Contemporary dance is a fusion of different styles. Bourne's company are professionally trained dancers, a majority if them in ballet. You can easily see the balletic influence in a lot of his pieces. Bourne's Edward Scissorhands is dance theatre, dance through movement and mime. There were a lot of beautiful dances in this, and I was moved to tears 5 times!! The dance is equally as maggical in the film. I don't feel it lost anything from the film- they're different, but equally magical.
ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING. Words cannot express how GORGEOUS this production on every level - saw the matinee 3/31. I could watch this production again and again. A visual and sensual banquet. Thank you for bringing such needed beauty to NYC.
But see, that's what makes this production so wonderful. Yes it's not the movie (and why try to re-create Burton and Elfman's masterpiece?), but it takes the emotional themes of the movie and recreates it SO successfully. To be completely honest, I've never seen the movie, but I know I'll just fall in love with it now after seeing the production at BAM yesterday.
I'm a huge fan of all of tim and dannys' collaborations and have been since beetlejuice. i was pissed when danny didn't do james and the giant peach, so i was a little skeptical of this too. i just saw it and i have so say it was incredible!! it really captured the emotion of the movie, i cried just as much. it still has danny's music and tim's basic story and visual feel. matthew bourne pulled it off brilliantly!
No, it's a ballet. There is no dialogue whatsoever. The music is based on Danny Elfman's original score, so fans of the film should recognise them, as well as a few original sequences but, no singing. The emotions are conveyed so beautifully through the dancing that no words were needed really.
I wish I could go on that musical, it's such a pity they've stopped touring around America. It's just a beautiful story, no matter, the movie, the musical...It's touching and makes us feel something new about ourselfs, if there's anything to change...if there's anything bad or good inside. Tim Burton is a god damn GENIUS.
The Australian media were quite bland about it weren't they? I think they were wrong, I saw it last Wednesday and it was incredible. 6 out of 10? A complete rip-off in my opinion, it deserved so much more.
Well, ballet isn't all pointy shoes and tutu's. But I'll just call it dance because it's kind of a small thing to disagree on. I don't know, I guess we have different opinions. I loved it but it certainly wasn't the same as the film.
Contemporary dance is a fusion of different styles. Bourne's company are professionally trained dancers, a majority if them in ballet. You can easily see the balletic influence in a lot of his pieces. Bourne's Edward Scissorhands is dance theatre, dance through movement and mime. There were a lot of beautiful dances in this, and I was moved to tears 5 times!! The dance is equally as maggical in the film. I don't feel it lost anything from the film- they're different, but equally magical.
ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING. Words cannot express how GORGEOUS this production on every level - saw the matinee 3/31.
I could watch this production again and again. A visual and sensual banquet. Thank you for bringing such needed beauty to NYC.
But see, that's what makes this production so wonderful. Yes it's not the movie (and why try to re-create Burton and Elfman's masterpiece?), but it takes the emotional themes of the movie and recreates it SO successfully. To be completely honest, I've never seen the movie, but I know I'll just fall in love with it now after seeing the production at BAM yesterday.
I'm a huge fan of all of tim and dannys' collaborations and have been since beetlejuice. i was pissed when danny didn't do james and the giant peach, so i was a little skeptical of this too. i just saw it and i have so say it was incredible!! it really captured the emotion of the movie, i cried just as much. it still has danny's music and tim's basic story and visual feel. matthew bourne pulled it off brilliantly!
OMFG THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Oh My God! I want to see this!
No, it's a ballet. There is no dialogue whatsoever. The music is based on Danny Elfman's original score, so fans of the film should recognise them, as well as a few original sequences but, no singing. The emotions are conveyed so beautifully through the dancing that no words were needed really.
I had never even heard of this until this moment--- i love his nutcracker and i wish i could see THIS... strike that; i wish i could dance in it!
Does anyone know if it is possible to purchase the stage production on DVD? I doubt I'll ever have the opportunity to see it live...:(
Grest! Wish I could see it, but they don't perform it in Germany ;(
Don't you konw any website when i can see the tour of this ballet?
Or whatever are they still playing this?
I wish I could go on that musical, it's such a pity they've stopped touring around America. It's just a beautiful story, no matter, the movie, the musical...It's touching and makes us feel something new about ourselfs, if there's anything to change...if there's anything bad or good inside. Tim Burton is a god damn GENIUS.
Christie Boguslavsky it's a ballet, not a musical!
and to believe that i saw this today for free
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it was the best performance that i have ver seen in my life!
lol
where can i watch whole thing ? i think it won't be showed in my country aqnd i want to watch it. Can you help me please?
so is this a musical? or a play? or an all dance show?
It's a ballet!
Mmm...it looks okay, but the fact that it isn't the movie really turns me off. You just don't screw with the holy Burton/Elfman combo.
The Australian media were quite bland about it weren't they? I think they were wrong, I saw it last Wednesday and it was incredible. 6 out of 10? A complete rip-off in my opinion, it deserved so much more.
0_0 must...see...this!
Well, ballet isn't all pointy shoes and tutu's. But I'll just call it dance because it's kind of a small thing to disagree on.
I don't know, I guess we have different opinions. I loved it but it certainly wasn't the same as the film.