Dance
: Courtesy of the Annenberg Center (CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VERSION) |
The stage will be filled to the gills when the Annenberg Center presents the Moscow Festival Ballet. The company boasts a whopping 50 members, many of whom hail from the Bolshoi or Kirov ballet troupes meaning they've got impressive technical chops and are stalwart proponents of the precise and pretty Russian classical genre. MFB's forte is the full-length ballet, and here they stage a classic of the genre, Cinderella, about a rags-to-riches gal and her fairy godmother, wicked stepmom and stepsisters, and of course, that handsome prince. Danced to a dramatic score by Prokofiev, the storybook ballet is a great way to turn young ones on to the finer arts. A pre-show dinner buffet held in the Annenberg Center's lobby includes a presentation on fairy tales by members of the Enchantment Theatre Company. All in all, this here's a charming evening.
Wed., April 11, 7:30 p.m., $35-$45, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St., 215-898-3900, www.pennpresents.org.
Comments
Be the first to comment on this article.