The Red Shoes is a ballet choreographed by Matthew Bourne using the music of Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975). It is based broadly on the 1948 film The Red Shoes by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The set and costume designs are by Lez Brotherston.

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In the ballet, a dancer acquires a pair of red ballet shoes which enable her to dance with superhuman skill, but at a price: she can never stop dancing until she dies. During rehearsals, Julian and Vicky's ambition and pride lead them to clash at first—to Boris's glee.

The Red Shoes: Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. With Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann. A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

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2025年1月23日 · Bourne said today: “The Red Shoes was the culmination of a 20-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. “When we created the show in 2016, we were not prepared for the overwhelming response from audiences everywhere we ...

2025年1月23日 · New Adventures is delighted to announce that Matthew Bourne’s double Olivier award-winning, smash hit production of The Red Shoes will return for the annual Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells as part of a 2025/26 tour, for the first time since its 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic.. The production will play the seven-week Christmas season at …

2014年11月11日 · Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesThe Red Shoes: Ballet Music · The Royal Philharmonic OrchestraThe Red Shoes: Music From The Films Of Powell & P...

Recorded at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre in January 2020, the ballet recounts Hans Christian Andersen’s original tale of obsession, possession and one girl’s dream to be the...

The Red Shoes premieres on October 21-22 at the Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut.