Matthew Bourne's Christmas

48 minutes

12/25/2011

Overview

This new Christmas ballet film was conceived by Matthew Bourne and directed by his long standing film collaborator Ross MacGibbon. The film celebrates Bourne's power to imaginatively transform ballet, taking dance and dancers off the stage into studio, bringing together projections, animation, and an intimate shooting style to produce a distinctive new way of presenting dance on screen. Those who know Bourne's stage work will spot extracts from many of his biggest hits (including Swan Lake, Edward Scissorhands, and Nutcracker!), but for audiences less familiar with his work this is simply a journey through a series of magical worlds where stories are told through dance.

Cast List

Dawn French
as Self - Host
Kerry Biggin
as Dancer
Daniel Collins
as Dancer
Philip Jack Gardner
as Dancer
Dominic Lamb
as Dancer
Christopher Marney
as Dancer
Michela Meazza
as Dancer
Etta Murfitt
as Dancer
Luke Murphy
as Dancer
Dominic North
as Dancer
Jonathan Ollivier
as Dancer
Gavin Persand
as Dancer
Jason Piper
as Dancer
Danny Reubens
as Dancer
Ashley Shaw
as Dancer
Paul Smethurst
as Dancer
Zizi Strallen
as Dancer
Noi Tolmer
as Dancer
Christopher Trenfield
as Dancer
Hannah Vassallo
as Dancer
Ewan Wardrop
as Dancer
Neil Westmoreland
as Dancer
Simon Williams
as Dancer
Richard Winsor
as Dancer
Ross Carpenter
as Dancer
Tom Clark
as Dancer
Pia Driver
as Dancer
Tom Jackson Greaves
as Dancer
Merry Holden
as Dancer
Sophia Hurdley
as Dancer
Scott Jennings
as Dancer
Mari Kamata
as Dancer
Katy Lowenhoff
as Dancer
Kate Lyons
as Dancer
Jamie McDonald
as Dancer
Leon Moran
as Dancer
Liam Mower
as Dancer
Gemma Payne
as Dancer
Alastair Postlethwaite
as Dancer
Edwin Ray
as Dancer
Chloe Wilkinson
as Dancer