Ballet & Beer Cinderella
February 6th, 2010 by Nearly The Bionic Woman
This weeks Ballet & Beer introducing the Cincinnati Ballet’s production of Cinderella appeared to be the most crowded event I have had the pleasure of attending at the ballet’s rehearsal building. Young and young at heart alike joined together to delight in the magic that is the fabled children’s story where good overcomes wicked and happiness prevails.
Since I have never seen the ballet’s rendition of Cinderella, I was honestly a bit confused by the male part acted out by Devon, the Cincinnati Ballet’s artistic director.
After 36 years, I am even more thrilled to learn of a version of this classic tale to which I’ve never been introduced. The male figure in the evenings partial performance was Cinderella‘s father, who is this version has not left her life in body yet only in will against the step mother who takes over the household along with her own selfish daughters. The story is a version taken from the original written by Charles Perrault in 1697.
The production of Cinderella performed by the Cincinnati Ballet’s amazing company opens Friday evening, February 12th at 8:00PM. Purchase Event Tickets
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February 7th, 2010 at 21:10
The part played by Devon Carney, Associate Artistic Director of Cincinnati Ballet, was the role of Cinderella's Father. The Ballet and Beer attendees did not see the 1st act of the rehearsal which establishes all of the main characters of the ballet except for the Prince and his Jester who appear for the first time in the 2nd act which is when the Ballet and Beer attendees arrived. Therefore when Act 3 happened in which the Father re-appears he is somewhat out of context without the introduction of this role in Act 1 to observe. Of course everyone should come to the performance at the Aronoff 2/12 – 2/14 to get the real full impression of the Cincinnati Ballet production of Cinderella!
February 7th, 2010 at 22:04
This is an awesome comment. Thank you! I am so excited to be at opening night on 2/12 and see this for the first time both in ballet form and in a different version of the Cinderella than I grew up knowing. It will be a very exciting day.