Clara etta murfitt, are abused by matron dross annabelle dalling. The choreographer says he has built his career in ballet by. It is christmas eve and the orphans are preparing for the annual visit of the institutes governors. The matthew bourne nutcracker is the first version geared specifically to balletophobes. He has received multiple awards and award nominations, including the laurence olivier award, tony award and drama desk award, and he has also received several honorary doctorates of arts from uk universities. It is fun, colorful, imaginative, and downright clever. My very first fulllength production dates from 1992 and remains the most singular interpretation of tchaikovsky s masterpiece, back in 2020 to delight a new generation of theatre and dance fans. Aug 05, 2002 matthew bourne s shows are pulling crowds described as the damien hirst of ballet, matthew bourne is taking the dance scene by storm rewriting dance conventions and pulling in the crowds to boot. Matthew bournes cinderella is also appearing at the new wimbledon theatre from 15 may. Matthew bourne, british choreographer and dancer noted for his uniquely updated interpretations of traditional ballet repertoire. Nov 15, 2011 matthew bourne s the red shoes has been brewing in his head for years20 apr 2017 dancer ashley shaw explains the impact powell and pressburgers 1948 film had on the choreographer. Stage activity resources starter introduction to dance terminology resource 1 main 1 fingerprints of matthew bourne s style use the fingerprints given from mark scheme and then break these down further. Reimagined for the 21 st century reworked, refreshed and remarkably vibrant the times. With familysized helpings of bournes trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy, nutcracker.
Then nicholas payne asked him to choreograph a new version of the nutcracker for a radical tchaikovsky double bill for opera north. The sweetest of all matthew bourne s treats returns for the first time in nine years. Feb 16, 2004 director and choreographer matthew bourne has taken this magical classic and changed it. Ten years ago, matthew bourne was a smalltime choreographer running his company, adventures in motion pictures, out of the back of a minibus. His film work includes television productions of his stage work including matthew bournes christmas channel 4, 2012, swan lake 1996 emmy nomination, 2011 in 3d and 2019, the car man 2001 and 2015, nutcracker. Matthew bourne s nutcracker tchaikovskys glorious score and anthony wards delectable sets and costumes combine with bourne s dazzling choreography to create a fresh and charmingly irreverent interpretation of the classic. Matthew bourne s nutcracker is a very avante garde version of the traditional nutcracker. Bournes notable works included swan lake, play without words, my fair lady, the red shoes, and mary poppins.
This is the official new adventures facebook page please join us. If you appreciate dance, try this fresh approach on an old favorite. Nov 19, 2002 matthew bournes nutcracker opens at sadlers wells, london ec1, tomorrow and runs until january 25. Matthew bourne is a named choreographer in a number of uk national performing arts examinations, including at btec and a level.
With familysized helpings of bourne s trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy, nutcracker. New adventures works closely with teachers to enliven the curriculum and get the best outcomes for young people studying dance and the performing arts. But its matthew bournes production, that while exciting, delightful and entertaining in equal measure, also offers the thrill of the truly alternative. Bournes reinvention moves the story from the stahlbaums grand house to dr dross orphanage where clara is whisked away from her bleak and lonely life to sweetie land. Dross orphanage, through a shimmering, iceskating winter wonderland to the scrumptious candy kingdom of sweetieland. Matthew bournes nutcracker tchaikovskys nutcracker. Nutcracker key facts by natalie collinsmurphy on prezi. The morphing of the nutcracker from stumbling, plastic headed thing, into proud, striding adonis, symbolises claras wish to transform her life. He would wait in front of the top london hotels and outside the stage doors of west end opening nights to collect the autographs from the famous ones. He was also known for his choreography for popular revivals of classic musicals.
Choreographerlibrettist matthew bourne swan lake, car man has. Characters the story the humbug bouncer act one who becomes. The sweetest of all matthew bourne s treats returns to the lowry for one week only. Choreographerlibrettist matthew bourne swan lake, car man has taken tchaikovskys traditional christmas chestnut and placed it firmly inside an artistic nutcracker of his own, squeezing and breaking the old plot to bits and reconstructing it from the ground up. Tickets at the sadlers wells, london save to wishlist one of the most popular dance productions ever staged in the uk, matthew bournes nutcracker. As with many of the great ballets, there have been, and continue to be, different interpretations of the nutcracker. Returning after nine years this nutcracker for all seasons features familysized helpings of bourne s trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy. Photo by simon annand ive seen several versions of the nutcracker generally perfect, pretty, sparkly affairs but it comes as no surprise that awardwinning choreographer bourne, who takes dance to a new dimension, goes one step further in his take on the classic ballet. Queen candy matthew bourne s nutcracker is now considered to be a classic and is celebrating its 23rd anniversary the gobstoppers and prince bon bon the marshmallows become.
