Matthew Bourne
Sir Matthew Christopher Bourne OBE (born January 13, 1960 in Hackney , London ) is a British choreographer .
Bourne was an autograph hunter in London's West End as a teenager and left school in 1978 to work for the BBC, a theater agency and the National Theater in small jobs. He never had dance classes, but directed amateur dance theater performances as a teenager. From 1982 he studied dance theater at the Laban Center for Movement and Dance in Deptfort in south-east London with a bachelor's degree in 1986. In the last year of his studies, he danced with the Laban Center's Transitions Dance Company. After graduation he founded the dance ensemble Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP) with Emma Gladstone and David Massingham , of which he became the sole artistic director in 1991. In 2002 he founded the New Adventures ensemble . He lives in London (Islington) and Brighton .
With AMP he was one of the most popular and celebrated choreographers in Great Britain. Productions included: Spitfire, The Infernal Galop, Town and Country, Deadly Serious, Nutcracker, Highland Fling, Edward Scissorhands, Swan Lake (one of his greatest hits, with worldwide touring performances), Cinderella and The Car Man. In 2002 he founded his ensemble New Adventures, the same with Play without words, which received the Laurence Olivier Award. In 2002 he had great success with his production of Nutcracker at Sadler's Wells Theater (it was recorded for the BBC and went on a world tour). His very successful version of Edward Scissorhands followed in 2005, based on the film by Tim Burton . In 2008 he performed Dorian Gray as a ballet at the Edinburgh Festival.
He has also choreographed for musicals (both in the West End and Broadway), including Olivier! (Cameron Mackintosh, 1993 and in a new production in 2008 with Rowan Atkinson ), My Fair Lady, South Pacific and Mary Poppins .
In 2003 he received the Hamburg Shakespeare Prize . He is OBE (2001). In 1999 he received the Tony Award for Swan Lake (twice, for choreography and musical direction, in the same year also the Drama Desk Award for Swan Lake) and in 1999 the Laurence Olivier Award for Swan Lake (Swan Lake, with the music of Tchaikovsky, instead of ballerinas by male dancers, the TV adaptation also received an Emmy nomination), 2002 for My Fair Lady, 2003 for Play Without Words and 2005 for Mary Poppins (with Stephen Mear). He has multiple honorary doctorates, most recently he received this award on July 5, 2016 from the Faculty of Dance of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland , together with David Tennant (drama) and Ralph Kirshbaum (music).
Awards
- Honorary doctorates , fellowships , companionships, state awards
- 1997: Honorary Fellow of the Laban Center ( London , England )
- 2001: Appointment as Officer of the Order of the British Empire - Services to Dance → suffix "OBE"
- 2007: Honorary Doctorate from De Montfort University ( Leicester , England)
- 2010: Honorary Doctorate from Plymouth University ( Plymouth , England)
- 2011: Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University ( Kingston upon Thames , England)
- 2011: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Roehampton (London, England)
- 2011: Companion of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (London, England)
- 2012: Companion des LIPA ( Liverpool , England) - presented by Sir Paul McCartney
- 2016: Accolade - Services To Dance - New Years Honors → Salutation "Sir"
- 2016: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation (QEII) Award in recognition of outstanding services to the art of ballet
- 2016: Honorary Doctorate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( Glasgow , Scotland )
- 1996: Best New Dance Production - Swan Lake - won
- 2000: Outstanding Achievement in Dance - The Car Man - nominated
- 2003: Best Theater Choreographer - Play Without Words - won
- 2005: Best Original Choreography - Mary Poppins - won
- 2010: Best Theater Choreography - Oliver! - nominated
- 2017: Best Theater Choreographer - The Red Shoes - won
- 1999: Best Choreography - Swan Lake - won
- 1999: Best Direction of a Musical - Swan Lake - won
- 2007: Best Choreography - Mary Poppins - nominated
- 1999: Outstanding Director of a Musical - Swan Lake - won
- 1999: Outstanding Choreography - Swan Lake - won
- 2005: Outstanding Director of a Musical - Play Without Words - nominated
- 2005: Outstanding Choreography - Play Without Words - nominated
- 2007: Drama Desk Award Unique Theatrical Experience - Edward Scissorhands - won
- 2007: Outstanding Choreography - Edward Scissorhands - nominated
- 2007: Outstanding Choreography - Mary Poppins - nominated
- National Dance Awards
- 2013: De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement - won
- 2017: Best Modern Choreography for The Red Shoes - nominated
- Further
- 1996: Time Out Special Award - won
- 1996: Southbank Show Award - won
- 1999: Astaire Award - Special Award for Direction, Choreography and Concept of Swan Lake - won
- 2000: Evening Standard Award - Musical Event - The Car Man - won
- 2003: Hamburg Shakespeare Prize For The Arts (only the second winner from the dance department in the 50-year history of the award, after Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn DBE ) - won
- 2007: Theater Managers Special Award (TMA) - Individual Achievement - For services to Dance Touring and Audience Development - won
- 2010: The British Inspiration Award - Winner in Arts Category - won
- 2013: Dance Film Association 'Dance in Focus' Award - awarded for "persistence of vision, drive and artistry" - won
- Presented at the Dedication Ceremony of The Matthew Bourne Theater, Monoux College, Walthamstow, London - - George Monoux Founders Award The Sir: 2,014 won
- 2015: Primio Ravenna Festical - Ravenna Festival: Highest honor (previous winners: ML Rostropovich , Ennio Morricone , Riccardo Muti , Pierre Boulez ) - won
- 2015: UK Theater Award - Outstanding Contribution to British Theater - won
- 2016: Dizzy Feet Foundation's Gene Kelly Legacy Award - won
- 2016: Critics' Circle Distinguished Service to Art Award - won
- 2017: Trailblazer in Dance and Theater Award from the International Institute of Dance and Theater - won
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourne, Matthew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourne, Matthew Christopher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |