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Although it uses most of the Tchaikovsky music, Matthew Bourne’s gothic-flavoured reworking of the ballet is quite a departure from the original



People used to walk out of ‘Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake’ when they saw male-on-male dancing, and the eroticism is undeniable. Backstage, as heads are shaved and make-up applied, the scenes are just as colourful



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