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Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake proves emotional and timeless in Los Angeles

By Gillian Ebersole, 07 December 2019
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“Every aspect of Bourne’s Swan Lake is spectacular”
Reviewed at Ahmanson Theatre , Los Angeles on 6 December 2019
Programme
Swan Lake (Sir Matthew Bourne)
Performers
New Adventures
Sir Matthew Bourne, Director
Andrew Monaghan, Dancer
Katrina Lyndon, Dancer
Max Westwell, Dancer
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Gillian Ebersole
Gillian Ebersole

Gillian Ebersole is a dancer and choreographer, as well as a poet, dance writer and educator. Gillian graduated Summa Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University with a dual degree in Dance and English. Their first poetry book The Water Between Us received the Charlotte Mew Prize and was published by Headmistress Press in 2021. Gillian lives and creates in Berkshire County with their partner.