Sleeping Beauty: unconventional magic

With all my obsession with fairy tales I was delighted to experience Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty last night.
It’s fresh, modern and stylish. A bit shocking, dark but humorous. Perfectly choreographed and passionately performed. It links today’s dance moves with classical music and I have no trouble to admit that it looks good and it fits.
Vibrant colors: dark purple, dark blue, black and dazzling red contrast with everyday whites and beige. It’s a Halloween type of magic where even a good fairy may be a vampire. Although the story deviates from its original version it’s so transparent that it doesn’t keep you wondering about what just happened on stage. The story’s narrative is vivid and clear and so attuned to the music. I liked that the director didn’t treat neither the classics nor himself too seriously opening some space for experiment, imagination and fun.

Refer to this wonderful post to see more picture from the performance.

Alice in Pointe Shoes

I am so excited to share this – National Ballet of Canada is on tour now with its version of Alice in Wonderland.

The ballet turned out to be a big success last year and now it’s back on stage upon countless demands.

The troupe performed in late October in Los Angeles and it’s coming to DC at the end of January.

When I saw a poster in the Kennedy Center I got so thrilled – I don’t know how they are going to pull it off – but there is one thing I am sure of the costumes are going to be spectacular.

I hope I’ll manage to get the tickets! Wait for my updates!

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A review on a Los Angeles performance from A Bluestoking Kneats.