Cinderella meets Metropolis in Nureyev's fever dream of steel and tutus.
Sergei Prokofiev's setting of the fairy tale "Cinderella" premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1945. In 1986, Rudolf Nureyev, then ballet director of the Paris Opera, choreographed the ballet anew and transposed the story into a private cinema, with sets reminiscent of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis." ARTE shows the Paris Opera performance from December 31, 2018.
Direction
Nureyev's cinema-as-palace conceit still feels radical.
Production
Lang's Metropolis reborn as danceable architecture.
Costume
The clock striking midnight becomes sartorial apocalypse.
Director
Isabelle Julien
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Prokofiev composed this during WWII; the original Bolshoi production was meant to boost Soviet morale.
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