Meet the Swans

[@zenthumb]

They look like living sculptures in movement. So much beauty. =)

[@galenstone9097]

There was ever only one swan, Adam Cooper was flatly IT.

[@marcelnoya]

_Yep!_

[@roberttrepagnier9149]

Saw this ballet and was blown away by how beautiful it was

[@barrypaton9726]

Wonderful. As always. Great choreographer and great dancers.

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

Superstar Athletes of such strength, beauty and grace

[@TheFiown]

Some years ago the French Rugby team mocked the male ballet dancers at the Opera Ballet so the dancers invited the rugbymen to come train with them. They gave up, couldn't keep up and ended up having huge respect for the dancers after that.

[@vapaus831]

✌️

[@suebursztynski2530]

I’ve heard that there are football teams who do some ballet for exercise.

[@stripedshirts]

love this story!

[@gizalady]

I will never tire of watching Matthew Bourne's Swan LakeIt had power it has tenderness it has tragedy

[@WilsonWatt-q2e]

I saw the original production of Bourne's Swan Lake and was completely stunned by its power and beauty. Anyone who ever has a chance should try to see it.

[@ktwashere5637]

I saw it at Sadler's Wells in the 90s and it was the most incredible dance show I had ever seen. I remember the way Adam Cooper moved was unlike anything I'd ever seen. its a breathtaking show.

[@fredmartensart]

Ditto!!!!

[@brendadufaur37]

Very interesting. Men deserve to be artistically fulfilled dancers. I'm glad that these dancers feel so sacredly about performing this classic work, in whatever new manifestation.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

I love seeing this...I hope there will be many more all male ballets...It is beautiful to see...they are beautiful...and the concept of male swans makes perfect sense.

[@platedlizard]

agreed! swans are powerful creatures as well as beautiful, there is no reason they cannot be played by male dancers.

[@amymoorehead7185]

I LOVE this!!! I have seen Swan Lake danced many times over my life and this one has an intensity. LOVE it!

[@patriciadavison1486]

They were all simply beautiful … and did look as curious, vicious, protective, serene, strong as the lovely, enigmatic Swan. I could go on. They were phenomenal 👌

[@richardcleveland8549]

Viewing this again after having watched Bourne's complete "Swan Lake" and after seeing a short video about Matthew Ball in his Royal Opera days. I was especially struck by brief clips of his practice with his partner at 3:19-3:21 and 4:08-4:10 - truly breathtaking in their intimacy and in the genuine beauty of the two men . . . tugged at my heart . . . .

[@lesleycolwell5469]

watched on youtube so many times - now finally seeing it at sadlers wells in january - can;t wait!

[@stonew1927]

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake must have been conceived in the 90s. I remember seeing it in LA with my mother and she passed away in 2000. What a treat to have gotten to see it with her.

[@suebursztynski2530]

It appeared in the last scene of the film Billy Elliot, which was supposed to be around that time, ie Billy has grown up and is dancing, ten years after the Thatcher era.

[@itsdebs]

Male swan energy is visceral and intense. Love it.

[@erpollock]

Matthew Ball is from the Royal Ballet and he often dances with his partner, Mayara Magri. They are wonderful together. He is very talented to make the switch to an all-male ensemble.

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……it was the first version of ‘Swan Lake’ where the swans were portrayed as their REAL selves’, ie very vicious, horrible creatures’. I loved it when I saw it on stage several years’ ago. Also, it tied in nicely for me with the last scene in film, ‘Billy Elliott’. I still get goosebumps seeing that. It’s my favourite ballet, & I see it EVERY time it’s performed here, & have done do since I was a little, when my Mum used to take me. Due to see it later this year, performed by the AB. Can’t wait!

[@TT97781]

Por favor no dejen de bailar y presentarse. Todo lo que hacen es hermoso.

[@robertwilkins8357]

Really fine how the boys look!

[@lisab6387]

Love Matthew Bourne, he re-create a new Swan story, beautiful and daring story

[@pamelagreen7380]

Me and my daughter saw the show and I have never seen anything so amazing, the ending just made me cry.

[@charpnatl]

I’ve love this score ever since the I first heard it as a child, I have loved every production of Swan Lake I’ve seen . However THIS production felt like the first time I’d seen dance it was so New and Fresh It still effects me emotionally when I catch snippets of it. The power of dace is amazing!

[@joycevanriessen4016]

So beautiful.

[@AmandaKreglowProductions]

they look beautiful!

