Matthew Bourne Flashcards
How does bourne tell his stories?
Through body language and variety of movements
What enhances bournes story telling?
Design and music
Where did bourne begin his studies?
London’s Laban centre
At what age was he at the London’s Laban centre?
20
How old was bourne when he first began dancing?
22
What is bournes choreographic style?
Reinterpretation of traditional ballet
Before dance what did bourne enjoy?
Musical theatre and film
Where did bourne choreograph other than ICDS?
Television theatre and other dance companies
In what year did bourne win the Laurence Olivier award?
1996
What award did bourne win in 1996?
Olivier award for the best new dance production
How is bournes choreographic style (reinterpretation of traditional ballet) shown in swan lake?
Swan lake usually - women in romantic white costumes (elegant)
Bourne swan lake - male are bare chested worth knew length shirts with silk shredded as if feathers (aggressive)
What are some awards that bourne has won?
- Knighthood
- Olivier awards
- De Valois award
What are some film works that bourne has worked on?
Swan lake 1966
Nutcracker 2003
What are some theatre and dance works bourne has worked on?
- A midsummer nights dream
- Children of Eden
What is bourne an associate artist and residents choreographed for?
Sadlers Wells
Bourne is what for sadlers Wells?
Associate artist and residents choreographer
In what year was bourne Artistic Director for adventures in motion?
1987-2002
In 1987-2002 what was bourne?
Artistic director and resident choreographer for adventures in motion
What was bourne a first company?
Adventures in motion
What are some of Bruce’s choreographic style shown within the dance?
- Relationship between characters
- Narrative
- Theatrical
- Comic
- Expressive
- Music directly correlating with movement
How has Mathew bourne helped to promote ICDS and being in more money to it?
- Toured many of his pieces
- 12 Olivier awards
- Quickest selling tour with the red shoes
- Bourne has many employers at his company
- Made new adventures (2002)
In what year did Bruce make his first company?
2002
What was Bruce’s oi goo all name for his company?
New adventures
How is Brooke different to cherkaou and khan when creating his dance pieces?
Doesn’t use a creative process and traditional relationship with design and composers
What year was swan lake created?
1995
What year was nutcracker made?
1992
What year was sleeping beauty created?
2012
What year was Edward scissor hands created?
2005
In 2005 what work did Browne Create?
Edward scissor hands
In 2012 what work did bourne create?
Sleeping beauty
In 1995 what work did bourne create?
Swan lake
In 1992 what work did bourne create?
Nutcracker
What is seen in the opening of the nutcracker?
The orphans cleaning up the room and decorating it ready for a visit
When the visitor arrives in nutcracker they choose two children to open a present, what happens next?
They open the presents and start playing with them, the rich children steals it and breaks it with chocolate around there mouth
What does the chocolate round the rich children’s mouth show in nutcracker?
They have it good
When the visitors leave what does the man do in nutcracker?
Throws Christmas tree out window, takes decorations down and puts toys locked away in cupboard
After the orphans get ready and go to bed what does Clara do next in the nutcracker?
Gets up and gets the key and unlocks the cupboard, when the live nutcracker comes out
When the nutcracker comes out how does Clara react at first?
Scared
After Clara was scared of the nutcracker what does she become next?
Becomes friendly with it
What is the next scene after the nutcracker coming to life?
All orphans are ice skating
While the orphans are ice skating what is seen at the back of the stage in the nutcracker?
A pillow
What could the pillow at the back of the stage in nutcracker suggest?
A dream
While ice skating who is took away in nutcracker?
Nutcracker
Who is the nutcracker taken away by?
Sugar matrons daughter
What happens after the nutcracker is taken away by sugar?
The Cupid’s come and help and give her a dress and lead the way into sweetie land
After going into sweetie land clara finds her man but why can’t she speak to him?
She has no invitation into the party
Who are the sweets in the nutcracker?
Orphans
What sweets are seen going into the party in nutcracker?
Liquorice all sorts, knockerbloka glory, gobstoppers and marshmallows
Doe sclara get into the party in nutcracker?
Yes
When getting into the party what are they all doing in nutcracker?
Dincing in the wedding cake
What happens when at the wedding party in nutcracker who is dancing together?
Sugar and nutcracker
What does the nutcracker do when at the party?
Asks sugar to marry him
What happens after the wedding party in nutcracker?
They arrive back at the orphan
What does Clara do when being back at the orphan in nutcracker?
Looks at nutcracker doll and it come back to life
How does nutcracker end?,
Clara and the nutcracker doll run away out the window together
What movement is used in swan lake?
Dipping and rippling like the wings
What do the elegant white feathers hide in swan lake?
There viciousness
Replacing female dancers for male dancers in swan lake, takes away what?
Romance
Who is the original piece by?
Scoot ambra
How did ambra hell Browne in bournes swan lake what was he?
Rehearsal director for bourne
What happens in the first section royal duties in swan lake?
- Jumping as if a crowd
- Royal ceremony
- Red carpet for royal
- Prince finds a girl he likes
- Queen doesn’t approve
- Boyfriend and girlfriend
What happens in the second section an opera house in swan lake?
- Watching theatre
- Girlfriend laughing makes lots of noise by having a phone call
- queen is not happy
What happens in the section the princes private quarters?
- Prince looking into mirror
- Dark, spotlight on prince
- Mother comes in
- Prince wants affection from mother
- Mother rejects it
What happens in the section a seedy club in swan lake?
- Swank bar
- Girlfriends there
- Prince arrives depressed
- Prince is drunk and gets in fight
- Prince gets kicked out
- Prince solo
- Dark lighting
What happens in the section a city park?
- Prince wants to commit suicide
- Swan saves him
- Prince watches swan and obsessed over him
- Group of swans come and dance
- Prince joins in copying movement
What happens in the final section the royal park in swan lake?
- Black outfits
- Queen in red
- Couples dancing
- Queen dancing with the swan
- Prince gets jealous
- Prince gets fun to shoot Queen but gets shot at but girlfriend jumps in front and dies
- Prince gets taken away
In the final section the princes bedroom what happens?
- Prince goes into a jail cell
- Mother comes in and checks prince temperature
- lots of nurses come into room
- Nurses place him into bed
- Prince falls asleep and dreams about swans
- Prince wakes up try’s to find swans
- Prince pretends to be one
- Main swan comes back and then others follow
- ends with Prince dead
