Matthew Bourne Quotes
A lot of the people who have come to know the company in the last few years will not have seen this piece.
The reason I`m travelling so much is because of reasons that weren`t completely planned. Several of the shows became successful and were invited to go to other places and they`ve all happened at similar times.
I`m very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I`m doing, so I`m always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don`t mess around with the music.
My company is known for being funny as well as moving. You get a bit of everything in these shows. I think people know they`re going to have a surprising experience.
With any project there`s one or two things that you really want to do and that`s going to crack it.
When it comes down to it, it`s giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There`s always something new and something to excite us and surprise us, and that`s why people come back, I hope.
It`s one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you`re doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience.
It`s one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I`d done.
All the kids that see it love it because it`s such good fun, but it`s multi-layered and the majority of people who come to see it are adult.
Sometimes you don`t know what you`ve got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible.
I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own.
People know that they`re going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the form it`s in. It`s dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination - it`s not straight forward.
