Exotic sensuality meets ballet as the 1,001 Nights tale is given a splash of Bollywood with a sultry twist.
Les Nuits - Angelin Preljocaj
Ballet Preljocaj
Ballet
Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
New Adventures
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Subscribe NowFilmed at Sadler’s Wells in 2019, Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes is a triumphant adaptation of the legendary 1948 feature film by Micheal Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
The double Olivier Award-winning show is Hans Christian Andersen's tale of obsession, possession, and one girl’s dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. Victoria Page, played by Ashley Shaw - winner of a National Dance Award for her performance - lives to dance, but her ambitions become a battleground between the two men who inspire her passion: composer Julian Craster played by original cast member Dominic North, and legendary impresario Boris Lermontov, performed by the great Adam Cooper.
Set to the achingly romantic music of golden-age Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann, The Red Shoes is orchestrated by Terry Davies and performed live by the New Adventures Orchestra, with cinematic designs by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Groothuis, and projection by Duncan McLean.
The Red Shoes will dazzle your senses and break your heart.
Cast & Crew
(Director), (Choreographer), Ashley Shaw (Victoria Page), Adam Cooper (Boris Lermontov), Dominic North (Julian Craster), Michela Meazza (Irina Boronskaya), Liam Mower (Ivan Boleslawsky), Glenn Graham (Grischa Ljubov)