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Sir Matthew Christopher Bourne OBE (born 13 January 1960) is a British choreographer. His productions contain many classic cinema and popular culture references and draw thematic inspiration from musicals , film noir and popular culture .
For 2012, contestants included the following: the London Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker, Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!, the Bolshoi Ballet's The Nutcracker, Nutcracker: The Story of Clara, two Mariinsky Nutcrackers (2008 and 2012 respectively), and the San Francisco Ballet's The Nutcracker. The winner was the San Francisco version.
Ashley Shaw (born 1990) [1] is an Australian ballet dancer who regularly performs leading roles with Matthew Bourne's New Adventures. [2] [3] [4] She debuted the leading role in Bourne's Cinderella in 2009. [1] In 2016 Matthew Bourne cast her as Vicky Page in his adaptation of The Red Shoes. [5] [6] Shaw played Aurora in Bourne's 2022 Sleeping ...
With 135 local dancers performing, Lafayette Ballet Theatre celebrates "The Nutcracker" – an Acadiana holiday tradition for more than two decades.
The full cast boasts 104 dancers from the Ashland/Mansfield area and surrounding counties. Ashland Regional Ballet prepares for 32nd annual production of 'The Nutcracker' Skip to main content
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Murfitt has danced with Matthew Bourne's companies AMP and New Adventures for over 20 years. She has created many roles in Bourne's work, including Clara In "Nutcracker", Rita in "The Car Man" and Peg Boggs in "Edward Scissorhands". She currently also serves as Artistic Associate and Associate Director for all the companies' productions.
By 1991, the original members of the company were working outside of AMP, [2] and Bourne held auditions for new dancers, forming a company with six core dancers, including Scott Ambler (later founder artistic associate), Etta Murfitt (now associate artistic director), Ben Wright, Ally Fitzpatrick and Jamie Watton.