Prokofiev: Cinderella Ballet (Lyon 1989) (Francoise Joullié/ Dominique Lainé/ Jayne Plaisted/ Opéra National de Lyon/ Maguy Marin/ Yakov Kreisberg) (Arthaus: 100235)

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"This is not Prokofiev's Cinderella but Maguy Marin's version - a brilliantly conceived one at that."

The New York Times

A STUDIO PRODUCTION FROM THE OPeRA NATIONAL DE LYON, 1989

A ballet by MAGUY MARIN | Music by SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Cendrillon' FRANCOISE JOULLIe
Stepmother' DOMINIQUE LAINe
The Sisters' JAYNE PLAISTED, DANIeLE PATER
The Father' PATRICK AZZOPARDI
Fairy Godmother' NATHALIE DELASSIS

OPeRA NATIONAL DE LYON
Conducted by YAKOV KREISBERG
Choreography by MAGUY MARIN
Sets & Costumes by MONTSERRAT CASANOVA
Lighting Design by JOHN SPRADBERRY

Maguy Marin's highly original and magical version of the Cinderella story was an unparalleled success through out its world tour. Anna Kisselgoff of the New York Times said that Marin's "vision reaches back into the universals of everyone's childhood - the hurts and joys resonate here with touching depth." Marin's choreographic vision is so extraordinarily original and magical that it seems to evoke universally familiar images and memories of childhood. In her childlike approach to the work, the characters are presented as living dolls with real human feelings projected upon them in the way children like to identify with their toys. The fairy tale is set in a dolls' house, the Fairy Godmother is a robot, Cinderella goes to the ball in a toy car and the Prince sets off in search of his beautiful but unknown guest astride a rocking horse...