New Adventures have announced the World Premiere of Matthew Bourne’s production of The Red Shoes, and it arrives in Milton Keynes in February 2017.
A beloved fairy-tale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has seduced audiences and inspired generations of dancers with its tale of obsession, possession and one girl’s dream to be the greatest dancer in the world.
Victoria Page lives to dance but her ambitions become a battleground between the two men who inspire her passion.
“It has been a long held ambition of mine to bring “The Red Shoes” to the stage as a dance/drama,” said Matthew Bourne.
“It is set in the theatrical world of a touring dance company. It is actually about dance and dancers, a world that we all understand so well.
“However, the film’s genius is to make that theatrical world at times surreal, larger than life and highly cinematic.
“My challenge will be to capture some of that surreal, sensuous quality within the more natural theatre setting. It has also long been an ambition of mine to bring the incomparable music of Bernard Herrmann to the stage,” he added.
“It has been fascinating to discover how much of this music lends itself to story-telling through dance and this production will, I believe, be the first full length ballet to celebrate his unique music.”
Creating the coveted role of Victoria Page will be the Australian dancer and New Adventures Principal, Ashley Shaw.
Ashley is currently wowing audiences around the UK and receiving rave reviews for her performance as Aurora in Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, as shown (above).
She has been dancing with New Adventures since 2009 performing many of the Company’s leading female roles including Nutcracker!, Lana in The Car Man, Kim in Edward Scissorhands and the title role in Cinderella.
This will be her first created role in a new production.
The Red Shoes will begin a weeklong stay at MK Theatre on February 14, 2017. Tickets go on sale soon.
