Dvd
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Ballet de L’Opéra National de Paris)
Agnès Letestu (Cinderella); Laëtitia Pujol (Sister); José Martinez (The Movie Star); Wilfried Romoli (The Producer);
"More than a traditional full-length ballet, Nureyevs Cinderella is a musical fantasy overflowing with vitality." (Le Figaro)
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Dutch National Ballet)
Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella); Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume); Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia); Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina); Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine); Remi Wörtmeye (Benjamin); Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Cinderella's father); Erica Horwood (Cinderella's mother);
"After a convoluted start, Christopher Wheeldon's narrative offers magic in every sphere - design, choreography, and orchestra. Anna Tsyganova's Cinderella is charming." (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★)
The Fairytale Ballets (Paris Opera Ballet/Dutch National Ballet)
Dorothee Gilbert (Swanilda (Coppélia)); Mathias Heymann (Frantz (Coppélia)); Jose Martinez (Coppélius (Coppélia); The Movie Star (Cinderella); Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake)); Fabrice Bourgeois (Spalanzani (Coppélia)); Agnes Letestu (Cinderella (Cinderella); Odette (Swan Lake)); Karl Paquette (Wolfgang / Rothbart (Swan Lake)); Stephane Phavorin (The Mother (Cinderella)); Sofiane Sylve (Aurora (Sleeping Beauty));
"This Parisian Swan Lake offers the reworked choreography which Nureyev devised for his 1984 production of the ballet and which has remained a favoured recital ever since...Readers used to traditional views of the ballet should see this gripping newcomer." (The Penguin Guide - Swan Lake)
Two Ballet Favourites by Christopher Wheeldon (Danish National Ballet/The Royal Ballet)
Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice (Alice)); Sergei Polunin (Jack/The Knave of Hearts (Alice)); Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit (Alice)); Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother/The Queen of Hearts (Alice)); Steven MacRae (Mad Hatter (Alice)); Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella (Cinderella)); Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume (Cinderella)); Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia (Cinderella)); Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina (Cinderella)); Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine (Cinderella));
"What a treat this is - such an imaginative treatment of a favourite story. There are extraordinary, eccentric sets and special effects; colourful, larger-than-life, argumentative characters and extraordinary costumes. Lauren Cuthbertson, as Alice, is excellent, her every movement suggesting the actions and emotions of this curious, spirited pre-adolescent... Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography is very imaginative and fitting for every character." (Musicweb International (Alice))