Fritz and sugar are the dross awful spoilt children who terrorise the other children. His parents were june and jim bourne and he had a brother dan. As with many of the great ballets, there have been, and continue to be, different interpretations of the nutcracker. Matthew bournes nutcracker tchaikovskys nutcracker. Simon annand matthew bourne has put his choreographic imagination to work on yet another ballet score by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky and again has come up with an evening of witty surprises, bold characters, and extraordinary dancing.
Jun 24, 2016 choreographer matthew bourne has been honoured for his services to ballet by the royal academy of dance. 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. Matthew bourne, was born in hackney, london he went to william fitt and sir george monoux school in walthamstow, london. The confusion hurt the experience on this one for me. Characters the characters in matthew bourne s nutcracker. This time the rats have a king, sweets can dance and snowflakes are littering the stages its nutcracker season of all the shows on offer this christmas season, matthew bourne s nutcracker. Clara and the nutcracker boys a liquorice allsort and a marshmallow girl worksheet a. 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. True, the score tchaikovsky produced for nutcracker has none of the tragic undertow of his swan lake. Moving the christmas party from a comfortable middleclass home to a. The marshmallow girls section from matthew bournes nutcracker.
And then there are the ditzy marshmallow girls in their froufrou frocks. Join king sherbert and queen candy as they welcome the gobstopper boys, marshmallow girls, knickerbocker glory and the liquorice allsorts in this playful reinterpretation of tchaikovskys classic masterpiece. The kingdom of sweetieland is opening its doors once again, as matthew bourne s nutcracker. One of his earliest pieces of choreography, matthew bourne s nutcracker is also one of his most charming and imaginative.
If you know the classic ballet of the nutcracker, dont let this new interpretation put you off. Matthew bourne s the nutcracker is set in an orphanage and follows the story of claras journey from a rather bleak christmas eve to magical dream state, which takes her through a shimmering iceskating wonderland to the scrumptious kingdom of sweetieland. New adventures is delighted to announce the 2020 tour dates for matthew bourne s nutcracker. Clara, nutcracker, mouseking, sugar plum fairy, dr drossemier. Bourne was presented the queen elizabeth ii coronation award by the queen at a ceremony at. Matthew bourne camps up the classic ballet with his trademark wit and theatrical flair. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. When matthew bourne premiered his alternative staging of the nutcracker 15 years ago no one could have imagined that it would become a modern christmas classic. Full original cast set for us tour of matthew bournes. Dance of the marshmallows and finally the dance of the gobstoppers. If you crave a classical nutcracker the royal ballet production may serve you well, while the coliseum offers a production that successfully combines dynamism with a degree of innovation. 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. It can be strange to come back to a longrunning show.
Matthew bourne s nutcracker on the 15th of january i ventured up to london to try and hold on to that last bit of christmas spirit by going to see a ballet. Kathryn hearn was fortunate enough to catch it at sadlers wells. In our house, we have a copy of the barbie nutcracker video. With my modern dance background, im a latecomer to the nutcracker, and came to it backtofront.
Marshmallows lee smikle, adam galbraith, james leecegobstoppers new adventures dance company. Interview with choreographer matthew bourne stage the. The sweets of the nutcracker the australian ballet. Tickets at the sadlers wells, london save to wishlist one of the most popular dance productions ever staged in the uk, matthew bournes nutcracker. Matthew christopher bourne essay 1276 words bartleby. When 12 or he and his friend simon carter waited to get the. Marius petipa, the nutcracker s original choreographer, apparently considered its libretto tres bon. Matthew bournes sleeping beauty the fairies dance for. Smart presentation matthew bournes nutcracker teaching. Matthew bournes the red shoes is a cartoon take on the. The nutcracker is still the ultimate christmas treat daily mail online. Matthew bournes nutcracker official promo montage youtube.
