead soliders are under Nutcracker’s command. The Mouse King and its army of mice declare war. Nutcracker flies to Marie’s rescue as she is threatened by the mice army…
Running time: Approximately 1 hour 24 minutes (including one intermission)
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Ballet season 2011: Coppelia (Ballet l’Opera de national de Paris)
Coppélia
By Patrice Bart
SATURDAY 18 JUNE and SUNDAY 19 JUNE
(Additional screenings at select cinemas)
Click here to download the cast sheet
Running time: Two acts, approximately 2 hours
Performed by l’Opéra national de Paris
Choreography and direction: Patrice Bart, after Arthur Saint-Léon (Opéra national de Paris, 1996)
Performers: Les Étoiles, the Premiers Danseurs and the Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris
Music: Léo Delibes, performed by Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, conducted by Koen Kessels
Set design and costumes: Ezio Toffolutti
Lighting: Yves Bernard
Since it was first performed in 1870 at the Paris Opera, Coppelia has undergone several adaptations. A variation on the theme of the doll that comes to life, Patrice Bart’s version – imbued with Hoffmannien fantasy – plays the disconcerting game of doubles and illusion.
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Ballet season 2011: Caligula (Ballet l’Opera de national de Paris)
Caligula
By Nicolas Le Riche
SATURDAY 5 MARCH and SUNDAY 6 MARCH
(Additional screenings at select cinemas)
Running time: Five acts, approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes
Performed by l’Opéra national de Paris
Choreography: Nicolas Le Riche (Opéra national de Paris, 2005)
Performers: Les Étoiles, the Premiers Danseurs and and the Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris
Music: Antonio Vivaldi (The Four Seasons), electro-acoustic creation by Louis Dandrel. Performed by Orchestre ed l’Opéra national de Paris, with violin solo by the conductor Frédéric Laroque
Set design: Daniel Jeanneteau
Video design: Raymonde Couvreu
Costumes: Olivier Bériot
Lighting: Dominique Bruguière
Dramaturgy: Guillaume Gallienne
Drawing his inspiration from the story of the Roman emperor who, in the collective imagination, embodies a man in the grips of megalomania, Nicolas Le Riche overturns clichés to embark upon an intimate exploration of a richer, more complex personality.
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Ballet season 2011: La Petite Danseuse de Degas (Ballet l’Opera de national de Paris)
La Petite Danseuse de Degas (Degas’ Little Dancer)
By Patrice Bart
SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER and SUNDAY 14 of NOVEMBER
(Additional screenings at select cinemas)
This two-part performance is captured live in high definition from L’Opéra national de Paris.
La Petite Danseuse de Degas/ Degas’ Little Dancer is a co-production with L’Opéra national de Paris, Telmondis, Bel Air Média and Mezzo, with the participation of Francetélévisions and the support of the CNC. Production by Vincent Bataillon.
Freed from her glass prison, the famous statuette of La Petite Danseuse (The Little Dancer) comes to life for Paris Opera choreographer and ballet-master Patrice Bart. Recalling the true story of Marie Van Goethem, who served as a model for the sculptor, he plunges into the Paris Opera’s past to evoke the sad destiny of one of the ballerinas from the corps du ballet and the aura of a bygone era.
Choreographer: Patrice Bart
Étoiles: Clairemarie Osta, Delphine Moussin, Elisabeth Maurin, Mathieu Ganio, José Martinez and Benjamin Pech. With the Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris.
Music: Denis Levaillant, performed by the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, conducted by Koen Kessels
Set design: Ezio Toffolutti
Costumes: Sylvie Skinazi
Lighting: Marion Hewlett
Running time: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes
Ballet season 2011: La Dame Aux Camelias (Ballet l’Opera de national de Paris)
La Dame Aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camelias)
By John Neumeier
SATURDAY 11 DECEMBER and SUNDAY 12 DECEMBER
(Additional screenings at select cinemas)
This performance includes one prologue and three acts, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils
La Dame Aux Camelias/ The Lady of the Camelias is a co-production with L’Opéra national de Paris, LGM, with the participation of Francetélévisions and the support of the CNC. Production by Thomas Grimm.
John Neumeier’s subtle rereading of Alexandre Dumas fils’ novel paints a masterly portrait of a society ready to sacrifice its passions on the altar of social respectability. But beyond these façades, it is above all a young woman’s drama of love that he sets to dance, a drama that, propelled by movement, becomes a true inner journey through time and space.