[@sterry9000]

So beautiful -

[@richardcleveland8549]

An amazing video, amazing production, amazing dancers . . . . I've only seen snippets of the Bourne version, and I'm not knowledgeable about the story, so I was astounded to find that this an all-male version. What a brilliant idea - very like a high-wire act without a net. Bravo to Bourne for his faith in himself and his dancers. The homoerotic nature of it is so bold and yet fits perfectly with the story, while the young men dancing the leads are so natural and laid-back about the intimacy of some of the scenes that its possible to believe that's what Tchaikovsky had in mind. Many, many thanks to Matthew Bourne and his amazing dancers.

[@andyroo9381]

This looks incredible! I wish I could have seen it for myself.

[@robinlayton7422]

Beautiful!

[@jodigrace7613]

So beautiful! 😍

[@Carol-or9jl]

I love all of Matthew Bourne's programmes but this being the first blew me away and so pleased we saw the strength of male dancers, I do not want to see the classical Swan Lake anymore.❤

[@dianagendova]

The moist beautiful ballet I have ever seen,I have it on dvd,at time to time I watch it.

[@marilenamargelou1842]

It's so so so great!!!

[@santarza2039]

No tengo palabras , están hermoso .

[@ognyashka]

I saw this version of Swan Lake in Minneapolis almost 10 years ago. It left very deep impression on me 😮

[@helentart1980]

Wow these guys are athletes

[@user12ek5]

В спортзале такое тело не вылепить. Эти люди работают со своим весом каждый день и каждая мышца в теле четко вычерчена. Балет это не только хореография, но также и тяжелый спорт и труд.

[@sailingsam3815]

I saw it on Broadway many years ago. It blew my mind.

[@marycook1657]

I was totally mesmerised by this version of Swan Lake when I saw it in Billy Elliott, and it's still just as mesmerising.

[@JamesBrown-ij1px]

I've never seen this in person and I have always wanted to!

[@victorialobb7210]

You definitely got second amazing x

[@Feeoryne]

awesome!!!

[@JamesBrown-ij1px]

Matthew Ball is a real life 'Billy Elliott'.

[@csm92459]

My parents loved music so grew up listening to it. I've seen the typical performances and then saw this version a couple of years ago. Wow. The power was unbelievable. I have to add that, on a humorous basis, it gives you a totally different impression of female ballerinas. After seeing them on stage in the toe shoes, and at the end bowing all graceful and demur.....after seeing they guys you realize that these delicate flowers are working their butts off, probably sweating like pigs under the hot lights, and that their "dressing room" is probably as rank as any football locker room. LOL

[@laurenjamesince]

Saw this beautiful ballet at the Lowry Manchester just last night. I’m now a little addicted to learning everything about Matthew Bourne and this wonderful swan lake rendition. The last scene too in Billy Elliot. ❤️❤️

[@karlaacuna1291]

Moving art

[@pavlaki1]

This is the only one of Matthew Bourne's works that I like, and, for a long time, the only Swan Lake that I liked. I find the classical original difficult to accept, except for the new Royal Ballet production.

[@juliettenightingale8227]

Matthew Bourne is amazing, I can't believe that this is the only work of his you like..... Did you not see Romeo and Juliet?

[@lena.dymytrenko]

​​​@@juliettenightingale8227 all his staging - the best. So You're getting fantastic ballet, at any rate.

[@elizzy8754]

Yes, the RB Liam Scarlet production is amazing. Try Bourne's Sleeping Beauty - stunning.

[@MellowWind]

Ack. I want to see this but seems I'm three years too late? Did someone tape it?

[@barbarae.demullingbriggs8362]

Are you ever coming to Charleston, SC?? ❤

[@addicted2itall]

Is this the one that we see at the end of the Billy Elliot movie?

[@csm92459]

Yes. He's playing the lead swan.

[@runekristensen8877]

i could work there

[@Danydanielballet]

❤❤❤

[@marialeach8960]

Male ballet dancers will always conjure up a memory of my late dad one Christmas. He was watching the Nutcraker and got so bored with it he said: "Can't watch this anymore, nothing but a bunch a naked men dancers". So, my sister said: "Oh, then I want to watch it!". Well, guess you'd have to be there to see the humor of it all. LOL

[@nadiyapluzhnikova1869]

Красивые молодые люди и великолепная музыка

[@nachbarslumpi7093]

So for the elder of us, we had les ballets de trocadero, this is the logical conclusion.

[@ingeborgpostelnik4748]

love the misic of swan lake but always felt the ballet to be insipid. the little i see of this version absolutely takes my breath away !! hope to get the full show on you tube some day ...