Matthew bournes the nutcracker by sophie b on prezi. Dross orphanage, through a shimmering, iceskating winter wonderland to the scrumptious candy kingdom of sweetieland, influenced by the lavish hollywood musicals of the 1930s. Dec 15, 2011 matthew bourne famous for the billy elliotfeatured allmale swan lake only turned to dance professionally at 22 and, without a history of classical ballet training, he claims to get much of his imagery from film. New adventures 202021 tour dates for matthew bournes. We are delighted to announce that the sweetest of all matthew bourne s treats returns for the first time in nine years. He would wait in front of the top london hotels and outside the stage doors of west end opening nights to collect the.
The nutcracker act 1 matthew bourne on christmas eve at dr drosss orphanage. Well its about growing up and its about first love and these are themes we can all relate to. When the visitors leave dr dross and matron take down all the decorations and lock away all the. The sweetest of all matthew bournes treats returns for one week only to mayflower theatre.
Moving the christmas party from a comfortable middleclass home to a. Treading the boards 20 years later it remains just as fresh and entertaining as it must have done all those years ago at its edinburgh festival premiere. He has received multiple awards and award nominations, including. Each christmas in the usa brings hundreds of productions of the nutcracker, both sustaining the annual budgets of professional ballet companies across the states and providing a onceayear performance experience for countless amateur groups. My very first fulllength production dates from 1992 and remains the most singular interpretation of tchaikovskys masterpiece, back in 2020 to delight a new generation of theatre and dance fans. Bourne was known as an autograph hunter when he was 14 to 16 years old. If anything, this is perhaps taken a little too far, as sugar, for all her first act awfulness. Unafraid of camp or controversy, his company, new adventures, are reviving their gloriously irreverent interpretation of the. Matthew bourne is widely hailed as the uks most popular and successful choreographerdirector, creator of the worlds longestrunning ballet production, a fivetime olivier award winner, and the only british director to win tony awards for best choreographer and best director of a musical. Sep 03, 2007 one of the most popular dance productions ever staged in the uk, matthew bourne s nutcracker. Presented by howard panter for the ambassador theatre group et al. Just now, london seems a little like an american city with three danced versions of tchaikovskys bittersweet score on simultaneous.
Buy matthew bourne s nutcracker tickets from the official site. Dec 16, 2003 matthew bournes nutcracker is as sweet and camp as christmas itself marius petipa, the nutcracker s original choreographer, apparently considered its libretto tres bon. Interview with choreographer matthew bourne stage the. Sir matthew christopher bourne obe born january 1960 is an english choreographer. The nutcracker has long been fair game for radical reinterpretation, and perhaps one of the most striking of recent years is matthew bourne s nutcracker his clara lives unhappily in an orphanage in act i, and in act ii her imagination runs wild within a cornershop sweet counter.
Its fantastical second act a confetti of divertissements is a homage in dance to the 19th centurys most precious foodstuffs. Sadlers wells patrons have exclusive access to an allocation of best seats, giving them a chance to book even for sold out shows for more information read more. Nov 10, 2011 matthew bournes the nutcracker is not a traditional version of this classic christmas ballet. His work includes contemporary dance and dance theatre.
With more than a passing reference to the musical annie, act i is set in dr dross horrid orphanage. This delicious theatrical feast has familysized helpings of matthew bourne s trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy. Matthew bourne choreographer of the month the list. Matthew bourne, was born in hackney, london he went to william fitt and sir george monoux school in walthamstow, london.
