Matthew Bourne Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“People strangely revere dance. They see it as another world, and dancers are somehow mysterious - just because they don't speak.”

“I wish I was more adventurous.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I would like to have directed Hollywood musicals in the '40s and '50s.”

“With any project there's one or two things that you really want to do and that's going to crack it.”

“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.”