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Matthew Bourne: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Sir Matthew Bourne
Born January 13, 1960 (age 66) • London • England
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Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor
American dancer
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Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
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Glen Tetley
American dancer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
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Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
Robert Battle
Robert Battle
American dancer and choreographer
Judith Jamison
Judith Jamison
American dancer
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Eliot Feld
American dancer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director
Martins, Peter
Peter Martins
Danish dancer