This was an new season for Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. I've seen it in Sadler's Wells Theatre last month.
Someone commented that the premiere in 1996 seemed to be really attract a lot of men and gay to look at the male swans. But now its obviously that a real mixture of ages and types of audiences loved this play. For me, my understanding of ballet, it is absolute not the female dancers' exclusive work. So, I do not felt surprised when I see the male version of Swan Lake. Mention of Prince and swan’s affection to each other, I dont want to define it from gender perspective.It was useless to argue with point of Bourne's homosexual creation. Its kind of feeling that ranged between real and imaginary. It conveyed a irreplaceable beauty of male dancer’s subtle strength. Bourne creating the magical worlds for the audience.
"I think you're always going to get people who think it's about a homosexual affair. They have a real problem with the fact that the Swan is a man. It's not a man. It's a swan. Whether it's male or female, who cares? It's a creature not a gender." Adam Cooper also explained.
Lez Brotherston's designs for Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake © Bill Cooper
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