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New Adventures (dance company)

New Adventures (dance company)

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New Adventures is a British dance-theatre company. Founded by choreographer Matthew Bourne in 2001, the company developed from an earlier company Adventures in Motion Pictures, now dissolved.

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History

Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP) was established in 1987 by a group of students from London's Laban Centre,[1] including Matthew Bourne, Catherine White (now Malone), Emma Gladstone, Susan Lewis, Carrollynne Antoun, David Massingham and Keith Brazil. AMP's productions like Spitfire (1988), parodied the manners of romantic ballet dancers.[1]

By 1991, the original members of the company were working outside of AMP,[2] and Bourne held auditions for new dancers, forming a company with six core dancers, including Scott Ambler (later founder artistic associate), Etta Murfitt (now associate artistic director), Ben Wright, Ally Fitzpatrick and Jamie Watton. Their first piece together was Town & Country (1991).[2] Subsequent AMP productions included Nutcracker! (1992), Highland Fling (1994), Swan Lake (1995), Cinderella (1997) and The Car Man (2000).

In 2000, Bourne formed New Adventures with producer Robert Noble, who became co-director of the company.[2] New Adventures Limited was incorporated in January 2001.[3] New Adventures Charity (incorporated in 2008)[4] is a registered charity (charity number: 1125342) that works "To advance the education of young people, dance practitioners and the general public particularly but not exclusively through the provision of workshops and classes with specific but not exclusive reference to the dance choreography of Matthew Bourne".[5]

New Adventures has been a National Portfolio Organisation receiving funding from Arts Council England since 2015.[6]

Awards

Laurence Olivier Awards

AMP or New Adventures have received 12 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations, winning six.[7]

Category Production Year Nomination/Win
Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Most promising small dance company to present a West End season) Town and Country 1992 Nomination
Best New Dance Production Nutcracker! 1994 Nomination
Best New Dance Production Swan Lake 1996 Win
Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Lez Brotherston - Set Design & Costume) Cinderella 1998 Win
Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Matthew Bourne - Concept and Dramatisation) The Car Man 2001 Nomination
Best Lighting Design (Paule Constable) Play Without Words 2003 Nomination
Best Entertainment Play Without Words 2003 Win
Best Choreography in Theatre (Matthew Bourne) Play Without Words 2003 Win
Best New Dance Production Cinderella 2011 Nomination
Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Lez Brotherston - Set Design & Costume) The Sleeping Beauty 2013 Nomination
Best Choreography in Theatre (Matthew Bourne) The Red Shoes 2017 Win
Best Entertainment The Red Shoes 2017 Win

Other awards

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References

  1. "Adventures in Motion Pictures". Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. Macaulay, Alastair (2011). Matthew Bourne and His Adventures in Dance. London: Faber and Faber ltd. pp. 400–403. ISBN 978-0-571-23588-9.
  3. "New Adventures Limited: Company number 04144828". Companies House. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. "New Adventures Charity: Company number 06548321". Companies House. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. "NEW ADVENTURES CHARITY - Charity 1125342". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  6. "The data: 2018-22 | Arts Council England". www.artscouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  7. "CNN - Full list of 1999 Tony winners - June 7, 1999". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  8. "1999 Drama Desk Awards". www.infoplease.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  9. "Matthew Bourne's The Car Man at The Royal Albert Hall - June 2021". LondonTheatre1. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  10. "Drama Desk Awards 2006-2007 winners announced". New York Theater Guide. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2021-06-18.



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