Scottish Ballet: Cinderella, Edinburgh
Christopher Hampson choreographed Cinderella for the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2007; now his work gets its first European showing in this Scottish Ballet staging. Hampson uses the Prokofiev score and he’s taken a correspondingly traditional approach to the tale, sticking closely to the story of the heroine tormented by her wicked stepmother. Hampson is, however, a choreographer with a reputation for stamping his image on familiar material, and the production comes with a stylish fantasy world created by designer Tracy Grant Lord.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Sat to 31 Dec; touring to 30 Jan
Carlos Acosta, A Classical Selection, London
Carlos Acosta, one of the most beloved male dancers on the ballet stage, has just retired from the Royal Ballet. As part of his farewell, he has produced this mixed programme of work. The evening is made up of extracts from different ballets, which range from George Balanchine’s Agon to August Bournonville’s La Sylphide and Diana And Actaeon by Agrippina Vaganova. Acosta himself heads a cast that includes Marianela Núñez, Zenaida Yanowsky, Yuhui Choe, Thiago Soares and Nehemiah Kish.
