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Matthew Bourne was born on 13 January, 1960 in Hackney, London, is a British Choreographer. Discover Matthew Bourne's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Occupation • Theatre director • Choreographer • Dancer
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 13 January, 1960
Birthday 13 January
Birthplace Hackney, London
Nationality United Kingdom

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1929

Bourne's recent work, The Midnight Bell, sets Patrick Hamilton's 1929 novel in a pub, and Bourne's Romeo and Juliet put the tragedy's mental health and youth suicide themes centre stage.

1960

Sir Matthew Christopher Bourne (born 13 January 1960) is a British choreographer.

His productions contain many classic cinema and popular culture references and draw thematic inspiration from musicals, film noir and popular culture

Popular novels and films usually form the basis for his work but Bourne's dance adaptations are sui generis, distinct from their originals.

Bourne was born on January 13, 1960, in Hackney, London, England.

His mother was a secretary and his father worked for Thames Water.

Bourne had no formal ballet training during his childhood.

However, as a teenager, he was passionate about show business.

1974

He would frequently autograph hunt in London's West End after his mother took him to see Dame Edith Evans and Friends in 1974 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

He wrote to and received letters back from Joan Crawford, Charlie Chaplin and Bette Davies.

He was eighteen when he attended Sadler's Wells Theatre to see his first ballet, Swan Lake.

He worked as a filing clerk at the BBC and as an usher at The National Theatre for four years after graduating from William Fitt and Sir George Monoux School in Walthamstow, London.

At 20 he started studying at London's Laban Centre and began dance classes at 22.

1980

His work stood in contrast to the more provocative dance styles of the 1980s, associated with artists such as Michael Clark and Lloyd Newson's DV8 Physical Theatre.

Instead, Bourne's style centred on romance, wit, and tangible drama, as demonstrated in his adaptation of Swan Lake.

Bourne's New Adventure's troupe consists of both ballet and modern dancers who perform intricate choreography that stems from the character's actions and movements.

Bourne's works often convert written works into physical, visual, and musical forms, initiating a dialogue between the adaptation and the original work by actively emphasising the relationship between the two.

Moreover, because his work uses many classic cinema and popular culture references, its impact largely depends on the viewer's relationship to the original work.

Since the start of his career, Bourne's approach has involved a collaborative process with his dancers and creative-partners.

1985

In 1985, he toured for two years with the centre's dance company.

However, his interests gradually shifted from dancing to choreographing for television, theatre, and other dance companies.

He completed a BA honours degree in contemporary dance in 1985.

1986

And in 1986, he graduated with an MA in dance performance.

1987

He co-founded the London-based company Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP) in 1987.

Bourne's radical reinterpretations of classic ballets set him apart as a choreographer.

1992

In 1992, he placed the Christmas Eve scene of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker in a Victorian orphanage reminiscent of a Charles Dickens novel.

In Bourne's Nutcracker!, a dance adaptation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker first staged in 1992, Clara inhabits a black-and-white orphanage under the rule of a stern matron and Dr. Dross.

Somehow, Clara's Nutcracker doll transforms into a young man who leads her on a journey to Sweetieland, a fictional location where sweets and confectionary represent pleasure and desire.

1994

His 1994 version of Filippo Taglioni's La Sylphide titled Highland Fling, was set in a modern-day Glaswegien housing project.

Highland Fling was also the beginning of Bourne's creative alliance with the designer Lez Brotherston.

Bourne's work primarily concerns clarity of exposition, characterisation, technical staging and cinematic devices.

Thematically, his work draws on Metro-Goldwyn Mayer musicals, film noir and Alfred Hitchcock, among others.

Bourne's career trajectory shifted after his time at the Laban Centre, where he honed his signature theatrical style.

1995

For example, his 1995 restaging of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake updated the ballet's setting, narrative and famously used all-male swans.

Workshops, collaboration and the innevitable dialogue with the original works inform many of his adaption's choreographical routines and thematic concepts.

1997

For his 1997 reimagining of Cinderella, Bourne invoked the Victorian and Edwardian eras by disseminating certain books and novels from those time periods amongst the production's cast members.

His New Adventures dance company's work covers ballet, contemporary dance, dance theatre and musical theatre.

His adaptations of Sleeping Beauty, Edward Scissorhands, The Red Shoes, Dorian Gray, and Lord of the Flies added new dimensions to these near-ubiquitous stories.

2007

In 2007, Sam Archer and Richard Winsor, portraying Edward in the initial Edward Scissorhands performances, confirmed that Bourne still uses this approach; where in a piece's embryonic stage, Bourne assigns the dancers tasks like creating individual dance steps that eventually form part of the choreography.

2016

In 2016, he was knighted as part of Queen Elizabeth II 2016 New Year Honours list for 'Services to Dance'.