Matthew Bourne's Christmas

Dec 25, 2011

0h 48m

★ 10.0

Overview

This new Christmas ballet film was conceived by Matthew Bourne and directed by his long standing film collaborator Ross MacGibbon. The film celebrates Bourne's power to imaginatively transform ballet, taking dance and dancers off the stage into studio, bringing together projections, animation, and an intimate shooting style to produce a distinctive new way of presenting dance on screen. Those who know Bourne's stage work will spot extracts from many of his biggest hits (including Swan Lake, Edward Scissorhands, and Nutcracker!), but for audiences less familiar with his work this is simply a journey through a series of magical worlds where stories are told through dance.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Leopard Films

Channel 4 Television

Matthew Bourne's Christmas Trailers

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Cast

Self - Host

Dawn French

Dancer

Kerry Biggin

Dancer

Daniel Collins

Dancer

Philip Jack Gardner

Dancer

Dominic Lamb

Dancer

Christopher Marney

Dancer

Michela Meazza

Dancer

Etta Murfitt

Dancer

Luke Murphy

Dancer

Dominic North

Dancer

Jonathan Ollivier

Dancer

Gavin Persand

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