[@elizzy8754]

Liam Scarlett's version of Swan Lake for the Royal Ballet is the only production that makes dramatic sense of the traditional story; it's truly beautiful - try to see it. I love everything Matthew Bourne does: Swan Lake and especially Sleeping Beauty.

[@KirstineTermansen-l2e]

Off course. Lea

[@АлександрДиденко-ш5н]

По всей видимости, такая трактовка оригинальна! Есть смысл все время двигаться, искать новое прочтение! Но, должны быть все же границы! Гениальный Чайковский задумывал в своём шедевре все же иной смысл! 😮

[@loungeblogger]

is this the billie elliot ending scene swan lake?

[@r.h.7486]

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake is the best.🤍🖤❤‍🔥

[@fasteddyri]

Billy Elliot if you need to refresh your mind

[@DennisLaird-lt2nh]

I love guys who wear tights

[@macrichardson7904]

These male bodies are just beautiful.

[@marianoputzolu1518]

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[@aliciacunalata3223]

Admiro mucho la practica de esta gimnasia, en si hace estirar el cuerpo totalmente, y lo embriaga de esos moviemtos largos y llenos de estetica que el cuerpo humano hace rebozar de frescura, precision y belleza. Sencillamente digo que me fascina ver, y sean mujeres y hombres, son todos maravillosos.

[@dogisadancer17star85]

💗💗💓Magical and marvelous and through the annointing of god we can do all spectacular things through Christ!!!!

[@dumitriudaniela]

so interesting, fascinating, sexual and vicious

[@MariTeabag-lf1ly]

This is such a radical new idea, should have happened before this. Great dancers like Nijinsky were limited to their solos, what a great idea. Sorry but the lunchbox is still distracting from the movements.

[@kristinaanna5630]

🤣🤣🤣

[@wittster6372]

Please have the coutesy to rename the piece..swan lake was not written as a homesexual swan love affair. That being said I would enjoy seeing ballets written casting more men..their skill is captivating

[@johnbanach3875]

Of course, it has to be sexy.

[@ИринаБабина-я5э]

Бред

[@user12ek5]

Иметь накаченное тело и при этом сохранять удивительную гибкость, это очень непросто. Эти люди могут садиться как на поперечный, так и продольный шпагат, могут стать в мостик и куча других выкрутасов, которые так называемым качкам в спортзале и не снились. У артистов немыслимо сильные ноги, а вот качки из спортзалов обычно не могут подниматься по лестнице в общественных местах или в своем высотном доме, последние всегда пользуются лифтом, потому что это надутые мышцы, которые сдуваются через неделю после простоя.

[@oscarp4328]

A sea of white. Lol

[@KristineMaitland]

Not really. There are some Black dancers in the company. Wry smile.

[@christopherrobinwattsthoma6318]

Just a travesty

[@tableron]

CLASSIC IS MUCH STRONGER, U CAN WATCH IT AGAIN AND AGAIN, BUT NOT THIS ONE

[@didi_mega_dudu]

This is nothing compared to classical ballet. Can't hold a candle to the Russians.

[@user-oo5cd1fx3i]

Как надо извратить человеческую природу,чтобы считать это нормальным.Танцоры хорошие.Но!Придумайте новую свою музыку для своего нового мира.Это НЕ "Лебединое озеро" и никогда им не будет

[@aleksandraemelyanova6505]

То есть, танец маленьких лебедей тоже в мужском исполнении? Та-та-та-таа-тарарам-там-там

[@Mademoiselle_Opossum]

А что смущает?)

[@giovannaorsini2889]

...e ti posso assicurare che e' magnifica ❤ho visto lo spettacolo originale a Milano parecchi anni fa...vedere degli uomini ballare con questa potenza ma nello stesso tempo.con tanta grazia e ' qualcosa di magnifico...da pelle d'oca❤

[@l.z.5688]

Отвратительно! Без женщины жизни нет!

[@abook2141]

?

[@hans-jurgforrer8847]

in welchem jahrhundert leben sie ??

[@DonoVideoProductions]

Swan Lake is not about women birthing babies. You didn't know that?

[@Mademoiselle_Opossum]

А без мужчин жизнь есть? 😂

[@micheledix2616]

In real life there are male swans. And Black male swans too for that matter. This is just another re- imagining of a storyline. Giving brilliant male dancers the spotlight.

[@JWP452]

I believe it's the powerful Tchaikovsky score that makes this travesty successful.

[@Markus_Blewish]

Matthew is very pretty & an amazing dancer, but i think a gay lead might have been more comfortable with the intimacy. (not to mention 'barefeet'. 😂seems bizarre comment for a dancer.)

[@selvamartaperalta8321]

ESTE TIPO DE BALLET ES DE MAL GUSTO

[@giovannaorsini2889]

Cattivo gusto??? L'hai visto dal vivo???e' qualcosa di potente ...bellissimo da vedere..

[@ЕленаЧурсинова-к2ш]

Совсем сбрендили.

[@Disneymumma]

I just can't get on board with Matthews swan lake. Study it for 2 years and I just don't love it

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

Gay ballet. Without women there is no balance in the ballet.

[@DonoVideoProductions]

And if so, is that a problem?

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

For some

[@Mademoiselle_Opossum]

​@@kathrynmolesa1641, боитесь, что вам мужика не достанется? 😂

[@jongraff]

Lemme guess.. MAGA?? Sit the F down.

[@giovannaorsini2889]

Ma per cortesia!! L'hai visto dal vivo?su un palco?a pochi metri di distanza? Hanno una potenza ed una grazia che non immaginavo...e non fanno rimpiangere assolutamente una ballerina donna...quanti inutili pregiudizi!

[@huolalupin6008]

Loathsome. I don't know which is worse, this or watching women play rugby.

[@paulinemegson8519]

Lol that’s such a typical threatened response, and utterly ridiculous…..it’s just dancing…..and a ball game. So I’m not going to say you’re loathsome, cos you’re not, you’re just a silly, overdramatic pearl clutching drama Queen😂😂😂

[@pansepot1490]

Lesbian?🤔

[@remyhoffmann8919]

Blind!

[@DonoVideoProductions]

How nice then that you can stay in your narrow bubble and not be troubled by either. Leaves you more time to troll, evidently!

[@huolalupin6008]

@@DonoVideoProductions At last. I was waiting for you.

[@mandyclarke8773]

I must say I’m a traditionalist so not so keen on this version, in saying that, they have beautiful bodies and are very talented dancers, would not pay to go and watch it, have seen bits and pieces of it on tv.

[@user12ek5]

но при всем уважении к способностям этих танцоров, они не лебеди)). Никак нет.

[@АленаЯшина-ч8г]

Мужчины движутся хороши, пластично, но очень женственно и это отталкивае.

[@giovannaorsini2889]

Assolutamente no!!! Li ho visti dal vivo e sono spettacolari!!

[@BellaCroyda]

What is the story behind this ballet?? It's going to go but so far. What is the story??? SWAN LAKE is story about love and evil trying to destroy it. Changing it to something unacceptable at large will bring BIG condemnations.

[@dancingstar6418]

This is horrible!!!

[@lanabuehrer5616]

Безобразие 🤮

[@joemeathead163]

So ugly and unseemly! The kind of unnecessary change that makes everyone disgusted 😂

[@lucianmarina8691]

Not everyone. Most of the rest us admire this production. I for one was deeply moved. And still am!

[@matthewknight4318]

Minority view I think! Commercially very successful

[@DonoVideoProductions]

Your comment? Yes, sadly, you are right about that - it was ugly and unseemly! The kind of unneccessary commen that makes everyone disgusted.

[@joemeathead163]

@@DonoVideoProductions comment, bro🤣

[@janetathanasopoulou2002]

​@@lucianmarina8691 I agree. I found it even more moving than the original male /female versions (and I am 72).

[@RyanFox85]

If its not Baroque; dont fix it

[@RyanFox85]

This is just odd to me. Im not at all inspired by, or moved by, men masquerading as female figures. Im not saying swans arent male but the purpose of using them is because they exude a grace and beauty that is typically seen as a feminine quality. Swan lake has a story, not just a look. And im sorry but u cant exclusively use men in this production, and remain true to the story. Make a new one. This is as bad as Disney and their "inclusion by exclusion" practices for remaking classics.

[@seandoherty925]

I have seen Swan Lake before but what Bourne has done with it breathed new life into it for me. Having just seen this today i am more interested to see a classic version again. Art benefits from fresh interpretations which help keep it relevant.

[@RyanFox85]

@@seandoherty925 absolutely but it seems like everything done now is not to be inspiring or beautiful, it just has to be done opposite so as to seem different and "edgy". I love classics and id love to keep them as such. I have room for new and different! But im getting sick of the changes that are constantly being made that dont seem to make any real sense. Ive even noticed a constant change in lyrics to my favorite operas and musical productions that dont seem to make sense. I dunno. I hate being such a stickler but as someone once told me...... if its not Baroque..... dont fix it 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShaneTallon88]

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