Cinderella ballet

Today I went to see Cinderella ballet

at The Krakow Opera.

My outfit is nothing really original.

Just very Lladia-like elegant sweet,

but this is kind of outfit I feel the best in :3

Before the performance I had some time

so I played with a camera.

Close to the opera there are ruins of Cracow Fortress.

But just imagine ruins of an old castle^^

I really love this pic.

Ruins in the first plan and signs of modernity in the background.

Like a princess lost in a modern world

looking for her past XD

As you see I already entered opera

in a very fairy tale mood :3

What waited for me inside?

Well... a fest for my senses.

I must say that generally I am mostly in love

with a classical ballet which is faithful to the traditions of XIX/XX century

(in such form you can mostly find it in Russia now)

and I adore older form of ballet from XVIII.

I do not like too modern versions.

I like it old-fashioned XP

(no matter how kitsch it seems for some people).

This was not a classical Prokofiew version of Cinderella.

This one was a modernized one with a big portion of humour.

You can even call it a comedy ballet

(sometimes I just felt like watching a cabaret).

So you surely think that I hate this performance?

Just the opposite!

There was a few moments

when I thought: it is too much!

Just a few times.

The rest of time I had such a fun that I was not

thinking about anything at all.

Just my face was in pain, because I smiled too much

and my hands hurt from clapping.

There was some lyrical parts,

(like beautiful pas de deux behind a curtain),

but mostly you could not stop laughing XD

As I am strongly interested in gender studies

I was in my heaven with Cinderella's stepsisters

that were men^.^

Now I strongly believe that they were men in an original tale.

I simply lived in unawareness all my life!

And colours, colours, colours!
Pastels were dancing on the scene

creating different combinations for your pleasure.

It was not a deep story full of dramatic emotions

(in fact the Prince was lifeless in his dance...

do not even speak about his face expressions...

A ballet dancer is an actor

and he should play his role properly.

I pay a big attention to this element)

it was a simply fun.

Well-made, beautifully coloured journey

deeply inside a fairy tale world.

Want to now more about this performance?

You can check a reportage here

(with different dancers)

Photos stolen from the Internet

to beautify my blog:

(source)