Ever seen dance on the big screen? Well now’s your chance as Light House cinema in Wolverhampton will be showing two dance-related films this summer as part of its Music on Screen season.
First up is The Red Shoes on Thursday 24 June at 7pm.
Neatly restored in HD digital, this Powell and Pressburger classic is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made and is winner of two Oscars. It focuses on Vicky, a young ballerina starring in a ballet The Red Shoes. Like her character in the ballet, she is irresistibly drawn to dancing. Her life becomes split between her simple human passion and artistic devotion to her profession. The film contains ballet sequences of stylistic mastery, and is visually one of the most innovative and beautiful works of cinema ever created. Starring Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Anton Walbrook and Royal Ballet star Robert Helpmann, who also choreographed The Ballet of The Red Shoes, the music for which was conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
Tickets cost: £5.50 full / £4.20 conc.
The second is Swan Lake on Thursday 22 July at 7pm
Swan Lake is considered to be one of the greatest classical ballets of all time and remains a popular feature of ballet company repertoires worldwide. Its romance and beauty has entranced audiences for more than 100 years, offering the magical combination of Tchaikovsky’s score, a compelling love story and choreography that demonstrates the superb technical skills of the dancers. This production comes from the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, in a HD Digital presentation and stars Ulyana Lopatkina as Odette-Odile and Danila Korsuntsev as Prince Siegfried. Tchaikovsky’s music is conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Tickets cost: £14 full / £11.50 conc. / £7 under 15s
For more info or to book tickets contact Light House Box Office on 01902 716055, email info@light-house.co.uk or visit www.light-house.co.uk.
