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Sorry, Tchaikovsky, but Swan Lake is best enjoyed with “Transmission” playing.
We always knew that Ian Curtis’ darkness could easily be translated into a painful and sexy elegance, but surely no one could have imagined the masterpiece you can see below:
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Dear directors and choreographers of the Bolshoi, Mariinsky, and other ballets the world over, note the following: “Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio.”
A version of this article originally appeared on The Creators Project Spain.
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