Matthew Bourne's Ballet Clips- "Swan Lake"

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2013
  • Never would of thought in a thousand years that I would utter the words " I enjoy ballet", well at least this interpretation. Matthew Bournes stunning choreography has really put me on to this beautiful interpretation of dance and ballet. Please enjoy this clip from "Swan Lake"
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  • @user-ci7kr3ve6m
    @user-ci7kr3ve6m 3 года назад +381

    Salad days bought me here tbh it's beautiful

  • @JaniceCole1950
    @JaniceCole1950 День назад

    This shows the gentle side and aggressive side of a male swan. Sheer beauty 🦢🦢🦢

  • @witchysue5170
    @witchysue5170 9 лет назад +116

    I've seen this live twice, amazing production. I cant picture females playing the swans now.

  • @erridot
    @erridot 10 лет назад +80

    I first saw the full length Matthew Bourne's "swan lake" online by accident about 2 years ago, but it was just so stunning. Not only the choreography, but the emotions as well. I've never thought I could appreciate the classical type of dance, or just dance in general, but it has opened a whole world for me now that I love art more. I started to do ballet. Wish I saw it earlier.

    • @sandymonteath4994
      @sandymonteath4994 Год назад +2

      All my life I have wanted to see male swans due to the way I was born and finally I got my wish. It overwhelmed me the first time I saw Bourne's "Swan-Lake"...sandy-gay-ecossais

  • @21Marianna
    @21Marianna 11 лет назад +52

    This is classic. You should see the whole Bourne's "Swan Lake". It's amazing and beautiful.

  • @Boergia
    @Boergia 6 лет назад +196

    The idea of a male swan makes complete sense to me. The strength, the beauty, the enormous wingspan of these creatures suggests to the musculature of a male dancer more readily than a ballerina in her white tutu.......

    • @theoriginalsuzycat
      @theoriginalsuzycat 6 лет назад +34

      Yes, the idea was to show the other side of swans - the aggressive, powerful side. Swans are after all quite nasty creatures!

    • @happynewfears1805
      @happynewfears1805 4 года назад +5

      Still waiting for the all-male Sailor Moon 😔✊

    • @happynewfears1805
      @happynewfears1805 4 года назад +10

      You two think women can't be aggressive??

    • @lia1b652
      @lia1b652 4 года назад +8

      @@happynewfears1805 or strong ... but we have to admit that this interpretation is great ^^

    • @juandiegoconsciente1225
      @juandiegoconsciente1225 4 года назад +3

      theoriginalsuzycat so men represent the nasty lol

  • @dexterdamonkey
    @dexterdamonkey 6 лет назад +163

    "This isn’t gay, it’s not about being gay, there’s no gay undertone" goodness gracious, you guys are obsessed with things staying straight. You need help.

    • @happynewfears1805
      @happynewfears1805 4 года назад +1

      I'm sorry but......... "Bun fun" 😂

    • @unclealand
      @unclealand 2 года назад +1

      You’re blind.

    • @acballi4478
      @acballi4478 2 года назад +3

      I think you mean "goodness gaycious".

  • @adolfomarioescobarbarraza6752
    @adolfomarioescobarbarraza6752 3 года назад +18

    De todos los príncipes enamorados del cisne rey encantado, este es el que mejor danza y actúa. El pas de deux es bellísimo, amoroso, cómo ninguno antes visto, el príncipe no es desmañado y sigue muy bien y a la altura del bailarín clásico!
    Se me saltaron las lágrimas de presenciar tanta belleza!
    Paz, al fin, en la tumba de Tchaikovsky!!!

  • @yuimoon6660
    @yuimoon6660 2 года назад +31

    I’m here from salad days☺️ what an amazing performance!

    • @aizetsuish
      @aizetsuish 10 месяцев назад

      You're also here to watch this??????
      What a coincidence

    • @julialipian-fo3fb
      @julialipian-fo3fb 10 месяцев назад

      Omg same hahah

  • @susanyork5089
    @susanyork5089 Год назад +3

    Have seen this live 3 times , stunningly beautiful it takes your breath away

  • @Rosebellebelieves
    @Rosebellebelieves 10 лет назад +46

    Just seen production at Newcastle. Amazing performance, such intensity of emotion. Great to see ballet unleashed from the shackles of the classical tradition. I think tchaikovsky would have been proud.

