A&A Ballet Chicago I Center for Dance I Cinderella Ballet Performance

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A&A BALLET

CINDERELLA

World Premiere - Southold Dance Theater, 2007

International Tour - Bravissimo International Festival, Guatemala City, May 27, 2019

Other venues: Joffrey Ballet's Studio Company and Academy (2012), A&A Ballet (2016, 2017, 2024)

Composer - Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography and Conception - Alexei Kremnev

Lighting Designer - Collin Helou

Projections - Parker Molacek

Costumes - Laura Skarich

Performed in 2012, by The Joffrey Academy, Kremnev’s fascinating “Cinderella” sold out to an exhilarated crowd, with his choreography celebrated by The Huffington Post as “electric” and “echoing with audiences of all ages.” BTS Celebs describes the enchanting production as “a masterpiece, a joy from start to finish.”

Kremnev, a Bolshoi trained dancer and former Founding Artistic Director of The Joffrey Academy and The Joffrey Studio Company, defines his choreography as “joyful and accessible” and adds that it is “a contrast to the dark seriousness that pervades so much of today’s ballet.”

The Cinderella we know and love can be traced to the French story Cendrillon, first published in 1697 by Charles Perrault, though Chinese and Greek versions of this classic tale go back to the 9th century CE and 6th century BCE, respectively.

The story revolves around a beautiful young girl who is mistreated by her cruel stepmother and jealous stepsisters who nickname her Cinderella. With the aid of animal friends and the enchantments of a fairy godmother, Cinderella is able to attend a royal ball, where she has until the final stroke of midnight to win the heart of Prince Charming.

In this fantastical rendition, A&A Ballet offers audiences a modern take on the classic story with vibrant costumes and characters and dynamic choreography.

A&A Ballet takes the classic story of Cinderella and brings it to life with an exciting rendition. Vibrant costumes and choreography tell the tale of Cinderella, her stepmother and stepsisters, the ball and finding her prince in a new way that is fun for the entire family.

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"It is impossible to find one word that summarizes Kremnev's choreography: It is everything, encompassing the best and brilliance of what movement can be while breaking boundaries of what we know." (The Huffington Post )

"The electricity of his work echoes with audiences of all ages." (The Huffington Post)

"With every bit of zeal, heart, and exceptional attention to detail that has come to define his work as a choreographer--not to mention, make the smallest nuances of his pieces explosions of musicality, electricity, and vigor.” (The Huffington Post)

"With choreography by Alexei Kremnev, it brought dance to a whole new level. He created some of the most

interesting choreography in memory." (The Cincinnati Enquire)

"Kremnev is making ballet choreography as a whole better. He doesn't push limits; he works beyond them.

His ideas aren't adapted; he invents new ones." (The Huffington Post)

"Kremnev's musical sense is outstanding. He's got an encyclopedic sense of what works for his purposes, uncannily links the mix and fits movements as though the collection was written specifically for him." (The City Beat)