Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne
Sir Matthew Christopher Bourne OBEis an English choreographer. His work includes contemporary dance and dance theatre. 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. Bourne was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to dance...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth13 January 1960
successful journey reason
The reason I'm travelling so much is because of reasons that weren't completely planned. Several of the shows became successful and were invited to go to other places and they've all happened at similar times.
moving scary mouths
I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own.
good kids love majority people
All the kids that see it love it because it's such good fun, but it's multi-layered and the majority of people who come to see it are adult.
reality thinking mind
It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience.
With any project there's one or two things that you really want to do and that's going to crack it.