Matthew Bourne's Christmas

This festive film celebrates Matthew Bourne's power to imaginatively transform ballet, taking dance and dancers off the stage into studio, bringing together projections, animation, and an intimate shooting style to produce a distinctive new way of presenting dance on screen. For those who know Bourne's stage work there will be a chance to spot extracts from many of his biggest hits but for audiences less familiar with his work this is simply a journey through a series of magical worlds where stories are told through dance.

Featuring extracts from many of Matthew's award winning productions including; Swan Lake, Nutcracker!, Cinderella and The Car Man – there are also dances taken from iconic early works Infernal Galop, Spitfire and Town & Country. Featuring literary and big screen nods too with a duet from the sexy Olivier Award winning Play Without Words (based on Joseph Losey's The Servant) produced for the National Theatre; Edward Scissorhands – adapted for the stage in collaboration with Tim Burton and the film's composer Danny Elfman, as well as a glimpse into the contorted, cursed world of Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray.

00:00 – Introduction
00:56 – Spitfire
05:47 – Town and Country Act 1
08:03 – Swan Lake Act 1
12:58 – Cinderella
17:04 – Play Without Words
20:39 – Swan Lake Act 2
22:30 – Town and Country Act 1
25:30 – The Infernal Gallop
29:33 – Nutcracker Act 1
30:49 – The Car Man
34:27 – Picture of Dorian Gray
38:48 – Edward Scissorhands
41:15 – Nutcracker Act 2

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