    • @piscescat52
      @piscescat52 10 лет назад +1

      I saw it in Newcastle also, it was amazing, funny, intense and a totally different slant on the traditional Swan Lake

    • @WindWakerWin
      @WindWakerWin 9 лет назад

      Rosebellebelieves Can you tell me the name of the lead swan danseur??

    • @ludmilaf982
      @ludmilaf982 4 года назад

      @@WindWakerWin Jonathan Olivier, he dead in 1915

    • @sandymonteath4994
      @sandymonteath4994 Год назад

      @@ludmilaf982 // 2015 he died in a car accident a great loss

    • @ortodoks3835
      @ortodoks3835 Год назад

      Especially Tchaikovsky

  • @BWAY62
    @BWAY62 7 лет назад +222

    For christ sake Tchaikovsky was gay. pretty sure he would be amazed.

    • @raquelsacramed9169
      @raquelsacramed9169 5 лет назад +4

      Raymond Lopez how can you prove it

    • @antoniomartinazzo5847
      @antoniomartinazzo5847 4 года назад +2

      I cannot agree more, Raymond.

    • @happynewfears1805
      @happynewfears1805 4 года назад +1

      How tf do you know Tchaikovsky's sexuality

    • @happynewfears1805
      @happynewfears1805 4 года назад

      Also, I'm pretty sure he would've been executed for that back then

    • @mathildewesendonck7225
      @mathildewesendonck7225 4 года назад +8

      Raquel Sacramed no need, there are so many letter from Tchaikovsky or about him, it was no secret even at that time

  • @isabelmtzmorga8704
    @isabelmtzmorga8704 7 лет назад +166

    Everyone is saying: "It is gay" others "It is not gay" but the cuestion is "what if it is?" "what is the problem?" Somebody please tell me. Because I don't understand.

    • @valentinatr6319
      @valentinatr6319 6 лет назад +11

      Fleur Laser I don't see how being gay would sexualise it...

    • @chupachipchipachup7887
      @chupachipchipachup7887 5 лет назад +17

      Fleur Laser, ust admit you're homophobic already. The original Swan Lake already contains sexual and romantic themes between heterosexuals. Why is it bad if it's between men?

    • @Juli-ig1se
      @Juli-ig1se 5 лет назад +6

      There have been a lot of ballett performances played only by women in the past and a lot of performances played only by men. There have been times in the past when women weren't allowed to play roles in theatre or something common, so all the roles where played by men. It's not a big deal but people are just dumb. You can interpret it how you want to. If people want to think that it is gay, then it can be gay. But you can also interpret it as heterosexuell. But people shouldn't have problems with things THEY interpret by themselves :D if they have a problem with it they should interpret it otherwise, it's their choice :D

    • @johannaspencer9877
      @johannaspencer9877 5 лет назад +9

      The original story of odette transforming between human and swan is more sexualised than bourne’s version. His swans are just that, and to me feel more realistic in representation to real swans who although graceful and pretty are also vicious when they want to be.

    • @happynewfears1805
      @happynewfears1805 4 года назад +8

      Why can't you dance in swan suits with your homies without someone calling you gay 😤

  • @dab3552
    @dab3552 3 года назад +10

    i love how they have the grace of swans but they are also birds so they can be really jumpy and head bobby X"D

  • @r.h.7486
    @r.h.7486 2 года назад +2

    Thank you Matthew Bourne.. Was fascinated from the first moment.. The intense Dynamic.. Sensibility.. and their creativity are impressive. love it!!

  • @anniedrew394
    @anniedrew394 10 лет назад +12

    I just love this video of Matthew Bournes Swan Lake. There is so much emotion coming from the male dancers. I can't watch females dancing it anymore. The dance of the young swans makes me smile.

  • @gracebutcher7918
    @gracebutcher7918 5 лет назад +28

    I really want a pair of fluffy trousers now.....

