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Cinderella, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Cinderella, Birmingham Royal Ballet
For your inner five-year-old, a gorgeous Christmas treat
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Cinderella: 'There is so much right with this ballet, so much to admire'Bill Cooper
Fairy-tale ballets are a bitch. We all grow a mental image of what is “right” when we are about five, and then woe betide anyone whose vision is different – because of course it isn’t different, it’s “wrong”. So David Bintley and his designer, John Macfarlane, are up against audiences chock-full of preconceived notions. And I’m happy to say, after BRB’s premiere of their new Christmas show last night, they passed my inner-five-year-old test with flying colours.
Fairy-tale ballets are a bitch. We all grow a mental image of what is “right” when we are about five, and then woe betide anyone whose vision is different – because of course it isn’t different, it’s “wrong”. So David Bintley and his designer, John Macfarlane, are up against audiences chock-full of preconceived notions. And I’m happy to say, after BRB’s premiere of their new Christmas show last night, they passed my inner-five-year-old test with flying colours.
This is not the pantomime-dame nagging and pushing of most knock-about Cinderellas – this is child abuse
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