
Most of these iconic productions have been revived for New Adventures, which was launched by Matthew and his Co-Director Robert Noble in 2002. In 2007 he received a Special Theatre Managers Association Award for services to dance touring and audience development and was awarded the OBE for Services to Dance in 2001, followed by a Knighthood in 2016. He is also the proud recipient of the Evening Standard Award, South Bank Show Award, Time Out Special Award, Drama Desk Award, six Los Angles Drama Critic Awards, the Gene Kelly Legacy Award and the Astaire Award for Dance on Broadway. He has been recognised by over 40 international awards, including following Dame Margot Fonteyn as only the second dance recipient of the Hamburg Shakespeare Prize for the Arts and being the first recipient, in the arts category, of The British Inspiration Award.

Matthew is the creator of the world’s longest running ballet production, a record-breaking nine-time Olivier Award winner, and the only British director to have won the Tony Award for both Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical. "II.Sir Matthew Bourne OBE is widely hailed as the UK’s most popular and successful choreographer and director.Īs the Artistic Director of New Adventures, one of the great British cultural success stories of recent times, he is responsible for creating an enormous new audience for dance countrywide.įor over 30 years he has been creating and directing dance for musicals, theatre, film as well as his own highly successful, award-winning companies. " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Cover)
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