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Northern Ballet: Cinderella " review by Judith Mackrell

Grand, LeedsA new Cinderella with a fresh score and an enjoyable cast is hugely entertaining for the first half but falls short of true magicMost Cinderellas in the ballet repertory are set, as a matter of course, to the 1945 Prokofiev score. Yet, for all its beauty and sophistication, the music's libretto is so tightly pinned to its structure that it's very difficult for contemporary choreographers to reconceive the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM on December 20, 2013

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