    • @sarahvandenberg7624
      @sarahvandenberg7624 4 года назад +1

      Grace Butcher omg I was thinking the same thing. Like where can I get them.

  • @stevenkm19
    @stevenkm19 8 лет назад +3

    Simply beautiful modern dancing to the music of Swan Lake. I would love to see this show.

  • @2godless
    @2godless 4 года назад +3

    I learned about this from the ending of billy Elliot. Awesome. Very touching

  • @vantarinitel
    @vantarinitel 5 лет назад +28

    "Wow, ACTUAL Swans like the swans in the pond by my old apartment. Pretty from the distance but they'll rip your head off if they were ever so slightly bigger..."

    • @wongmicy9494
      @wongmicy9494 4 года назад +2

      So true, well at least they are beauties when keeping their beaks shut

  • @alexisbesst8698
    @alexisbesst8698 3 года назад +3

    I think it was somewhat comedical the first time I watched it, but then I watched it again and again and now I'm in awe of the dancers who did this.. it's amazing and I hope to see it live one day

  • @slightlymad9
    @slightlymad9 8 лет назад +15

    Seen the ballet three times and still never tire of watching. Adam Cooper and Jonathan Olivier (unfortunately I can't remember the third!) but each different and amazing in their own right. Loved Olivier though - such loss.

    • @mewtheclassicpeach5912
      @mewtheclassicpeach5912 8 лет назад +9

      +Chris H You mean Richard Winsor? He's good, but I prefer the original one- Adam Cooper

  • @bumble707
    @bumble707 4 года назад +4

    This is one of the most spectacular, beautiful and wondrous balletsI have ever seen - magnificent on every level - loved every moment.
    Thank you.

  • @TheLittleNailSalon
    @TheLittleNailSalon 7 лет назад +2

    So powerful and beautiful. Am in awe.

  • @nicolesamuel7653
    @nicolesamuel7653 9 лет назад +3

    Amazing, sublime a great pleasure to watch

  • @bruninho430
    @bruninho430 7 лет назад +1

    Just the best version ever!!! ♥

  • @kayencosmo869
    @kayencosmo869 3 года назад +3

    Salad days bought me here too

  • @samsupriyasilp
    @samsupriyasilp 11 месяцев назад +2

    SALAD DAYS REREAD HAS BROUGHT ME HERE

  • @niznet111
    @niznet111 7 лет назад +5

    Awesome ballet. I went to see this in London. i was stunned.

  • @xxxNevisxxx
    @xxxNevisxxx 4 года назад +1

    💕💕 the little swans 💕💕 insanely cute

  • @roxycook987
    @roxycook987 10 лет назад +6

    Saw this again last night at Sadler's Wells - amazing how much of the choreography and visuals has been changed! Love it.

  • @neluprodan7091
    @neluprodan7091 5 лет назад +1

    Superba opera, magnifica punerea aceasta în scena, splendid

  • @Apollo_Blaze
    @Apollo_Blaze 2 года назад

    This is So Beautiful......wow...just wow.

  • @sofivear
    @sofivear 6 лет назад +1

    This is pretty cool
    I like how versatile their dancing roles are

  • @bamhaneul8300
    @bamhaneul8300 5 лет назад +1

    This is beautiful! I love it! 💕💕

  • @neluprodan7091
    @neluprodan7091 4 года назад

    Superb , magnific baletul !

  • @christelduerrwald299
    @christelduerrwald299 2 года назад +1

    Wunderschön !!!

  • @neethadesilva5747
    @neethadesilva5747 Год назад

    Genius! Brilliant!

  • @puspadewiace
    @puspadewiace 2 года назад +3

    Who just came here look for it specifically on RUclips cause you're reading Salad Days atm? Hehehe

  • @m.susanlight9235
    @m.susanlight9235 6 лет назад +3

    The Art of Dance is a discipline, yet it is still ever changing and expanding. Art in and of itself is meant to provoke thought, discourse, open minds and hearts to the possibility of more than the reality one currently lives in, to challenge thought and promote change in society.
    This work does this and so much more. As a dancer it makes my heart soar. As a human it brings joy to my soul.

  • @stevendaniel8126
    @stevendaniel8126 Год назад

    Just plain Wonderful.........

