Balletlorent perform rumpelstiltskin at sadlers wells. Inspired by the original choreography created for lcb by cathy marston and based on the classic novel by noel streatfeild. Learn from the best, get inspired, try on costumes and grow in technique and confidence. An enchanting dancetheatre fairytale from the everpopular balletlorent. The local town hosts an annual talent contest, and a proud and foolish milliner boasts that his daughter can spin hay into gold. Fleeing to london, england, she adopts the name snow and. With a cast of 55 dancers aged 916, rumpelstiltskin features a comic milliner, a web of spiders and a strikingly beautiful classical corps of spun gold. London childrens ballet is a performance company and registered charity that inspires the pursuit of excellence and changes lives through dance. This special half term programme is designed to engage young dancers in a fun, warm and inclusive atmosphere. A leader in creating original narrative work and introducing new audiences to ballet, the lcb creates a new west end ballet each year performed by talented dancers aged 916. Illustration from andrew langs the blue fairy book 1889. London childrens ballet was founded to give talented young dancers the opportunity to perform as part of a professional ballet production.
Rumpelstiltskin, sadlers wells, london not the stuff of fairytales. A spooky, suspenseful interpretation of the familiar rumpelstiltskin story, readers. Its aimed at children, but adults with a taste for antic fun will find. Rumpelstiltskin by london childrens ballet orchestra on. London childrens ballet returns to london to present this new ballet based on the brothers grimm fairytale rumpelstiltskin.
Rumpelstiltskin is a fairytale popularly associated with germany the tale was one collected by the brothers grimm in the 1812 edition of childrens and household tales. London children s ballet is a performance company that inspires the pursuit of excellence and changes lives through dance. The night dance is based on the familiar fairy tale, the twelve dancing princesses. The ballet rumpelstiltskin by the british composer david sawer is based on the tale. Director liv lorent joins forces with poet carol ann duffy to retell the story of.
They have an extensive repertoire of 14 ballets, including the secret garden, a little princess, ballet shoes and rumpelstiltskin. Fractured and retold fairy tales chapter books for children by. A classic fairytale retold for children growing in their reading confidence. London childrens ballet is a specialist in ballet performances for and by children. With no one but his granny for company, he befriends spiders and moths who teach him how to spin gold. For the companys 25 th anniversary season, ruth brill, first artist with birmingham royal ballet, revived one of lcbs most popular ballets, ballet shoes. Fractured and retold fairy tales chapter books for children. Rumpelstiltskin, a young ragamuffin taunted by children and adults like, hides away in his secret home in the forest. Listen to your favorite songs from rumpelstiltskin by london children s ballet orchestra now. The tale was one collected by the brothers grimm in the 1812 edition of children s and household tales.