| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Tchaikovsky - Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! / Matthew Bourne, Anthony Ward | | | | | | | Description: | | Matthew Bourne's stunning production of Nutcracker! has broken all box office records during its season at Sadler's Wells and subsequent national tour. This delicious production is full of his trademark style wit, pathos and theatrical magic. Nutcracker! follows Clara's journey from a bleak Christmas Eve at Dr. Dross' Orphanage, through a shimmering wonderland to the spectacular candy folk of Sweetieland. Tchaikovsky's much-loved score and Olivier award winning designer Anthony Ward's stunning sets and costumes with sizzling choreography. Promising a fresh serving of the traditional Christmas far, Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! is a delightful feast for all of the family. Matthew Bourne has achieved worldwide artistic and popular success with his imaginative new versions of classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Cinderella & The Car Man | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Scott Ambler, Emily Piercy, Saranne Curtin, Ewan Wardrop, Etta Murfitt | | Director:
| Matthew Bourne | | Format:
| Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Kultur Video | | Run Time:
| 88 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 27, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Bourne's "Nutcracker" was a disappointmentJan 20, 2008
Bourne's re-interpretation of "Swan Lake" was a remarkable work with its re-interpretation of the standard ballet into an intense world of family stress and all male hangers-out in the city park. His Car Man was an effective story based loosely on music from "Carmen", and something of the same emotional storms. In "Nutcracker", he seems to have tried the same other world reworking of a familiar story in which the upper class family becomes an orphanage, and in which instead of accompanying the Nutcracker through the Land of Sweets, Clara pursues him hopelessly while he keeps company with the other woman.
This all works if you're not looking for pretty, but his dickension rewrite is done with ugly. The costumes work against the very great skill of the dancers, and after awhile, the antithesis to feel good sweetness and light begins to bore. I will probably keep it to watch everytime I need to be reminded that beds of nails don't have to be physical to be painful.
 new twist on a classicJun 27, 2007
this product gives a new twist to the old classic and it is not bad if you are exspecting ballet it is not to much but some of the costumes are etacky
 THIS IS THE MATHEW BOURNE VIDEO TO BUY!May 18, 2007
STUNNING! Mathew Bourne's choreography for Nutcracker is simply amazing! I'd recommend this video to all dancers, whether they're rolling on the floor modern dancers or pointe-show wearing ballerinas. His living room scene drags a bit, but I've yet to see a Nutcracker with a really good living room scene.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A Sweet NutcrackerDec 20, 2006
I watched Bourne's dance musical, Edward Scissorhand. This Nutcracker remined me of the musical. These two have many similarities-both sweet, lovely, creative. Some serious ballet people may not like this, but I enjoyed it very much.
20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
An Unconventional Nutcracker, Witty, Charming And A Little NaughtyDec 25, 2005
There's more hip and tongue action in Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker than Tchaikovsky or Balanchine probably envisaged, but nevertheless the ballet is funny, touching, original and witty. More to the point, it remains charming and innocent while Bourne brings a whole new look and style to the old perennial.
This time there is no sumptuous family Christmas celebration or crowds of cute dancing tykes. We're in a dim, cold orphanage which Dr. Dross (Scott Ambler) and his wife, the matron (Emily Piercy), run with an unsmiling strictness. Their two children, Sugar (Saranne Curtin) and Fritz (Ewan Wardrop) are spoiled, snotty monsters. One of the orphans, Clara (Etta Murfitt), longs to escape. Magically, after a sad little Christmas party, a nutcracker doll (Alan Vincent) comes to life, rescues Clara and punishes Dr. Dross, the Matron and their children. Clara finds herself in an enchanted winterland. Then, with the help of two cupids in striped pajamas, she makes her way to Sweetieland, where everything, including the people, are made of candy. And here Dr. Dross is the smiling King Sherbet, the Matron is the beautiful Queen Candy and their two children have become Princess Sugar and Prince Bonbon. The Nutcracker, to Clara's wondering eyes, has become a handsome young man who looks much like the shy fellow who gazed longingly at Clara in the orphanage. After all the great Tchaikovsky dances, the party in Sweetieland comes to a close, and Clara finds herself back at the orphanage. It hasn't changed. It's as cold and barren as before. But then she sees waiting for her the young man. He ties a sheet to a bed, they toss the end out the window, and escape together.
Most people, I hope, will find themselves able to do two things: First, to greatly enjoy Bourne's take on this ballet; and second, also to treasure the more conventional and superb versions by Balanchine and Baryshnikov.
Bourne not only uses classic ballet, but Broadway, jive, sports and even burlesque. He's also not afraid to be a little scary. When the Nutcracker comes to life at the orphanage he has a frozen face that looks like a cross between Howdy Doody and Chucky. He lurches across the stage. In Sweetieland, however, everything that was unhappy and threatening has been turned to warmth and gaiety. The three helmet-wearing gobstoppers strut around like football stars in the end-zone, swiveling their hips and pumping the air. The licorice Allsorts do a tempestuous Spanish stomp that has Clara looking twice at where their hands land. Since everything is candy in Sweetieland, there's a lot of finger sucking and face licking, which might startle the grownups but would probably make the kids give a delighted "Eeuww." The whole thing is funny and a little naughty, but never so much that anyone other than the most prudish would be offended...certainly not kids.
This is Matthew Bourne in a playful mood. For a darker look, watch his "Swan Lake." Either way, he's an immensely gifted and original choreographer.
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