Choreography: John Neumeier
Étoiles: Agnès Letestu, Dorothée Gilbert, Delphine Moussin, José Martinez and the Premier Danseur Stéphane Buillon. With the Premiers Danseurs and the Corps de ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris.
Music: Frédéric Chopin, performed by the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, conducted by Michael Michael Schmidtsdorff. Featuring Emmanuel Strosser and Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter on piano.
Set design: Jürgen Rose
Lighting: Rolf Warter
Running time: Approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes
Ballet season 2011: Swan Lake (Ballet l’Opera de national de Paris)
Swan Lake
(Le Lac des Cygnes)
By Rudolf Nureyev
SATURDAY 22 JANUARY and SUNDAY 23 JANUARY
(Additional screenings at select cinemas)
Running time: Two acts, approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes
Performed by Ballet l’Opéra national de Paris
Choreography and direction: Rudolf Nureyev (Opéra national de Paris, 1984) after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Performers: Les Étoiles Agnès Letestu and José Martinez, the Premier Danseur Karl Paquette, the Premiers Danseurs and the Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris
Music: Piotr Ilytich Tchaikovski, performed by Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, conducted by Vello Pähn
Set design: Ezio Frigerio
Costumes: Franca Squarciapino
Lighting: Vinicio Cheli
This ballet performance is based on the scenario by Vladimir Begichev and Vassili Geltser after Russian folk tales and ancient German legend. Swan Lake/ Le Lac des Cygnes is a co-production by the Opéra national de Paris, François Roussillon et Associés, with the participation of Francetélévisions and TF1 and the support of the CNC. Production by François Roussillon.
In Rudolf Nureyev’s ballet, Prince Siegfried shies away from the reality of power and marriage, by taking refuge in his dreams. He has a vision of a magic lake, representing the idealised love of a swan/maiden. This tragic impasse renders darker still the melancholy poetry of this fantasy tale.
Ballet season: L’Opera de national de Paris and the Bolshoi ballet
CAPTURED LIVE IN HIGH DEFINITION
SCREENING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE 2011 SEASON
Ballet de L’Opéra National de Paris
The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
An exhilarating new season of ballet, captured live in high definition direct from the most prestigious ballet companies in the world.
La Petite Danseuse de Degas (Degas’ Little Dancer) – November 2010 [PARIS]
La Dame Aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camelias) – December 2010 [PARIS]
Le Lac de Cygnes (Swan Lake) – January 2011 [PARIS]
The Nutcracker – February 2011 [BOLSHOI]
Don Quixote – May 2011 [BOLSHOI]
Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) – August 2011 [PARIS]
View the trailer for the forthcoming productions from Ballet de L’Opéra National de Paris
About the ballet companies
Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris is one of the world’s finest companies. Its repertoire is incredibly extensive, ranging from major romantic and classical ballets to creations by the most prestigious contemporary choreographers. With dancers of an average of twenty-five years of age, its corps de ballet is one of the youngest in the world and perform up to 180 performances per season in Paris, throughout France and abroad.
The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
International symbol of Russian culture and traditions, the Bolshoi’s productions meet the highest international standards. With a wide repertoire ranging from national classics and worldwide masterpieces to grandiose new productions, the Bolshoi aims to place its classical heritage into the context of a modern Russian society and embrace new approaches to creative work as well as new technologies.
Participating Australian cinemas:
MELBOURNE: Cinema Nova, Rivoli Cinemas, Sun Theatre Yarraville
SYDNEY: Hayden Orpheum Cremorne, Dendy Opera Quays, Chauvel Cinema
ADELAIDE: Palace Nova Eastend
BRISBANE: Dendy Portside, Palace Centro
CANBERRA: Dendy Cinemas, GU Manuka
PERTH: Luna Cinemas Windsor
ARMIDALE: Belgrave Cinemas
AVOCA BEACH: Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
CASTLEMAINE: Theatre Royal
MAROOCHYDORE: GU Maroochydore
NAROOMA: Narooma Cinema
NEWCASTLE: GU Newcastle
ORANGE: Odeon 5 Cinemas
TAMWORTH: Forum Cinemas
WAGGA WAGGA: Forum Cinemas