I have been a huge fan of Matthew Borne and his ballet company New Adventures since I saw their production of Sleeping Beauty on tour in 2013. His award winning productions usually lean toward the avant-garde, such as a gender swap production of Swan Lake.
In Borne’s ballet version of Edward Scissorhands, he keeps Danny Elfman’s original score, and preserves the film’s pinnacle scene where Edward creates snow by scraping an ice sculpture for Kim. I especially love how Edward’s twitchy hand motions are carried over in the choreography.
Lovely! The ending was unexpected. I thought a lifting without two hands would be, but the kiss is the sweetest.
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Yes, the choreography is quite inventive!
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Thank you for sharing this – it’s heartbreakingly beautiful! I loved the movie, now I’m going to have to see if I can find the whole ballet program on YouTube or somewhere… Thank you so much for sharing this!
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I’m glad you enjoyed! I’m going to see Matthew Borne’s version of Cinderella in January, very excited!
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Oh, that sounds awesome! Enjoy – and please, tell us al about it! I wish I could attend!
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Edward Scissorhands in one of my all time favourite movies. And the score just melts my heart. You do know how to pick this stuff!
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Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed!
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