Matthew Bourne

Identify a selection of Bourne’s choreographic influences.

• Martha Graham

• Busby Berkeley

• Hollywood Musicals

• Frederick Ashton

• Laban

What type of structure does Bourne use choreographically?

What are the sources or starting points for Bourne's works?

• His dancers

• Ideas in popular culture

• Classical ballets, literature or film

• Visual Artists

What does Bourne create at the start of each new work to help generate his choreographic ideas?

What does Bourne expect his dancers to be able to do besides dace?

• Teach

• Choreograph

• Sing

• Act

What styles/genres of movement/dance can be identified within Bourne's eclectic vocabulary?

• Social dance forms / vernacular

• Pedestrian

• Ballet

• Contemporary

• Mimetic Gesture

Identify ways in which Bourne has contributed to the British dance scene since 2000 to the current day?

Identify the name of this work?

• The Nutcracker

• The Nutcracker!

• Nutcracker

• Nutcracker!