Synopsis
Eager young ballerina Victoria Page is delighted at being given the opportunity to dance with the renowned Ballet Lermontov, little realising the demands of its brilliant yet arrogant impresario will force a tragic choice between her career and her lover.
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The Essay | Praising Powell and Pressburger: 1: The Red Shoes
Ballerina, writer and broadcaster Deborah Bull gives a dancer's take on Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's classic 1948 film The Red Shoes, starring Moira Shearer.
Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
Matthew Bourne’s adaptation of the legendary film has won two Olivier Awards and dazzled audiences across the UK and the USA. A recording of the stage performance made at Sadler’s Wells.