Search - Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake on DVD

Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 05/23/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 57 mins Studio: NVC Arts Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Dance, Theater, Ballet

Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne's acclaimed and groundbreaking production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake (which advances the story into the present day and features a supporting cast of male swans) is preserved in this home video release, which records the production with its original London cast. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

This DVD from NVC Arts records Matthew Bourne's radical reworking of the famous ballet Swan Lake. The disc offers a standard full-frame transfer. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM Stereo. Although there are no subtitles, a collectible booklet helps explain the story performed in the ballet. Anyone with an interest in or appreciation for modern dance will surely savor this fascinating disc, but there is little here to win over those who have no interest in this particular art. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide