It’s been 30 years since Matthew Bourne caused a storm in the dance world by replacing the traditional serene and graceful corps-de-ballet with a hissing, powerful and menacing male ensemble in his groundbreaking re-invention of the classic Swan Lake ballet.
The mercury was rising outside - and inside Birmingham Hippodrome the stars of the city's ballet sizzled as they brought the world's most famous love story to the stage.
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