Matthew bournes cinderella is a perfect christmas treat. His mother was a secretary and his father worked for thames water for 30 years. Jul 18, 2014 this website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. Presented by howard panter for the ambassador theatre group et al. The original ballet dates from 1892 when marius petipa adapted e. This is very much the christmas of the nutcracker in london. The longawaited return of new adventures nutcracker. 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. Apr 9, 2015 matthew bourne s nutcracker marshmallow girls,princess sugar. His version of 1948s the red shoes took a raft of prizes in london. Matthew bourne turned his magic to the muchloved ballet and his bright and brilliant interruption was an instant hit. Dross orphanage, through a shimmering, iceskating winter wonderland to the scrumptious.
Matthew bournes nutcracker marshmallow girls,princess sugar. But its matthew bournes production, that while exciting, delightful and entertaining in equal measure, also offers the thrill of the truly alternative. Who are the main characters in the nutcracker answers. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, sprinkle gelatin over 12 cup cold water. After seeing the spectacular edward scissor hands by matthew bourne a few years ago, i had high hopes.
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. The food theme is still celebrated too, perhaps most memorably in matthew bourne s subversive nutcracker. Apr 9, 2015 matthew bournes nutcracker marshmallow girls,princess sugar. With a reputation as a fearlessly unpredictable pianist and composer, matthew bourne is a passionate explorer of sound, possessed of a burning desire to make music on anything old, broken or infirm. Matthew bournes nutcracker touring on tour tickets.
Matthew bourne honoured for services to ballet news the stage. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup, and 14 cup water. Matthew bournes nutcracker new adventures ballet meet. My very first fulllength production dates from 1992 and remains the most singular interpretation of tchaikovskys masterpiece, back in 2020 to. A year later, it had become the longest running ballet on the west end. Bourne has got his oar in early, well ahead of the other three nutcrackers in london this.
Pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky 18401893 d the nutcracker, op. Matthew bourne choreographer of the month the list. The production, featuring the music of tchaikovsky, was first produced in 1992 and was last seen in 2012, when it celebrated its 20th birthday. Clara is in an orphanage, the sugar plum fairy is a spoilt little girl princess sugar and sweetieland is a place where greed is. That is, i saw some updates matthew bourne s for adventures in motion pictures, the video of mark morriss the hard nut, and peter wrights production for the birmingham royal ballet before anything that closely follows petipas libretto ben stevensons version for english national. Matthew bourne s nutcracker the sweetest of all matthew bourne s treats returns for the first time in nine years. The sweetest of all matthew bourne s treats returns for the first time in nine years. Matthew bourne s sleeping beauty sees the choreographer return to the music of tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composers ballet masterworks that started in 1992 with nutcracker. Characters the story the humbug bouncer act one who becomes.
Tchaikovskys score is extremely engaging and the music tells amazing stories with wonderful. So the basis for the whole story developed out of this grim and fearful place. One of the most popular dance productions ever staged in the uk, matthew bournes nutcracker. Matthew bournes sleeping beauty ballet brings homegrown star.
Matthew bournes swan lake by jessica vincent on prezi. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The marshmallow girls section from matthew bourne s nutcracker. Glory, the macho gobstoppers, the glorious, skittering marshmallow girls. Matthew bournes nutcracker, sadlers wells, london the. Hoffmanns story of christmas eve at the stahlbaums where little clara plays with her nutcracker given to her by herr drosselmeyer, a. 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. 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. Matthew bournes nutcracker marshmallow girls,princess. Matthew bourne caused a sensation when he took the wellknown and wellloved ballet swan lake and transferred it into something erotic, slightly sinister and yet much closer to a kind of reality than the original ethereal version. Most disagree the action peters out in the first half, displaced by pure spectacle.
Clara is, of course, one of the orphans and the nutcracker boy is a fellow orphan on whom she has a young girls crush. Running for evening performances between tue 12 dec 2017 sat 27 jan 2018 excluding 17 dec, 18 dec, 24 dec, 25 dec, 26 dec, 31 dec 2017, 1 jan 2018. The brilliant matthew bourne brings his magical production, set to tchaikovskys majestic score to norwich theatre royal. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office at 26 red lion square london wc1r 4hq. Apr 25, 2014 the baby awakes unfrightened and the fairies dance for her. Tchaikovskys work has to be matthew bournes nutcracker. The term bristol hippodrome and or matthew bourne s nutcracker touring as well as all associated graphics, logos, and or other trademarks, tradenames or s are the property of the bristol hippodrome and or matthew bourne s nutcracker touring and are used herein for factual descriptive purposes only. Bourne was known as an autograph hunter when he was 14 to 16 years old.
