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Prokofiev: Cinderella (Ballet de L’Opéra National de Paris)
Agnès Letestu (Cinderella); Laëtitia Pujol (Sister); José Martinez (The Movie Star); Wilfried Romoli (The Producer);
"More than a traditional full-length ballet, Nureyevs Cinderella is a musical fantasy overflowing with vitality." (Le Figaro)
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Dutch National Ballet)
Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella); Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume); Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia); Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina); Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine); Remi Wörtmeye (Benjamin); Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Cinderella's father); Erica Horwood (Cinderella's mother);
"After a convoluted start, Christopher Wheeldon's narrative offers magic in every sphere - design, choreography, and orchestra. Anna Tsyganova's Cinderella is charming." (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★)
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (The Royal Ballet)
Sergei Polunin (The Wolf); Will Kemp (Grandfather); Kilian Smith (Peter); Charlotte Edmonds (Duck); Laurine Muccioli (Bird); Chisato Katsura (Cat);
"Matthew Hart's realisation of Prokofievs score as a ballet had first been seen in 1995 and it works very well indeed...The choreography is simple without being simplistic and Hart tells the story very well." (Musicweb International)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (The Royal Ballet)
Lauren Cuthbertson (Juliet); Federico Bonelli (Romeo); Alexander Campbell (Mercutio); Bennet Gartside (Tybalt); Valeri Hristov (Paris); Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet);
"... [the] performance exemplified the Royal Ballets high standards of seamless, naturalistic and musically attentive dance acting." (The New York Times)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Beyond Words (The Royal Ballet / BalletBoyz)
William Bracewell (Romeo); Francesca Hayward (Juliet); Matthew Ball (Tybalt); Marcelino Sambé (Mercutio); James Hay (Benvolio); Kristen McNally (Lady Capulet); Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet); Romany Pajdak (Nurse); Thomas Mock (Paris); Bennett Gartside (Friar Laurence);
"Possibly the most exciting dance/film event this year… … a new blood-and-guts film version of Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece ballet" (Culture Whisper)
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Queen (Scottish Ballet)
Constance Devernay (The Snow Queen); Bethany Kingsley-Garner (Gerda); Andrew Peasgood (Kai); Kayla-Maree Tarantolo (Lexi / The Summer Princess); Bruno Micchiardi (Ringmaster); Madeline Squire (Acrobat); Roseanna Leney (Acrobat); Evan Loudon (Strongman); Alice Kawalek (Ballerina); Grace Horler (Mazelda, the Fortune Teller); Jerome Anthony Barnes (Zac, the Bandit Leader); Gillian Risi (Begona, the Musician);
"Scottish Ballet’s Christmas present to us all is the world premiere of a Snow Queen...a truly memorable high." (The Herald ★★★★★)