Matthew Bourne and His Adventures in Dance is an intimate and in-depth dialog among the prize-winning pioneer of ballet and modern dance Matthew Bourne and the New York instances dance critic Alastair Macaulay.

In 1987, a small, aspirant dance staff with a awesome identify made its debut at the London fringe. In 1996, Adventures in films made heritage because the first glossy dance corporation to open a creation in London's West finish. From this success, AMP sailed triumphantly to Broadway - profitable 3 Tony Awards - guided by means of inventive Director Matthew Bourne.

Even ahead of the inception of AMP, Bourne was once fascinated with theatre, through characterization, and through the historical past of dance. In his early works - Spitfire, Town & Country and Deadly Serious - Bourne introduced a singular method of dance. And in his reworkings of the classics of the ballet canon - Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cinderella - Bourne created witty, brilliant, poignant productions that obtained nice acclaim.

In the 1st decade of the hot millennium, the corporate identify was once replaced to New Adventures, and Bourne's 'classics', in addition to Bourne's new works - The vehicle Man, Play with no Words, Edward Scissorhands and Dorian Gray - completed degrees of box-office reputation that experience seldom, if ever, been matched in dance. moreover, his choreography for numerous musicals - My reasonable Lady, Mary Poppins and Oliver! - have run for years within the West finish and on Broadway.

The element within which Bourne discusses his paintings with Alastair Macaulay is extraordinary. the 2 discover Bourne's upbringing, his education and affects, and his unique inventive tools. Bourne's notebooks, his assets and his collaboration with dancers all shape a part of the dialogue during this book.