Alice in Wonderland in yet another incarnation,
choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon of London's Royal Ballet
Mar 2-15, 2011 ~ Royal Opera House in London
June 4-25 ~ National Ballet of Canada
Mar 2-15, 2011 ~ Royal Opera House in London
June 4-25 ~ National Ballet of Canada
1) Edward Watson as the White Rabbit 2) Lauren Cuthbertson as Alice,with Sergei Polunin as Jack, the gardener's son who is deeply infatuated with her.
3) Zenaida Yanowsky appears as the ferocious Queen of Hearts
[photos: Johan Persson/Royal Opera House]
"One night at London's Royal Opera House, 2,000 people in their best attire chatter excitedly as they take their seats for what promises to be the ballet event of the year. The curtain rises on Oxford, 1862, and Lewis Carroll reading stories to three little girls — one of them called Alice. When Carroll takes her photograph, he disappears underneath the camera cloth only to emerge in the form of a White Rabbit and jump down a rabbit hole. Alice plunges after him and the audience watches as the Royal Ballet company attempts to do the unimaginable: introduce a new full-length story ballet to the repetoire..." Read entire article at TIME
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