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(born 13 January 1960) is a British classical and contemporary ballet and dance choreographer.

Matthew Bourne is widely hailed as the UK’s most popular and successful Choreographer/Director. He is the creator of the world’s longest running ballet production, a five - time Olivier Award winner, and the only British director to have won the Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography.

Bourne started training as a dancer at the comparatively late age of 22. He studied Dance Theatre and Choreography at Laban) graduating in 1985 but spending a further year with the college’s performance company Transitions. Bourne danced professionally for 14 years creating many roles in his own work. In 1999 he gave his final performance playing The Private Secretary in the Broadway production of Swan Lake.

Matthew Bourne was the artistic director of his first company, Adventures In Motion Pictures, from 1987 until 2002. During those 15 years AMP became the UK’s most innovative and popular dance/theatre company, creating an enormous new audience for dance with its groundbreaking work both at home and internationally (works include: - Spitfire, The Infernal Galop, Town and Country, Deadly Serious, Nutcracker!,Highland Fling, Swan Lake, Cinderella and The Car Man).

In 2002 Bourne launched his latest company, New Adventures, with two highly successful productions. Play Without Words premiered as part of the National Theatre’s Transformations Season and went on to win Best Entertainment and Choreography at that year's Olivier Awards. It then embarked on a World Tour and premiered in New York, Los Angeles and Moscow in 2005. Matthew Bourne’s revised Nutcracker! also premiered at Sadler’s Wells in 2002 and became an instant popular hit with audiences and critics, returning the following year for a second sell-out season. It became the first ballet to be screened by BBC1 in over 20 years and then also embarked on a world tour.

New Adventures acclaimed revival of one of Bourne’s most popular works, the “Romantic wee ballet”, Highland Fling and Bourne’s 10th Anniversary production of Swan Lake have also reached new audiences through extensive International touring, including seasons in Asia, Australia, Russia, Europe and the USA. New Adventures has continued to revive Bourne's work, including The Car Man in 2007 and Nutcracker! in 2008.

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