A 78-year-old ballet drama has taken the top spot as the greatest British movie masterpiece of all time. The Red Shoes has been ranked No. 1 on a list celebrating the finest films in British cinema ...

The English choreographer Matthew Bourne is known for ballets that are based on popular tales or movies; that pulsate with crime and passion; that transpire on shifting planes of reality; that ...

British director and choreographer Matthew Bourne has won an astounding amount of awards for his work, and he was recently knighted for his “service to dance.” Bourne has made a career out of adapting ...

Be careful what you wish for. It’s a useful tip at this gifty time of year – and also impels Matthew Bourne’s darkly romantic dance fable. The ballerina heroine achieves her dreams – artistic success, ...

Ashley Shaw in her starring role as Victoria Page in Bourne’s The Red Shoes. Johann Perrson / Center Theatre Group Lez Brotherston’s set design is minimalistic, but exquisite in its attention to the ...

One of the most beautiful films ever made (and one of my all-time favorites) screens Wednesday night at the Metro: “The Red Shoes,” Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 ballet melodrama, is a ...