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Matthew Bourne; Alastair Macaulay

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ISBN 10: 0571235883 ISBN 13: 9780571235889

Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2011

Riassunto

Matthew Bourne and His Adventures in Dance is an intimate and in-depth conversation between the prize-winning pioneer of ballet and contemporary dance Matthew Bourne and the New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay. In 1987, a small, aspirant dance group with a striking name made its debut on the London fringe. In 1996, Adventures in Motion Pictures made history as the first modern dance company to open a production in London's West End. From this achievement, AMP sailed triumphantly to Broadway - winning three Tony Awards - guided by Artistic Director Matthew Bourne. Even before the inception of AMP, Bourne was fascinated by theatre, by characterization, and by the history of dance. In his early works - Spitfire, Town & Country and Deadly Serious - Bourne brought a novel approach to dance. And in his reworkings of the classics of the ballet canon - Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cinderella - Bourne created witty, vivid, poignant productions that received great acclaim. In the first decade of the new millennium, the company name was changed to New Adventures, and Bourne's 'classics', as well as Bourne's new works - The Car Man, Play Without Words, Edward Scissorhands and Dorian Gray - achieved levels of box-office popularity that have seldom, if ever, been matched in dance. In addition, his choreography for various musicals - My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and Oliver! - have run for years in the West End and on Broadway. The detail in which Bourne discusses his work with Alastair Macaulay is unprecedented. The two explore Bourne's upbringing, his training and influences, and his distinctive creative methods. Bourne's notebooks, his sources and his collaboration with dancers all form part of the discussion in this book.

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Recensione:

'The popular choreographer is articulate, thoughtful and personable on the topic of his life, work and influences in this vast, newly updated tome and collected Q&As.' --Sunday Telegraph

Descrizione del libro:

Matthew Bourne and His Adventures in Dance: Conversations with Alastair Macaulay offers an intimate tour around the man who has 'brought dance to the masses like nobody else' (The Scotsman).

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• Editore: Faber and Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0571235883
• ISBN 13: 9780571235889
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 768