  • @JOHN----DOE
    @JOHN----DOE 7 лет назад +29

    Most of this brilliant interpretation is serious and, so to speak, straight. This first scene is close to a parody of the familiar one in which four female cygnets dance prissily connected with crossed arms. Bourne says swans are powerful animals and this is more the way actual young swans act--macho.

  • @dontworry9372
    @dontworry9372 7 лет назад +1

    This is fantastic

  • @Colass
    @Colass 8 лет назад +1

    Very interesting. Keep up the good work! I need to see this several times to appreciate the nuances of the interpretation.

  • @vilgra6049
    @vilgra6049 3 года назад

    How good choreography, greetings and respect from Zagreb Croatia

  • @ThelouwseFD
    @ThelouwseFD 8 лет назад +1

    Just gorgeous

  • @etiennenobel5028
    @etiennenobel5028 Год назад

    Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant

  • @customer0503
    @customer0503 9 лет назад

    Браво!!! Bravo!!!

  • @carlosmonsalve2350
    @carlosmonsalve2350 Год назад

    Love it 💪👏👏👏💖💎

  • @zezilyrivas613
    @zezilyrivas613 8 лет назад

    amazing!

  • @larissameira1728
    @larissameira1728 3 года назад +7

    simplesmente maravilhoso

  • @sussyboka6695
    @sussyboka6695 Год назад

    Salad Days brought me here, I wanted to learn ballet because of them too TTvTT

  • @mc-yg9fg
    @mc-yg9fg 2 года назад +2

    Nandito ako dahil sa Salad Days at Facebook.

  • @martinaschulz8312
    @martinaschulz8312 6 лет назад +1

    Sehr ergreifend 😍😍😍😍

  • @marywilson8733
    @marywilson8733 4 года назад +1

    Have just found out I love ballet Mathew is amazing

  • @candyaguilera2078
    @candyaguilera2078 5 лет назад

    Beautiful

  • @rocknroll20024
    @rocknroll20024 6 лет назад

    It's beautiful

  • @lovelife_33
    @lovelife_33 9 лет назад +51

    I think it was absolutely beautiful - if you choose to interpret it as gay then that is your prerogative - Jonathan Ollivier could not have been a more beautiful, masculine swan Rest in peace - such a tragedy that he is gone, such a beautiful dancer X

    • @chelseaaitken2412
      @chelseaaitken2412 8 лет назад +1

      +McKate1973 he died?? :(

    • @lovelife_33
      @lovelife_33 8 лет назад +10

      +Chelsea Aitken (WindWaker1) Yes tragically he was killed in a motorbike accident on his way to Sadlers Wells on Sunday August 9th to play the lead role of Luca in the closing show for The Carman - absolutely tragic X

  • @starchxser
    @starchxser Год назад +2

    Quien mas vino por Dias de juventud?
    Pd: es bellisimo ❤

  • @kamaropayne5226
    @kamaropayne5226 5 лет назад

    Gorgeous

  • @Lunadimensio
    @Lunadimensio 6 лет назад +1

    I love The Swan Lake ♥️

  • @cessylngino9289
    @cessylngino9289 3 года назад +7

    because of "salad days" I'm here hahahah

  • @kiray8763
    @kiray8763 3 года назад +1

    I'm here bec of Salad Days huhu Shen Zi 🥺🥺

  • @Zmayani
    @Zmayani 10 лет назад +1

    Genial!

  • @polaris_linhao
    @polaris_linhao 2 года назад +7

    Anyone from salad days???

  • @tabougrou
    @tabougrou 10 лет назад +2

    c'est la plus belle chose que j'ai vue de toute ma vie

  • @touatifettouma9674
    @touatifettouma9674 7 лет назад

    TRop beau;;et original!!

  • @sroveri
    @sroveri 7 лет назад

    Great ballet! Quite different take from the original, just. As good, very sensual.

  • @alyceGoRound
    @alyceGoRound 7 лет назад +5

    ppl hating it for looking like chicken but i really liked that kinda interpretation XD it really worked well with the music~ also reflected more the playfulness of the "four little swans".

