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Glasgow Times
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Olivier-winning The Red Shoes coming to King's Theatre
The 2025/26 tour of Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes will be the first run of the show since the 2020 tour was cut short due to Covid-19. The show will be performed at the King's Theatre from January 27 to 31, 2026. This new tour will be in celebration of the double Olivier award-winning show's 10th anniversary. Read more: Update provided on plans for closed A-listed building Ashley Shaw, Cordelia Braithwaite, Hannah Kremer, and Holly Saw will all take on the role of Victoria Page, while Andy Monaghan and Reece Causton will play Boris Lermontov. Dominic North and Leonardo McCorkindale will portray Julian Kraster, with Michela Meazza, Cordelia Braithwaite, and Katrina Lyndon as Irina Boronskaya. They are joined by Liam Mower, Will Bozier, and Jackson Fisch as Ivan Boleslawsky, and Glenn Graham, Liam Mower, and Reece Causton as Grischa Ljubov. Mr Bourne said: "I'm thrilled to announce today that 11 of the original cast of The Red Shoes, which premiered in 2016, are returning for this 10th Anniversary production, performing the roles they created, possibly, for the last time. "The Red Shoes was the culmination of a twenty-year ambition to bring Powell and Pressburger's seminal 1948 film to the stage. "It was also, in many ways, a personal love letter to a life in theatre and dance." Joining the lead roles are Mark Austin, Isabella Chandler, Adam Davies, Cameron Flynn, Anna-Maria de Freitas, Christina Gibbs, Thomas Ireson, Rosanna Lindsey, Callum Mann, Daisy May Kemp, Jarrod McWilliams, Matthew Potulski, Molly Shaw-Downie, Kingston Taylor, Shakiera Ward, and Daisy West. After a successful residency at Sadler's Wells for New Adventures' 23rd consecutive Christmas season, the Glasgow performances will mark the start of The Red Shoes' UK tour. Mr Bourne's production of The Red Shoes is an adaptation of Powell and Pressburger's 1948 film, which is an Academy Award-winning movie. The Red Shoes tells the story of a girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the world, and her struggle between the two men who inspire her passion. The production is set to a score orchestrated by Terry Davies, featuring music by Bernard Herrmann, with designs by Lez Brotherston, Paule Constable, and Paul Groothuis. The show was an instant hit when it premiered in 2016, with the world premiere season selling out before it even opened. It then went on to win Best Entertainment at the 2017 Olivier Awards, with Mr Bourne being awarded Best Theatre Choreographer. Mr Bourne said: "I'm so happy to see it return this year, especially as our last tour in 2020 was sadly cut short by the pandemic and left many of our loyal audiences throughout the UK disappointed. "So, welcome back to the Ballet Lermontov and to paraphrase the great impresario himself… 'It's time to put on the red shoes, Vicky, and dance for us again....'"
Tatler Asia
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Tatler Asia
9 mesmerising ballet movies of all time
2. 'The Red Shoes' (1948) Before Black Swan , there was The Red Shoes , perhaps the godmother of all ballet movies. A Technicolour masterpiece from Powell and Pressburger, this classic is as intoxicating now as it was decades ago. It tells the story of a young ballerina torn between love and art, set against backdrops so lush they make reality feel mundane. The 17-minute ballet sequence remains one of cinema's most exquisite achievements. This film doesn't just capture ballet: it elevates it to myth. 3. 'Centre Stage' (2000) The acting can be lacking, but the dancing was glorious. The glossiest, most quotable entry on the list, Centre Stage is less about subtlety and more about attitude. It follows a group of aspiring dancers at the fictitious American Ballet Academy, navigating competition, crushes and (of course) body image issues. Is it high art? No. But it delivers twirls, tears and top-tier drama—plus an iconic final dance set to Jamiroquai. What more do you want? Centre Stage took a gamble hiring professional ballerinas for most of the roles, including Ethan Stiefel and Sascha Radetsky, husband of prima ballerina Stella Abrera. 4. 'The Turning Point' (1977) Starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft, this Oscar-nominated drama isn't just about ballet—it's about the choices that define a life. One woman chose career over family, the other chose family over career. When their paths cross again, old regrets resurface amid pliés and past grudges. It's a nuanced portrait of female friendship, sacrifice and what it means to live with what could have been. 5. 'White Nights' (1985) What do you get when you pair Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines? A Cold War thriller and a dance showdown. White Nights follows a Soviet ballet star who defects to the US, only to find himself stranded behind the Iron Curtain. The plot is pure '80s geopolitics, but the dancing, especially Baryshnikov's explosive solos, is nothing short of electric. Also read: Interview: Kim Kimin 6. 'Ballet 422' (2014) For those who prefer their drama unscripted, this documentary offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the New York City Ballet. It follows young choreographer Justin Peck as he crafts a new ballet from scratch, juggling egos, rehearsals and deadlines. Quiet, observational and intensely revealing, it shows the creative process in all its raw, sweaty glory. 7. 'Billy Elliot' (2000) This is one of those ballet movies that everybody just loves. Set in a Northern England coal-mining town during the 1984 miners' strike, this heartwarming tale of a boy who trades boxing gloves for ballet slippers is as much about social class and masculinity as it is about dance. Jamie Bell's breakout performance is buoyant and brave, and the movie's emotional beats land every time. Come for the footwork, stay for the fight. 8. 'Polina' (2016) This French film offers a more contemplative take on the dancer's journey. Polina is a Russian ballerina whose path veers from classical rigour to contemporary expression, forcing her to rediscover movement, meaning and identity. It's a quiet, artful meditation on what it means to truly feel dance. Also read: 13 of the best sports documentaries you can watch on Netflix right now 9. 'Yuli' (2018) Another dancer biopic, Yuli charts the rise of Carlos Acosta, the Afro-Cuban ballet prodigy who became a star of the Royal Ballet. Blending reenactments with staged dance sequences, it creates a lyrical hybrid of history and motion. It's about race, resilience and the radical defiance of dancing your truth.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Saturday Boredom Busters: March 8th
