#Cinderella(DutchNationalBallet) Foreign Hollywood Film Movie Review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * * 1/2
#Cinderella(DutchNationalBallet) Foreign Hollywood Film Movie Review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * * 1/2
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#Cinderella(DutchNationalBallet) Rating: * * * ½ #ChristopherWheeldon’s
enchanting take on the classic #Cinderella in Ballet form, recorded Live, has
breathtaking set-design, almost seamless transitions and brilliant
choreography.Not-to-be-missed one time release(Sept14,Sun,7pm) #PVRLive
#GirishWankhede #AvianMedia #ChristopherWheeldon #SergieProkofiev #Anna
Tsygankova #MathewGolding
Foreign Film review
Johnson Thomas
Amazing Beauty and Grace
Film: Cinderella(Ballet)
Cast: Anna Tsygankova, Mathew Golding, Nadia Yanowsky,
Megan Zimmy Gray, Larissa Lezhnina
Director: Christopher Wheeldon
Rating: *
* * ½
Releasing two days after it’s first
foray(Queen-Hungarian Rhapsody), this PVR Live offering is meant for the art
and culture aficionados. Showcasing in a one show event, Sun, Sept 14@7pm, in 26 PVR screens across the country, this
Christop[her Wheeldon, directed stage ballet performance is breathtaking in
it’s scope and majesty- and no less because it’s been captured so efficiently
on film. In fact the film experience captures the visual extravagance with
great felicity- unfortunately the involvement is not complete. The problem lies
with the medium though and not with the performance itself.
This Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a
much-loved classic- Inspired by the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale,
Cinderella. Wheeldon’s take is different and has it’s own charm. He gives
the characters renewed depth and complexity, through a dance form that is both
passionate and artistic in it’s embodiment. Prokofiev's celebrated and colourful score is of
course the point of reference for such a magnitude of perfection. The sets and
costumes by the renowned designer Julian Crouch, supported by stunning stage effects, makes
this digitally filmed staged production a truly magical experience. The
original showing was premiered in December 2012 by Dutch National Ballet, and it earned
choreographer Christopher Wheeldon the prestigious Benois de la Danse Prize,
also known as the ‘Oscar of the dance’.
Christopher Wheeldon, one of the world's most
sought-after choreographers, together with a team of international artists,
makes his Cinderella a cinematic Ballet spectacle
experience full of humor, virtuosic dance and enchantment. The enchantment isn’t in the choreography alone, but also in Julian
Crouch’s astounding
scenic and costume design. One sequence
in particularly( directed by the master puppeteer Basil Twist ) in which a tree
is turned into a carriage, and Cinderella, seated atop with the silky train of
her dress billowing behind her, is led by a team of puppet-headed horses that
seem to be galloping straight toward the audience- is simply spell-binding.
The ballet, set to the Prokofiev score, begins with animated birds
flying across with the lights bringing into focus a young Cinderella with her
parents. Then comes her mother’s death from consumption. Later, Cinderella sobs
over her grave; her tears produce a magical tree that fills the stage with it’s
lush, green expanse. Once Cinderella achieves adulthood, the story is pretty
much familiar. It’s the dance and the stunning visual enrapture that lends this
performance it’s magic. Don’t miss it!
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