Performance

Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
Województwo Łódzkie - Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Łódzkiego

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Performance

CINDERELLA

Ballet

Composer:
Gioacchino Rossini

Author of the libretto:
Giorgio Madia

Date of the premiere:
12.05.2007

Duration:
1 h 20 min (no intermission)

Producers:
Choreography, staging, libretto adaptation:
Giorgio Madia

Set and costumes:
Cordelia Matthes

Scenographic collaboration:
Brigit Kofmel

Lighting design:
Jerzy Stachowiak



Ballet in one act
Although there are allegedly 700 versions of the Cinderella fairy tale, the story itself probably needs no explanation. It always features a mistreated orphan, a kind fairy, a handsome and lovestruck prince, and, above all, a lost slipper that will fit only one foot and eventually aid in identifying the mysterious beauty.
 
The dance tale of reward for humility and punishment for pride has seen many choreographic interpretations. Giorgio Madia, in approaching his version of the fairy tale, transported it to the 1950s, as that era remained in his memory as a "period of rebirth of dreams, hope, and optimism." Another strong inspiration for the choreographer was Walt Disney's Cinderella, an icon of pop culture today.
 
And so, another version of the touching story of a girl tormented by her malicious stepmother and stepsisters was created. However, not everything on our stage is as straightforward as in the tales of Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. The performance, adorned with Golden Masks, is brimming with humor and surprising staging ideas. Its creators skillfully balance between parody and homage to ballet. No one will be bored for a moment during this spectacle.
 
GOLDEN MASK for Giorgio Madia for the best staging in the 2006/2007 season in the production of "Cinderella"
GOLDEN MASK for Cordelia Matthes for the best costumes and set design in the 2006/2007 season in the production of "Cinderella"
Cinderella:
Monika Maciejewska-Potockas, Julia Sadowska

Prince:
Gintautas Potockas, Piotr Ratajewski

Stepsister I:
Jan Łukasiewicz (guest appearance), Wojciech Domagała (guest appearance)

Stepsister II:
Krzysztof Pabjańczyk, Piotr Ratajewski

Stepmother:
Piotr Ratajewski, Jakub Jóźwik

Fairy Godmother:
Ekaterina Kitaeva-Muśko, Valentyna Batrak

Footmen:
Nazar Botsiy, Tomu Kawai, Mateusz Kubiak

Father:
Dawid Kucharski

Mother:
Ewa Kowalska-Brodek

Fairy's Legs:
Julia Sadowska, Bogumiła Szaleńczyk

Soloists, Coryphées, Corps de ballet of the Grand Theatre in Łódź

Students of the General Ballet School named after Feliks Parnell in Łódź

fot. Joanna Miklaszewska

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