| | |  | 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 9 reviews |
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 Huh!Feb 17, 2010
I had bought & watched Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake & loved it. The additions he makes to classical ballet I enjoyed. This Nutcracker however, I saw he changed the setting to an orphanage but then had trouble following the story as it progressed.
The dancing was again very original & I enjoyed it once again. I had a large problem with the story line & felt that if I had not known the original story of the Nutcracker that I would have enjoyed this much more. The confusion hurt the experience on this one for me. I am going to find a show by Mr. Bourne that I am unaware of what is supposed to happen & see if that helps. 3 1/2 Stars.
 Not as good as the original, but still enjoyable.Feb 06, 2010
When I saw Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! in person a few years ago, I was hooked on his storytelling style. I was super excited to find that there was a DVD of the ballet. As much as I enjoy watching it again, it still has the same problem that any live stage event has- you're forced to see what the camera is showing you, instead of being able to look at the whole picture and focus on the different areas of the stage. However, this problem is even more annoying in a Matthew Bourne production, as he always has so much going on all over the stage that you want to see. I would love to see a production DVD that has 2 versions of the show- one with a set camera angle and one edited with the different shots/ close-ups. Other than that, it's a great DVD of the show.
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 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.
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