Nutcracker!

Question 1

Choreographer

Answer 1

Matthew Bourne

Question 2

Company

Answer 2

1st performed by adventures in motion pictures, now performed by new adventures

Question 3

first performance

Answer 3

august 1992

Question 4

dance style

Answer 4

contemporary and balletic. (exaggerated but realistic use of gestures)

Question 5

choreographic style

Answer 5

a reworking of a traditional ballet.

narrative and comic

influenced by film and theatre

close relationship between dance and music

Question 6

Theme

Answer 6

the nutcracker story retold with references to adolescence, escapism, fantasy and satire

Question 7

starting point

Answer 7

the classical ballet and the music

images of victorian childhood

Question 8

structure

Answer 8

2 acts 9 episodes

Question 9

dancers

Answer 9

24

Question 10

accompaniment

Answer 10

Tchaikovsky

classical, orchestral

composed in 1892 for original ivanov ballet

Question 11

costume

Answer 11

anthony ward

colourful and over the top to show characters
cultural influences
literal references to sweets

Question 12

lighting

Answer 12

howard harrison

theatrical
helps to create atmosphere

Question 13

set

Answer 13

anthony ward

partly realistic but larger than life and almost cartoon like

Question 14

staging

Answer 14

proscenium

Question 15

scenario

Answer 15

matthew bourne and martin duncan