  • @carmelolopa7725
    @carmelolopa7725 6 лет назад +1

    fantastici....

  • @MarvellousTributes
    @MarvellousTributes 9 лет назад +47

    This isn't gay, nor is it messed up or distorted from the original, it's an interpretations. One that you can't truly feel the emotion of until you're in the theatre.

    • @KaiyuKohai
      @KaiyuKohai 7 лет назад +14

      Would it break your heart if it was gay?

    • @valentinatr6319
      @valentinatr6319 6 лет назад +9

      It's a interpretation, yeah. An interpretation where the two protagonists are not straight.

    • @eudorabis
      @eudorabis 6 лет назад +2

      Being a girl, or a boy, gay or not, it's not a real swan but the mythological idea of a swan, a kind of magic character.

    • @georgewilliamgutarracampos6262
      @georgewilliamgutarracampos6262 6 лет назад +4

      I do not care whether it is gay or not. I just like how they dance.

    • @abby7772
      @abby7772 3 года назад

      indeed, it's a comlicated emotional piece. A great essay about it: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1300/J082v45n02_11

  • @boopboopbeedoop495
    @boopboopbeedoop495 3 года назад

    The first part was so chaotic as opposed to the female variation... I LOVE IT(?)

  • @4454781
    @4454781  11 лет назад +2

    Thanks, I'll check it out.

  • @ollieoliveira4302
    @ollieoliveira4302 3 года назад +5

    seriously stop with this bullshit of “this isn’t gay” or “this is gay”. THIS IS ART! on art there is no such thing like sexuality, gender or stereotypes. On art there is only passion, love, freedom and the right of any expression. so please stop putting labels on it, art is the only thing in this world that will be forever free in all kinda of ways

  • @runewang9960
    @runewang9960 9 лет назад +1

    This has been my favorite ballet show in the past more than 10 years time. May I know more about this version of the show? Who the dancers are? I would like to purchase a copy of this if it's available somewhere. Thanks!

  • @kittona8754
    @kittona8754 4 года назад +3

    So what if it's gay? Gay doesn't necessarily mean not masculine, there are as many ways to gay as there are to be hetero and as a woman I have no problem with any of them, all I care about is whether you're an arsehole or not, and who you love and who you fuck has nothing to do with that.
    Also: this is the greatest thing I've ever seen. I fricken LOVE it.

  • @stamsospecial
    @stamsospecial 10 лет назад

    Abolie abolie!! le plus belle wee wee

  • @GeorgiNM
    @GeorgiNM 6 лет назад +1

    Is there any full filmed performance available with This Swan?

  • @byronjosebottolubo5920
    @byronjosebottolubo5920 8 лет назад

    maravilloso

  • @ValentinaPostnikova
    @ValentinaPostnikova 4 года назад +2

    Боже! Это может быть всё, что угодно, но только не маленькие лебеди

  • @Paocad66
    @Paocad66 7 лет назад +1

    is there a DVD of THIS production with these dancers? I have found the one with Adam Cooper as lead swan, one with Richard Wilson but not this one. help please? thk!

  • @janetjanet2915
    @janetjanet2915 2 года назад

    I was at capital theatre what a top show

  • @4454781
    @4454781  11 лет назад +1

    Thanks I will, by any chance do you know if it is on dvd? Might be worth the buy.

  • @DanceSeek
    @DanceSeek 8 лет назад +14

    The makeup and the costume lead me to think of the final scenes of "Billy Elliot" (the movie) where we see the adult Billy in his debut. I wonder if the producers of the movie had this choreography in mind, or if it was just coincidence.

    • @liamariani4325
      @liamariani4325 8 лет назад +13

      +DanceSeek It's this exact same ballet, lol, and the actor that plays adult Billy is the dancer who plays the swan in this ballet xD

    • @DanceSeek
      @DanceSeek 8 лет назад

      Lia Mariani Thanks for the background info!

    • @christinegozali
      @christinegozali 8 лет назад

      But, no actress here? 😰

    • @googlyeyedcat
      @googlyeyedcat 7 лет назад

      DanceSeek I was thinking the same thing. It is uncanny how similar the costumes were.