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — A pair of fundraisers are taking place to help a member of the South Dakota Air National Guard who's battling a rare form of bone cancer. All 8 Taco John's locations in Sioux Fall will donate 50-percent of breakfast sales to Chris Thesenvitz, who's served in the air guard for more than 20 years. The benefit goes from 7-11 a.m. The South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance is also hosting a fundraiser for Thesenvitz from 5 to 11 p.m. Activities include a silent auction, a shooting range event, a 50-50 raffle and a taco bar. The cost is $20. Children 10 and under are free. Enjoy semi-final action at the Summit League Basketball Championships in Sioux women's semi's tip off at noon at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The men's games start at 7 p.m. Enjoy professional rodeo action at the Huron PRCA Championship. Doors open at 6 p.m. at The DEX on the South Dakota State Fairgrounds. The show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for youth. The group Fun & Friends is hosting a March Meetup at Robert Bennis Elementary School in Brandon, SD. The free event is open to children up through 12 years old with a disability, rare disease or who are neuro-divergent. There will be a selection of games and equipment to play in the school gym from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. No registration is needed. Siblings are welcome, guardians are required. The Nyberg's ACE Kids Club is inviting children to their store at 41st and Minnesota to make free leprechaun hats. The Kids Club meets from 2-3 p.m. Registration is recommended to make sure they have enough supplies. Sip, savor and vote in the Mash Madness drink competition in downtown Sioux Falls. Categories include craft beers, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverage creations at 29 participating businesses. Mash Madness runs through the end of the month. Movies playing at the historic State Theater in downtown Sioux Falls include Grumpy Old Men, The Red Shoes and Madagascar. The Wells Fargo CineDome & Sweetman Planetarium at the Washington Pavilion features T-Rex, Mars: The Ultimate Voyage and 3-2-1 Liftoff. The movie releases playing at a theater near you include Rule Breakers, rated PG and Mickey 17, rated R. The Palace Theatre in Luverne, MN presents Twist on Taylor, a cover band performing the songs of Taylor Swift. The performance is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Guardian
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The Ice Tower review – Marion Cotillard focus of obsession and idolisation in death-wish fairytale
An eerie and unwholesome spell is cast in this film; it is a fairytale of death-wish yearning and erotic submission. It wittily fuses the real and the fictional into a trance-state – and that's the state that I've sometimes found a little static in previous films by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, but not here. Dreamily strange it might be (and in fact, on the face of it, entirely preposterous) this movie had me gripped with its two outstanding lead performances – from Marion Cotillard and newcomer Clara Pacini – and a clamorous musical score. Cotillard plays a diva-ish movie actress called Cristina, who is the lead in a new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen being filmed on a soundstage which is in a remote and snowy spot in late 60s France; she is gorgeously costumed in a sparkling white form-fitting gown and crown, a look she carries off with great unsmiling hauteur. Pacini plays Jeanne, a teenage girl in a foster home nearby, stricken with memories of the death of her mother, whose bead necklace she keeps. In her loneliness and grief, Jeanne has projected her feelings into an obsession with the story of the Snow Queen, an obsession further displaced at another remove into idolising the teen girls who ice-skate at the local rink. One day she runs away, stealing the ID of an older girl called Bianca and breaks into the film studio to sleep overnight; she somehow gets a job as an extra, astonished to realise what story is being filmed, and it is here that her gamine prettiness and air of demurely sensitive adoration for the queen catches Cristina's eye. Cristina's somewhat louche director Dino, played by cameo by Hadzihalilovic's partner Gaspar Noé, is in the habit of telling likely young actresses that he might cast them in his next project, a Hitchcockian thriller. In fact, there is something Hitchcockian in this shoot, with an attack carried out by a bird, and in Cristina's own cold, cruel detachment from the victim's suffering. Hadzihalilovic might intend us to notice in one shot a movie poster for The Red Shoes, but the Powell/Pressburger film that this more resembles is surely Black Narcissus with its female desire and delirium in the bitter mountain cold. Cristina and Jeanne become very close in a dangerous way, although the younger woman is always subject to Cristina's whim and caprices, the starry mannerisms which Cristina has learned to enforce her own status and mask her vulnerability. There is a great shot of Jeanne's awestruck gaze as she turns the pages of a glossy-magazine profile of Cristina. She learns, along with the audience, that they have much in common: Cristina herself was once in a foster home, and appears to have been guided and protected in her early years by a male confidant, Max (August Diehl), who calls himself her friend and doctor. Has Max been prescribing certain medications for Cristina? Sequences in the film let us drift onto the set of The Snow Queen, as if in a dream; it is a production design which fabricates the ice-realm in all its seductive artificiality, with the ice tower in one shot is juxtaposed with Cristina's own statuesque poise. We can feel what Jeanne woozily feels: that she has miraculously found herself in the ice realm with the ice queen herself. But what does Cristina want of Jeanne – and what can she want of Cristina? It is a mesmeric melodrama, mixing sensuality with a teetering anxiety, balancing on a cliff-edge of disaster. The Ice Tower screened at the Berlin film festival.
