Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra Los Angeles Music Center Oct. 8-11, 2015 musiccenter.org/Cinderella No pumpkin, no fairy godmother, no big dress, no vengeful besting on the dance floor, no heraldic marriage ceremony. If a lacey, pale-blue firehose of royal transformation is not the essence of the Cinderella story, then what is? Opening Los … [Read more...]
Cinderella’s Closet
[This piece originally ran on Crosscut.] When a three-quarter-length tulle ballet skirt hits a certain sweet spot on the calf, it evokes one of the most pleasing iconic ratios — think of the lip of a bell encircling its clapper or the curving girth of a willow tree around its trunk. Fill a stage with a perfect storm of these swirling, swaying … [Read more...]