Election recap & matthew bourne's 'sleeping beauty'

Election recap & matthew bourne's 'sleeping beauty'


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PART ONE: ELECTION RECAP. On Tuesday, Election Day, Charlotteans elected a new mayor, several city council members and new members to the school board. We'll find out who won, who lost


and how the political makeup of Charlotte changed, when Charlotte Talks. Guests Julie Rose - WFAE Reporter DR. MICHAEL BITZER - Associate Professor of Politics & History at Catawba


College and Political Blogger for WFAE's The Party Line PART TWO: MATTHEW BOURNE AND SLEEPING BEAUTY. He's been called the world's most successful dance choreographer, and his


company is bringing a whole new version of _Sleeping Beauty_ to Charlotte. Tony award winner Matthew Bourne is bringing the classic story of a young girl cursed to sleep for one hundred


years to the stage in a whole new way - still set to the music of Tchaikovsky. He'll join us to talk about how he brought the old and familiar story and turned it into a gothic, present


day romance, and we'll talk about some of the special programs he'll be doing while he's in Charlotte. Guests Matthew Bourne - Tony Award winning choreographer and director,


creator of _Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance_ TOM GABBARD - President and CEO of Blumenthal Performing Arts