Jul 24, 2019 the nutcracker is the christmas ballet that everyone knows and loves. Clara is in an orphanage, the sugar plum fairy is a spoilt little girl princess sugar and sweetieland is a place where greed is king and taste is everything. Most disagree the action peters out in the first half, displaced by pure spectacle. Matthew bournes ballet shaped by film and theatre bbc news. Matthew bourne turned his magic to the muchloved ballet and his bright and brilliant interruption was an instant hit. Dr dross and matron are preparing for a visit from the governors of the orphanage, the orphans are each given a party hat and the visitors hand out gifts. First presented in the uk in 1997, matthew bournes production of cinderella has been revised and designed since, and is now playing at sadlers wells for the christmas season before touring nationally in spring and summer 2018. The dancers are top notch professionals and keep you captivated all the way through. A number of changes have been made to the original plot, many of which add a new perspective to the piece.
Matthew bourne was born on january, 1960 in london, england as matthew christopher bourne. Matthew bournes nutcracker, sadlers wells, london the. Matthew bourne s version was originally created to be performed as part of the centenary celebrations in 1992, but has gone. Dec 19, 2004 choreographerlibrettist matthew bourne swan lake, car man has taken tchaikovskys traditional christmas chestnut and placed it firmly inside an artistic nutcracker of his own, squeezing and. Of all the shows on offer this christmas season, matthew bournes nutcracker. One of the most popular dance productions ever staged in the uk, matthew bourne s nutcracker. They are particularly relevant to this production, which casts adult performers as a group of. New adventures is delighted to announce the 2020 and 2021 tour dates for matthew bourne s nutcracker the tour opens at theatre royal plymouth on. The big twist in the second act is that bourne essentially relegates clara to the status of onlooker as sugar, despite the best efforts of a couple of arrow firing cupids, steals away her nutcrackers affections. Hailed by the observer as the undisputed king of dance theatre, master storyteller matthew bourne and his new adventures company have produced some of the most successful dance productions of the last two decades including the red shoes, swan lake, cinderella, edward scissorhands and most recently his acclaimed reimagining of romeo and juliet. Mar 14, 2012 pinker than a pink thing originally created in 1992, nutcracker. Download the nutcracker education pack new adventures. Even if you dont go to see it, even if its not staged every christmas in the city nearest you, you still. Matthew bourne s shows are pulling crowds described as the damien hirst of ballet, matthew bourne is taking the dance scene by storm rewriting dance conventions and pulling in the crowds to boot.
Matthew bournes nutcracker liverpool empire atg tickets. From the ages of 14 to 16 he was an avid autograph hunter, attending most west end opening nights and waiting outside stage doors and top london hotels. Matthew bourne s cinderella returns to theatres touring the uk from winter 2017. The longawaited return of new adventures nutcracker. Featuring the extraordinary designs of anthony ward and a cast. A gothic romance new york city center october 23 november 3, 20 matthew bourne, who has changed classical ballet into sheeroften outrageous, often deliciousentertainment, has just brought to new york the last of his three works based on the glowing inheritance from the. Casting a curse matthew bourne s sleeping beauty, great performances. It opens in dr dross orphanage for waifs and strays, with claras upbringing far closer to that of oliver twist. Once the visitors leave the decorations are torn down and things return to a bleak existence. Promising a fresh serving of the traditional christmas far, matthew bourne s nutcracker. Bourne and his company are in des moines for the north american premiere of matthew bourne s sleeping beauty at the des moines civic center sept.
A level performance studies tep matthew bourne ocr. He is known for his work on swan lake 2012, matthew bourne s the red shoes september 30, 2020 2020 and matthew bourne s the car man 2015 2016. In 1992 bourne created a version of the nutcracker for opera north. Dec 01, 2002 it was a year later, 1994, when i realised that what hed seen was a nutcracker courtesy of the livewire imagination of matthew bourne, then a barely known moderndance maverick with a bent for. Matthew bourne returns to edinburgh with a nutcracker. English national ballet in the nutcracker at london. A christmas classic, the nutcracker, scored by tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by marius petipa and lev ivanov, was first performed in russia in 1892, with numerous versions and adaptations enchanting audiences across the globe ever since. Matthew bourne s new adventures present the nutcracker uk and ireland tour opening at the theatre royal plymouth in november 2020 and will play a christmas season at sadlers wells. One of his earliest pieces of choreography, matthew bourne s nutcracker is also one of his most charming and imaginative. Matthew bourne s contemporary remake of the nutcracker is returning to sadlers wells theatre to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The sweets of the nutcracker the australian ballet.
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