DEBRA CRAINE <BR>The Times<BR> <BR><B>He was already a star with the Royal Ballet, but then Adam Cooper became sultry in swansdown and hasn’t looked back </B><BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>He was one of the most romantic leading men the Royal Ballet ever had, but it wasn’t until he played a sexy male swan that Adam Cooper’s career really took off. Matthew Bourne’s 1995 Swan Lake catapulted the darkly handsome British ballet star into an international sensation from the West End to Broadway. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,342-2002022846,00.html" TARGET=_blank><B>more....</B></A><P><BR> <BR> <BR><p>[This message has been edited by Emma Pegler (edited January 19, 2002).]

An article in the NY Times:

Not just any body: Adam Cooper
How the fit and fabulous stay that way


How do you maintain the body beautiful? I always do stretching and warm-up exercises before going on stage. When I am performing it’s enough to keep me fit, but when I stop I have to visit the gym more. Tonight’s my last night in On Your Toes at the Royal Festival Hall, so from tomorrow I will be hitting the gym.

That’s pliés on the treadmill, then? I do a lot of cardiovascular work, weights, and a combination of Pilates and yoga exercises. I started doing Pilates 12 years ago while recovering from an injury and found it’s a great way of keeping the rest of your body in shape, particularly if one part of you is injured, because it works all the different muscles. Yoga is a recent discovery. I was taught some basic stretches by a masseur to help with a back problem and found that it really helped, and have since been to classes.

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What's the greatest threat to dance?
A lack of invention in narrative dance. Matthew Bourne is one of the few choreographers working in it successfully, and yet it's such a rich form.

Hear, hear!!!

More from Adam Cooper in today's Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/ ... llet.dance