Dance
Cinderella
Cinderella
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Musical direction by Valery Gergiev
Conducted by Valery Gergiev
Principal casting*: Diana Vishneva/Konstantin Zverev/Yekaterina Kondaurova (Jan 17), Anastasia Matvienko/Alexander Sergeyev/Anastasia Petushkova (Jan 18),
Nadezhda Batoeva, Vladimir Shklyarov, Ekaterina Kondaurova (Jan 20)
*Casting subject to change
Commissioned by the Mariinsky in 2002, this Cinderella launched the international career of choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, who reinvigorates the classic story ballet with fresh sophistication. From quiet, shimmering romance to lively court dances, Ratmansky seamlessly echoes the complexities of Prokofiev’s score, juxtaposing angular modernism with the bittersweet emotion and drama of this sweeping fairy tale.
Libretto by Nikolai Volkov after motifs from the fairytale by Charles Perrault
Set design by Ilya Utkin and Yevgeny Monakhov
Costume design by Elena Markovskaya
Lighting design by Gleb Filshtinsky
Leadership support for the Mariinsky Residency at BAM provided by:
Frederick Iseman
Yoko Nagae Ceschina
The world-renowned Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg, under the leadership of Artistic Director Valery Gergiev, comes to BAM with Swan Lake, works by Jerome Robbins and Benjamin Millepied, and more.