Matthew Bourne

Sir
Matthew Bourne
OBE
Sir Matthew Bourne OBE
Born	13 January 1960 (age 64); Hackney, London
Nationality	British
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Alma mater	Laban Centre
Occupations	Theatre director; Choreographer; Dancer;
Years active	1985–present
Organization	New Adventures (dance company)
Notable work	Swan Lake (Bourne); Edward Scissorhands (dance); The Car Man (Bourne); Dorian Gray (Bourne); The Red Shoes (ballet);
Television	The Nutcracker 1992
Awards	Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production 1996; 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director - Swan Lake [1]; 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography – Swan Lake; 2001 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Services to Dance; 2002 Laurence Olivier Award - for My Fair Lady (2001 London revival); 2007 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience - Edward Scissorhands;
Honours	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - 2001 for Services to Dance; Knighthood for Services To Dance - 2016;
Website	new-adventures.net

Sir Matthew Christopher Bourne OBE (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. 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. 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. 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.

In 2016, he was knighted as part of Queen Elizabeth II 2016 New Year Honours list for 'Services to Dance'.^[3]

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[3] "New Year's Honours 2016". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

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Sir Matthew Bourne OBE
Born	(1960-01-13) 13 January 1960 (age 64) Hackney, London
Nationality	British
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Alma mater	Laban Centre
Occupations	Theatre director Choreographer Dancer
Years active	1985–present
Organization	New Adventures (dance company)
Notable work	Swan Lake (Bourne) Edward Scissorhands (dance) The Car Man (Bourne) Dorian Gray (Bourne) The Red Shoes (ballet)
Television	The Nutcracker 1992
Awards	Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production 1996 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director - Swan Lake [1] 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography – Swan Lake^[2] 2001 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Services to Dance 2002 Laurence Olivier Award - for My Fair Lady (2001 London revival) 2007 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience - Edward Scissorhands
Honours	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - 2001 for Services to Dance Knighthood for Services To Dance - 2016
Website	new-adventures.net

Matthew Bourne

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