biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1960– )
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| biography:
| Choreographer and dancer, born in London, UK. He studied at London's Laban Centre, and in 1987 he co-founded and became artistic director (resigned 2003) of the dance company Adventures in Motion Pictures. He gained a reputation for his unconventional interpretations of classical ballets, and aroused controversy with his 1995 production of Swan Lake in which the ‘swans’ were replaced by dozens of bare-chested male dancers with wings. It received the Laurence Olivier Award for the best new dance production (1996) and also won a Tony on Broadway (1999). Later works include his staging of Cinderella (1997), set in London during the Blitz, and My Fair Lady (2001). |
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