Excerpts from SWAN LAKE (choreographed by Matthew Bourne in 1995) performed at the 1997 Royal Variety Performance. Featuring Adam Cooper and Scott Ambler
The ending scene of Billy Elliott is just so wonderful. You see how all the other male ballet dancers are in awe of the grown up Billy and how much they respect his talent.
Imagine Billy's dad (Jackie) and older brother (Tony) in the audience. And his dad's proud face, teary-eyed. Well done, Billy, well done. "Oi, dancin' boy!"
*I just rewatched the movie for like I dunno a THOUSANDTH time and came here, and of course I read your comment and am a wreck again. A good kind of wreck lol*
Yes Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake is an all male cast and the end scene of Billy Elliot where he's grown up I think is actually a shot of the lead swan in this production of Swan lake, Adam Cooper.
I'd always wondered who played the grown up Billy. Although his part is small his scene is the climax of the movie and when you see his leap at the end you know his dancing dream is realized and he is able to share his "electricity" with the audience. Powerful, beautiful and moving.
It was lovely to see the two Ronnies at the beginning of the clip, both sadly not with us any longer, Christmas in our house was always the Two Ronnies on the box, they replaced Eric and Ernie for our Saturday night viewing as a family when we lost dear old Eric 😢
He has not only gracefully captured an incredibly stunning performance, billie can do what swans do best.. "Look at me, look how majestic I am and how beautiful I am
I love Matthew Bourne's Ballets they are so unique and beautiful, I am so lucky to have seen most of his productions, thank you Matthew, looking forward to Romeo And Juliet.
@Phersephoie I don't really see how you can say the dancing is terrible, I understand it may not be your cup of tea but these dancers are good and I don't see how you can dispute that XO
EXQUISITOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SWAN LAKE ME ENCANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCELENTES BAILARINES Y ADAM COOPER WOOOW TE AMOOOO ADAM MI FAVORITOOOOOOOOOO. XD
Ich bin fasziniert von eurem perfekt inszeniert en Auftritt. Es ist mir als Mutter und Großmutter eine Herzensangelegenheit allen Familien aus welcher Kultur auch immer abstammend,gebt euren Söhnen und Enkel die Möglichkeit sich selber ausdrücken zu dürfen ,in welchem Beruf oder Hobby auch immer. Es gibt begnadete Talente die nichts mit dem Geschlecht zu tun haben. Nur so kann unser Herz und unsere Seele zur tiefsten Entfaltung gelangen. Der Film:" Billy Elliot" zeigt uns wie widersinnig alte verstaubte Moralvorstellungen (Geschlechterrollen) einen in seinem erblühen behindern können. Wir sollten lernen unsere Kinder ihre eigene Zukunft leben zu lassen und dann kommen solche wunderschöne Auftritte dabei hervor 😁💐❤️🔥( lass dein Herz für etwas brennen!)🌟✨💫🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🎆
I so want to see this. Having just seen the russian ballet do Swan Lake at the Playhouse they were rubbish compared to this. One poor swan even fell down !! Not a patch on these guys.
I think in the final of Billy Elliot it turns out that he takes the role of the swan at Matthew Bourne's swan lake, which is a new version of the traditional ballet. there are some videos of the entire ballet on youtube
Somewhat...the final scene in Billy Elliott does not appear in the actual choreography of this (or any) production Swan Lake. However, having Adam Cooper play the grownup Billy Elliott, limbering up in the wings, quietly focussing, and then leaping onstage in that climactic burst of music was a perfectly spine-tingling finale to the movie.
Of course! The great ballet dancer Adam Cooper performs the ending scene of Billy Elliot (the movie). And yes, on those few moments of that final scene, where Billy's father is watching his son's debut, they were certainly choreographed by Mattew Bourne, following his own version of Swan Lake. I recommend you watching Adam Cooper's performance of it. Awesome.
7:03 Hahahhahahahahahaaha The one with the feet on the air forgot to put i in the right positon hahahahaha Poor guy, he dances so well ^^ Well, no one notced so.. ^^ Great ancing :D
bit late replying now but no, not reversal just swans are male and female, yes? So this is the male version. Sometimes raw, sometimes nasty, sometimes tender - bit like men really.
