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Matthew Bourne Flashcards

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How does bourne tell his stories?

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Through body language and variety of movements

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What enhances bournes story telling?

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Design and music

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Where did bourne begin his studies?

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London’s Laban centre

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At what age was he at the London’s Laban centre?

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How old was bourne when he first began dancing?

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22

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What is bournes choreographic style?

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Reinterpretation of traditional ballet

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Before dance what did bourne enjoy?

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Musical theatre and film

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Where did bourne choreograph other than ICDS?

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Television theatre and other dance companies

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In what year did bourne win the Laurence Olivier award?

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1996

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What award did bourne win in 1996?

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Olivier award for the best new dance production

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How is bournes choreographic style (reinterpretation of traditional ballet) shown in swan lake?

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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)

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What are some awards that bourne has won?

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  • Knighthood
  • Olivier awards
  • De Valois award
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What are some film works that bourne has worked on?

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Swan lake 1966

Nutcracker 2003

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What are some theatre and dance works bourne has worked on?

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  • A midsummer nights dream

- Children of Eden

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What is bourne an associate artist and residents choreographed for?

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Sadlers Wells

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16
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Bourne is what for sadlers Wells?

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Associate artist and residents choreographer

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In what year was bourne Artistic Director for adventures in motion?

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1987-2002

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In 1987-2002 what was bourne?

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Artistic director and resident choreographer for adventures in motion

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What was bourne a first company?

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Adventures in motion

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What are some of Bruce’s choreographic style shown within the dance?

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  • Relationship between characters
  • Narrative
  • Theatrical
  • Comic
  • Expressive
  • Music directly correlating with movement
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How has Mathew bourne helped to promote ICDS and being in more money to it?

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  • 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)
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In what year did Bruce make his first company?

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2002

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What was Bruce’s oi goo all name for his company?

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New adventures

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How is Brooke different to cherkaou and khan when creating his dance pieces?

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Doesn’t use a creative process and traditional relationship with design and composers

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What year was swan lake created?

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1995

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What year was nutcracker made?

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1992

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27
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What year was sleeping beauty created?

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2012

28
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What year was Edward scissor hands created?

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2005

29
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In 2005 what work did Browne Create?

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Edward scissor hands

30
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In 2012 what work did bourne create?

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Sleeping beauty

31
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In 1995 what work did bourne create?

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Swan lake

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In 1992 what work did bourne create?

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Nutcracker

33
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What is seen in the opening of the nutcracker?

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The orphans cleaning up the room and decorating it ready for a visit

34
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When the visitor arrives in nutcracker they choose two children to open a present, what happens next?

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They open the presents and start playing with them, the rich children steals it and breaks it with chocolate around there mouth

35
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What does the chocolate round the rich children’s mouth show in nutcracker?

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They have it good

36
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When the visitors leave what does the man do in nutcracker?

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Throws Christmas tree out window, takes decorations down and puts toys locked away in cupboard

37
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After the orphans get ready and go to bed what does Clara do next in the nutcracker?

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Gets up and gets the key and unlocks the cupboard, when the live nutcracker comes out

38
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When the nutcracker comes out how does Clara react at first?

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Scared

39
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After Clara was scared of the nutcracker what does she become next?

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Becomes friendly with it

40
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What is the next scene after the nutcracker coming to life?

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All orphans are ice skating

41
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While the orphans are ice skating what is seen at the back of the stage in the nutcracker?

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A pillow

42
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What could the pillow at the back of the stage in nutcracker suggest?

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A dream

43
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While ice skating who is took away in nutcracker?

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Nutcracker

44
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Who is the nutcracker taken away by?

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Sugar matrons daughter

45
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What happens after the nutcracker is taken away by sugar?

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The Cupid’s come and help and give her a dress and lead the way into sweetie land

46
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After going into sweetie land clara finds her man but why can’t she speak to him?

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She has no invitation into the party

47
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Who are the sweets in the nutcracker?

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Orphans

48
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What sweets are seen going into the party in nutcracker?

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Liquorice all sorts, knockerbloka glory, gobstoppers and marshmallows

49
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Doe sclara get into the party in nutcracker?

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Yes

50
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When getting into the party what are they all doing in nutcracker?

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Dincing in the wedding cake

51
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What happens when at the wedding party in nutcracker who is dancing together?

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Sugar and nutcracker

52
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What does the nutcracker do when at the party?

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Asks sugar to marry him

53
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What happens after the wedding party in nutcracker?

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They arrive back at the orphan

54
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What does Clara do when being back at the orphan in nutcracker?

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Looks at nutcracker doll and it come back to life

55
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How does nutcracker end?,

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Clara and the nutcracker doll run away out the window together

56
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What movement is used in swan lake?

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Dipping and rippling like the wings

57
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What do the elegant white feathers hide in swan lake?

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There viciousness

58
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Replacing female dancers for male dancers in swan lake, takes away what?

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Romance

59
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Who is the original piece by?

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Scoot ambra

60
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How did ambra hell Browne in bournes swan lake what was he?

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Rehearsal director for bourne

61
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What happens in the first section royal duties in swan lake?

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  • Jumping as if a crowd
  • Royal ceremony
  • Red carpet for royal
  • Prince finds a girl he likes
  • Queen doesn’t approve
  • Boyfriend and girlfriend
62
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What happens in the second section an opera house in swan lake?

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  • Watching theatre
  • Girlfriend laughing makes lots of noise by having a phone call
  • queen is not happy
63
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What happens in the section the princes private quarters?

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  • Prince looking into mirror
  • Dark, spotlight on prince
  • Mother comes in
  • Prince wants affection from mother
  • Mother rejects it
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What happens in the section a seedy club in swan lake?

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  • Swank bar
  • Girlfriends there
  • Prince arrives depressed
  • Prince is drunk and gets in fight
  • Prince gets kicked out
  • Prince solo
  • Dark lighting
65
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What happens in the section a city park?

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  • 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
66
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What happens in the final section the royal park in swan lake?

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  • 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
67
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In the final section the princes bedroom what happens?

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  • 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

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