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Storytime Ballet: Cinderella

Storytime Ballet Cinderella

20 – 29 December 2023

In the Drama Theatre

The Australian Ballet

Fall under the spell of Cinderella, an interactive Storytime Ballet experience for children aged three years and older. 

Storytime ballet

Cinderella tells the story of a beautiful and kind young girl who is forced to wait on her wicked stepmother and stepsisters. When her stepmother and stepsisters are invited to a ball at the palace, they cruelly don’t let Cinderella join them. In tears, Cinderella, is visited by her fairy godmother who magically transforms her into a princess, complete with glittering ball gown and glass slippers! 

Choreographed for The Australian Ballet by former Artistic Director David McAllister, this tale of true love and magic is the perfect way to introduce little ones to the world of ballet.  

Running for under an hour, this narrated version of Cinderella will have children dancing in their seats and all the way home. Don’t forget to dress up in your favourite ballet-inspired outfit! 

Presented by The Australian Ballet

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Production credits

Choreography and production 
David McAllister

Composer  
Sergei Prokofiev

Cinderella, Op. 87
Performed by Orchestra Victoria, conducted by Jonathan Lo. Copyright The Australian Ballet

Costume design  
Louisa Fitzgerald

Costume design mentor
Hugh Colman 

Set design
Ishan Vivekanantham 

Set design mentor
Christina Smith 

Illusion design
Lee Cohen 

Lighting design
Jon Buswell 

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