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 Ballet by John Neumeier
Music |
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Sergej Prokofiev
"Cinderella" op.87
Tone Poem "Dreams" op.6
Symphonic Sketches "Autumnal" op.8
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Choreography
Staging |
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John Neumeier |
Set
Costumes
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Jürgen Rose |
Light Design |
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Max Keller |
1 intermission - 2 hours 45 min.
World Premiere
 The Hamburg Ballet, Hamburg, May 15, 1992
| Original Cast |
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Cinderella |
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Bettina Beckmann
(for Gigi Hyatt) |
The Prince |
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Manuel Legris |
The Stepmother |
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Chantal Lefèvre |
Her Father |
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Ivan Liska |
Her Mother |
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Gilma Bustillo |
The Stepsister |
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Stefanie Arndt
Emanuelle Broncin |
| The King |
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Ralf Dörnen |
| Three Ministers |
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Eric Miot
Jan de Schinkel
Janusz Mazon |
| The Birds |
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Anders Nordström
Radi Zaripov
Tomi Paasonen
Kim McCarthy |
| The foreign Princess |
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Heather Jurgensen |
The Princess
from another country |
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Laura Cazzaniga |
Serge Prokofiev's "Cinderella", which was composed during the Second World War, is one of the most popular fairytale ballets of this century. For the Russian composer, however, Cinderella was more than just a fairytale character – for Prokofiev she was a living human being with real feelings and a destiny that should touch us. In 1992 John Neumeier created a fascinating new interpretation of this classic ballet. Emphasizing the mythical quality of the story while at the same time describing believable human characters and situations, Neumeier moved beyond the traditional ways of interpretating "Cinderella".
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