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" With any project there's one or two things that you really want to do and that's going to crack it. "
Matthew Bourne
Want
You
Going
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" I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music. "
Matthew Bourne
True
Respect
Want
" Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography is so showy and flashy. He always looks self-satisfied to me. "
Matthew Bourne
Me
Dance
Doing
" It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience. "
Matthew Bourne
Mind
You
Think
" It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done. "
Matthew Bourne
Dance
Done
Nice
" A lot of the people who have come to know the company in the last few years will not have seen this piece. "
Matthew Bourne
People
Last
Know
" My company is known for being funny as well as moving. You get a bit of everything in these shows. I think people know they're going to have a surprising experience. "
Matthew Bourne
Funny
Think
Experience
" I've always been excited by the strangeness of ballet, but I can't bear it when people just come forward and do a turn in the air for no reason. "
Matthew Bourne
Air
People
Reason
" I wish I was more adventurous. "
Matthew Bourne
I Wish
Adventurous
More
" Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible. "
Matthew Bourne
Show
Know
You
" People strangely revere dance. They see it as another world, and dancers are somehow mysterious - just because they don't speak. "
Matthew Bourne
World
Mysterious
Dance
" I would like to have directed Hollywood musicals in the '40s and '50s. "
Matthew Bourne
Hollywood
Would
Musicals
" People know that they're going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the form it's in. It's dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination - it's not straight forward. "
Matthew Bourne
Imagination
People
Dance
" I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own. "
Matthew Bourne
Own
Moving
Thought
" When it comes down to it, it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There's always something new and something to excite us and surprise us, and that's why people come back, I hope. "
Matthew Bourne
Hope
People
Good
" I once went through the dustbin outside David Bowie's house. "
Matthew Bourne
Once
House
Outside