    • @theoriginalsuzycat
      @theoriginalsuzycat 6 лет назад +3

      Because Billy Elliot who has grown up to become a professional dancer is shown appearing in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. Which is a deliberately very masculine take on a traditional ballet, and therefore very story-appropriate.

  • @johannaspencer9877
    @johannaspencer9877 5 лет назад +2

    If you take bits in isolation like that then yes, I can see why people would think it’s gay, but to me it was more like the Prince was rejecting having a girlfriend and although it’s implied in act 2 that the one he really wants is a male stranger, to me it was more that he didn’t want to be human. Life as a swan was much more appealing to him. So his love for the swan was not so much a romantic one but one of longing to be the same. Without the weight of a kingdom or the shame and disregard from his mother.

  • @m.susanlight9235
    @m.susanlight9235 6 лет назад +2

    Dance is an Art Form, as such it does not have a gender, nor a sexual orientation. Just like other arts, it may be inspired by a wide range of subjects, and yet it doesn't endorse nor comdemn but instead provokes thought.

  • @martinaschulz8312
    @martinaschulz8312 6 лет назад

    Ballett getanzt von Männern .... fast noch göttlicher als eh schon 😍😍😍😍

  • @MegaSinopse
    @MegaSinopse 9 лет назад

    Parabêns, lindo.

  • @sergioratunde409
    @sergioratunde409 8 лет назад

    amo

  • @WindWakerWin
    @WindWakerWin 9 лет назад

    Which production was this from? Or was it just a short?

  • @zedmarlen
    @zedmarlen 10 месяцев назад

    Last time I looked, swans mate for life and go about their daily business male and female together.... Would it be that hard to incorporate this into the Swan Lake ballet?

  • @BartelsBookshelf
    @BartelsBookshelf 10 лет назад

    Is this video from a version that was filmed later? Where can I find it? The only filmed version that I've seen is the one from 1996.

    • @bellvine
      @bellvine 10 лет назад +2

      If I'm correct in my knowledge, this is footage from Matthew Bourne's Christmas, which was a TV special that had selected clips from various of his pieces. Their is the 1996 filmed production (with Adam Cooper as the Swan), and their is now a 2010 filmed production (with Richard Winsor as the Swan) :) Hope this helps!

  • @da96103
    @da96103 8 лет назад

    The Prince in this clip is the same dancer in the Spitfire video.

  • @p1rgit
    @p1rgit 2 года назад +1

    same... i mean, 'in thousand years' :) i found this masterpiece thanks to Billy Elliot movie. how i could live without it until then, eludes me. original Swan Lake music is very enjoyable but classic choreography... er... not. but those flulffy-pants ducklings :D

  • @doggoesfloof1223
    @doggoesfloof1223 5 лет назад +3

    I can’t be the only one who laughed in the beginning, right?

    • @happynewfears1805
      @happynewfears1805 4 года назад

      Nope, me too. Looks like a bunch of evil chickens

  • @soravitnot
    @soravitnot 4 года назад +1

    Very sad story

  • @prekosave
    @prekosave 7 лет назад +3

    Satyrs or swans ? Beautiful white bird is elegant and fragile like tiny elegant female dancers.

    • @theoriginalsuzycat
      @theoriginalsuzycat 6 лет назад +8

      Have you ever seen a swan close up? They are very powerful muscular birds and they'll take your face off if you cross them. The swans of this show are actually much more like real birds than the traditional ballet's version, and that's quite cool!

    • @marcpeycker
      @marcpeycker 5 лет назад +3

      Elegant and fragile? Haha, that's hilarious! You have obviously never seen a swan fighting... They are so fierce, they can scare big dogs away!

  • @princepeterwolf
    @princepeterwolf 7 лет назад

    where can I watch the entire thing?

  • @alfredonikiforov6730
    @alfredonikiforov6730 4 года назад +2

    What is this for?
    If you want/need to say something please do it by using your own way.of saying it. No matter how good dancers they are THE masterpiece by PIT is good enough to be respected.

  • @katherinerosas2638
    @katherinerosas2638 7 лет назад

    which is the 1:50 minute song