Welome to Bourne To Dance, the podcast from Matthew Bourne's New Adventures!

This season we are speaking with Sir Matthew Bourne himself, principal dancer Ashley Shaw, broadcasting legend Brenda Emmanus, West End star Layton Williams, theatre maker and movement director Kane Husbands, and award-winning lighting designer Paule Constable.

The first episode of our first series will be released on Thu 29th April 2021. Follow the podcast to be notified when our weekly episode is out.

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Credits:

Podcast theme tune composed by Terry Davies (for Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words).

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Episode 1 Sir Matthew Bourne

Join Paul Smethurst as he discovers Sir Matthew Bourne's journey through dance. From arranging shows at school to being the individual winning the most Olivier-award, find out about Sir Matthew's love of musicals, the importance of his company, New Adventures, feeling like a family and what stories he would still like to bring to life on stage!

Music:

• Intro & Outro music Terry Davies - 'Glenda's LP' (for Play Without Words)
• Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite, III. Dance of Cygnets
• Jerry Herman - Put On Your Sunday Clothes (for Hello, Dolly!)
• Prokofiev - Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107: VII. Cinderella's Waltz

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Join Paul Smethurst as he chats to long-standing New Adventures Principal Dancer Ashley Shaw about her love of dance and the impact it has had on her life.

Ashley discusses dreaming of a dance career from a young age, and how she moved across the world from Australia to the UK aged 15 to pursue her dream. She also shares invaluable advice to aspiring dancers through her own experiences moving from training into professional dance and reflects on the power of manifesting. She also looks back at what drew her to New Adventures as a dancer over a decade ago and shares what story she would like to turned into a Matthew Bourne's New Adventures productions next!

Music:

• Intro & Outro music Terry Davies - 'Glenda's LP' (for Play Without Words)
• Lesley Odom Jr & cast of Hamilton - Room Where It Happens
• Lady Gaga feat. Ariana Grande - Rain On Me

Follow us on social media:

• Instagram: @mbnewadventures
• Twitter: @New_Adventures
• Facebook: @MBNewAdventures
• YouTube: NewAdventuresOfficial

And sign up to our mailing list

If you’d also like to help New Adventures continue producing work such as this, you can support the company here. New Adventures is a charity and your donation will help us continue to reach, inspire and connect through dance.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.