1987 – Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures established

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In 1986 Matthew Bourne establishes Adventures in Motion Pictures Credit: Photo by Hugo Glendinning taken in 2013

Matthew Bourne graduated from the Laban Centre (now Trinity Laban) in London with a degree in dance theatre in 1985. After this, as choreographer and artistic director of his first company, Adventures in Motion Pictures, he took the dance world by storm with productions such as SpitfireHighland FlingDeadly SeriousTown and Country, Nutcracker! and his 1995 Swan Lake.

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