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Matthew Bourne's The Nutcracker
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- 1MATTHEW BOURNE'S THE NUTCRACKERCREATED IN AUGUST 1992
- 2ACCOMPANIMENTTCHAIKOVZKY
COMPOSED IN 1892
PERFORMED BY A CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA - 3SECTIONS OF THE NUTCRACKERSCENE 1- THE OVERTURE
SCENE 2- PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT
SCENE 3- PRESENTS AND PARTY PIECES - 4SCENE 4- TIME FOR BED SCENE 5- THE REVOLT SCENE 6- THE FROZEN LAKE SCENE 7- THE ROAD TO SWEETIE LANDSCENE 8- BY INVITATION ONLY
SCENE 9- THE WEDDING PARTY - 5ACT 1 - SCENE 1- SCENE 5ACT 2- SCENE 6-SCENE 9
- 6SET DESIGN-BY ANTHONY WARD
-PARTLY REALISTIC BUT EXAGGERATED
-ALMOST CARTOON
-LARGE ACCENTUATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXAGGERATED CHOREOGRAPHY - 7LIGHTING DESIGN-BY HOWARD HARRISON
-GIVES A THEATRICAL FEEL
-LIGHTED BY A TRADITIONAL PROSCENIUM ARCH
-LIGHTING COLOURS COMPLIMENT THE SET AND COSTUME COLOURS
-DON'T TAKE AWAY FOCUS - 8DANCE STYLE-CONTEMPORARY WITH BALLETIC UNDERTONES AND TECHNIQUES
-EXAGGERATED YET GESTURES ARE REALISTIC AND HELP DETERMINE THE STORY LINE AND CHARACTER'S PERSONALITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS - 9COSTUME DESIGN-BY ANTHONY WARD
-VICTORIAN WORKHOUSE CHILDREN FOR THE ORPHANAGE SCENE
-COLOURFUL AND OVER THE TOP DURING CLARA'S DREAM
CULTURAL AND LITERAL REFERENCES - 10CHOREOGRAPHIC STYLE-REWORKING OF A TRADITIONAL BALLET (THE NUTCRACKER)
-NARRATIVE AND COMIC
-INFLUENCED BY FILM, THEATRE AND BOURNE'S PERSONAL PREFRENCES AND QUIRKS
- 24 DANCERS - 11CHARACTERS-CLARA
-THE NUTCRACKER
-MATRON/QUEEN CANDY
-DR DROSS/KING SHERBERT
-SUGAR/PRINCESS SHERBERT
-FRITZ/PRINCE BON BON
-THE ORPHANS
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