āOn a very basic level, all Iāve ever wanted to do is entertain people. Thatās what itās about, and sometimes people forget that.ā So says, Sir Matthew Bourne in his impressively well-attended post-show chat. Judging by the turnout for this Tuesday...
Acclaimed choreographer, Matthew Bourne talks to John Bultitude about his glamorous ballet, The Red Shoes and how Hollywood inspired him from an early age. The Red Shoes is one of the first movies which brought the world of dance to the big screen...
When Matthew Bourneās New Adventures company takes on Shakespeare and a classical ballet score by Sergei Prokoviev, we are primed to expect the unexpected. If Bourne is to be believed (and heās a knight of the realm, so he aināt gonna lie, is he?)...
Choreographer, Matthew Bourne captures the essence and power of young love and passion in his latest production, Romeo and Juliet He talks to Quays Life about his dance interpretation of Shakespeareās timeless romantic tragedy. Matthew Bourne...
As New Adventures catalogue of dance grows, so does the time between opportunities to see individual dance pieces on tour. Itās five years since Matthew Bourneās Swan Lake last played the Lowry stage, and judging by the packed auditorium on the...
Choreographer, Matthew Bourne talks to Quays Life about re-staging his ground-breaking Swan Lake for the 21st century and the royal scandal that inspired him to transform this Tchaikovsky classic with a multi-award winning, male corps-de-ballet. You...
Fairy tales and war are strange bedfellows, so setting the timeless romance of Cinderella in the London Blitz of 1940, already suggests this may be a magical story, but not as we know it. Fans of Matthew Bourneās innovative New Adventures company...
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