ONCE UPON A TIME...
The Joffrey Ballet celebrate their 60th anniversary with this classic comic twist on Cinderella from the legendary choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton and set to Sergei Prokofiev's delightful score. This spectacular production is considered to be the greatest staging of the beloved tale taking the audience on an enchanting journey through fantastic dreams to frothy and exquisite romance.
AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
An enduring folk story, Cinderella has seen many incarnations since first appearing in Europe 500 years ago. Whilst some versions follow a bloody, medieval theme, the most popular is that of the downtrodden step-daughter, cheated from her inheritance by her evil step-mother and her less than appealing sisters. But their careful shielding of 'Cinders', who they treat as a servant, is all for nothing, as she is saved by a doting and magical fairy-godmother, who transforms her from ash-covered maid to sparkling princess who captures the heart and the mind of the Prince at a lavish ball, who searches the Kingdom for the girl who left behind only a dainty glass slipper...