The Traveling Ballerina Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I searched the forum to check if anyone else has seen or commented about Bourne's Cinderella but couldn't find anything. I went to the performance last night at The Kennedy Center, and I'm sorry to say that I was disappointed. I really wanted to love it considering the high praises I have heard from colleagues and reviews of his other productions. If you're interested, here are some of my thoughts about the show. And I would truly appreciate reading the opinion of others, especially from those who enjoyed it. Link to comment
Mashinka Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Very much a snapshot of the London blitz, perhaps too English for export? It goes down extremely well on Bourne's home turf. Link to comment
The Traveling Ballerina Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 13 hours ago, Mashinka said: ...perhaps too English for export? I imagine that there are many folks outside of England who love it! It's quite possible that I'm the anomaly Link to comment
Helene Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 It was distributed in cinemas, and we saw it in Seattle. I don't remember it in detail, but I do remember liking parts very much, and other parts liking not so much. Link to comment
YouOverThere Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I hadn't intended to attend this, but I got roped into buying a ticket for the Sunday performance. I'm not a Matthew Bourne fan, and this show did nothing to change that. When they are putting on 8 shows in 6 days and using the same cast for all 8 shows, there's obviously no way to have the performers perform virtuoso dances. What I would consider to be "dance" took up about 20 percent of the performance time, and I didn't see anything special about. I still think that the proper title for Bourne's productions should be "dancical", because to me they are like musicals except that the performers dance rather than sing. Link to comment
YouOverThere Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) On 1/18/2019 at 6:43 AM, Mashinka said: Very much a snapshot of the London blitz, perhaps too English for export? It goes down extremely well on Bourne's home turf. They put on 8 shows in DC and probably sold close to 90 percent of the tickets, so it isn't unpopular, at least in this area (and receiving a fawning review in the Washington Post). But I think that Bourne's work appeals more to people who like "Broadway" shows than to people who like ballet. Edited January 20, 2019 by YouOverThere Link to comment
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