Matthew bournes sleeping beauty, the awardwinning ballet production, airs on great performances, friday, april 25 at 9 p. Nov 23, 2015 the edwardian garden party in sleeping beauty by matthew bourne the lowry, salford quays 0843 208 6000 november 2428 7. The nutcracker in london, four different versions the. Promising a fresh serving of the traditional christmas far, matthew bourne s nutcracker. Choreographerlibrettist matthew bourne swan lake, car man has taken tchaikovskys traditional christmas chestnut and placed it firmly inside an artistic nutcracker. Nov 19, 2002 matthew bournes nutcracker opens at sadlers wells, london ec1, tomorrow and runs until january 25. Tv movie 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Ten years on, nutcracker is returning to the stage, and bourne is surveying a remarkable and sometimes traumatic decade from the security of his new office in londons sadlers wells. The ballets score, written by tchaikovsky, retained a. The cast of matthew bourne s sleeping beauty photo. Matthew bournes awardwinning psychedelic production is taking a break this year, but. The christmas ballet season officially began last night with matthew bourne s nutcracker. Clara out of the party and to keep himself upright, the marshmallow girls, who fizz. Tchaikovskys glorious score and anthony wards delectable sets and.
Sadlers wells, london ec1, until 20 jan, then touring bourne s nutcracker revival is a ravishing visual treat. 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. Matthew bournes the nutcracker by sophie b on prezi. Matthew bourne s witty choreography and the dancing of scott ambler king sherbert, etta murfitt clara, arthur pita knickerbocker glory, and others, compliments the music of tschaikovsky perfectly. Bbc beds, herts and bucks theatre interview with matthew. Birmingham hippodrome it takes a brave man to bring nutcracker to the stage of the hippodrome, spiritual home of birmingham royal ballets masterpiece, but matthew bourne manages it with aplomb. Tchaikovsky classical and orchestralcomposed in 1892. Matthew bourne makes barbie nutcracker look like harold pinter in its restraint. Throughout the run of matthew bournes cinderella, sadlers wells will be hosting pretheatre supper on the mezzanine level, offering a choice of individual platters and desserts. Aug 30, 2011 one of the most popular dance productions ever staged in the uk, matthew bourne s nutcracker.
The nutcracker is the worlds most popular ballet, and tchaikovskys. Never one to do things by halves, matthew bourne has reinvented the christmas seasons favourite ballet there are currently three productions of the nutcracker in london alone. 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. Twenty years on, matthew bournes dickensian take on tchaikovsky is as joyous. The sweetest of all matthew bournes treats returns for the first time in nine years. Music by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky choreography by matthew bourne new victoria theatre, woking, and touring 2008 share. This delicious theatrical feast has familysized helpings. In act two the gobstoppers introduce a punk element with sexual gestures, and the marshmallow girls bring a mixture of sixties style walks and. The classic nutcracker, so english national ballet says, is about right. But matthew bourne s reworking is as captivated by the story as by the display, and could be pegged as tres bonbon, as its gloomy victorian orphanage gives way to a magical realm of.
Dec 09, 2010 matthew bournes take on cinderella first appeared in 1997 just after his innovative version of swan lake had been a massive critical and commercial success. The matthew bourne nutcracker is the first version geared specifically to balletophobes. This is therefore not the best production for contemplation of tchaikovskys delicious score. Boys, the cheeky marshmallow girls, the seductive knickerbocker glory and the. Tchaikovskys glorious score performed by a live orchestra and. Oct 31, 2017 turning an iconic dance film into a ballet, matthew bourne has reduced a brilliant melodrama to a series of postures and fits. Please note you need to be sure whether you are looking for the characters in the.
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