Lovely as it is, though, The Royal Ballet's Cinderella is a full evening work, and with an age guidance of 5+ it excludes the youngest balletomanes.
Which is where the company Let's All Dance comes in. Set up in 2010 by artistic director Orit Sutton, it's been producing shows for family audiences for a number of years.
Cinderella, coming to the Lilian Baylis Studio at Easter time, follows in the footsteps (or should that be dance steps?) of Alice in Wonderland, The Ugly Duckling, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty, to mention but a few of the company's previous works for children.
This new production reduces the story to a very manageable 50 minutes, but its very clear narrative doesn't stint on the key elements: kind Cinderella, bad stepmother and stepsisters, and fairy godmother who enables Cinderella to go to the ball where she'll meet and fall in love with a handsome prince.
As usual the show will be performed by dancers with a special ability to communicate with small children, and they will be available at the end of each performance to pose for pictures with members of their young audience.
Or even the not-so-young members of the audience, as this Cinderella with its gorgeous music and eye-filling costumes is billed as a show that will charm the whole family.
What | Cinderella, Let's All Dance, Lilian Baylis Studio |
Where | Lilian Baylis Studio, Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN | MAP |
Nearest tube | Angel (underground) |
When |
13 Apr 23 – 14 Apr 23, At 13:00 and 15:00 Dur.: 50 mins no interval |
Price | £19.50 (+booking fee) |
Website | Click here to book |