| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Cinderella Ballet | | | | | | | Description: | | The fairy tale of Cinderella is based on the story by the poet Charles Perrault and has been performed as a ballet for over 150 years. However, its enormous success came only after Sir Frederick Ashton, inspired by the wistful and imaginative Sergei Prokofiev score (written in 1945), choreographed Britain's first full-length ballet.In this DVD version, staged by the Berlin Comic Opera Ballet Company, the beautiful Prima Ballerina Hannelore Bey dances the role of Cinderella with tenderness, dignity and alluring grace, while Roland Gatwick creates an outstanding Prince. Staged and choreographed by Tom Schilling, the splendid decor and costumes enhance the ballet's inventiveness, vision and fluidity while dancers perform to the music of a full orchestra conducted by Siegfried Kratzer. Highlights include the ballroom Pas de Deux for Cinderella and her Prince, and the comic roles of her stepsisters and stepmother. The world-acclaimed Berlin Comic Opera Ballet has a history spanning over 230 years. Adapting classical Russian technique, the Ballet Company has always felt a responsibility to make ballet accessible to the young by staging special performances as an introduction to the art of dance. DVD BONUS FEATURES
Over 40 Scene Selections
Story Synopsis
Prokofiev Biography
Cinderella Trivia
Bonus Classical Music from Pianist Lara Downes
Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Digitally Mastered Audio & Video
Multi-Directional Interactive Menus | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Roland Gawick, Hannelore Bey, Berlin Comic Opera Ballet, Sergei Prokofiev, Siegfried Kratzer | | Director:
| Heide Draexler-Just | | Format:
| Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| V.I.E.W. Video | | Run Time:
| 92 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| February 08, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 A Very Precise Cinderella.Jan 10, 2005
By J. M WILINSKY
This is an excellent performance and presentation, empasizing very precise, virtuosic dancing. Since the choreography for this and most of the classical repertoire is not set in stone, it suffices to say that the choreography here is intersesting, lively, and virtuosic. A good sense of humor is important in this ballet and it comes across very nicely here(after all, they have the word "Comic" in their name!). Since there is not much competition in Cinderella dvds, this qualifies as the best around(but it is excellent in its own right!).
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 If you love ballet....Feb 20, 2009
By R. Hudson
...you'll love this recording. Even if you don't love ballet you may enjoy it. I have had friends borrow it who normally would never watch ballet and tell me they enjoyed it. Believe it or not I bought this as a gift for my husband while I was trying to track down a copy of La Cenerentola. It wasn't what I expected (my fault) but we were anything but disappointing.
8 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 A rough night at the ballMay 05, 2004
This is really not very good, I'm afraid. The choreograpy is inept minus, the sets almost non-existent, the studio in which the ballet was filmed far too small, and the handsome prince nudging forty (Roland Gawlick, incidenally, View Videos, not Gatwick as you list him on the sleeve!) Hannelore Bey, as a charming, rather gamin Cinderella, is the film's saving grace. The score is heavily cut, and the choreographer's mis-treatment of the Waltz of the Stars has to be seen to be mis-believed. Otherwise it has historical interest as a souvenir of pre-Glasnost Soviet influened East German production values, but not
much else going for it. Save your money!
Delightful cinderellaJul 13, 2010
By Harmony
Here is a feast for anyone who enjoys good dancing. Roland Gatwick has complete control of his art. Hannelore Bey is light and airy. The filming is not as good as it could be. Too much close-up work. Despite this, it is a wonderful production.
 Of Comic, not Dancing InterestDec 14, 1999
The focus here is on comedy. This version of Cinderella tells the story, but the concentration is not on the dancing. Cinderella is played by someone who seems an okay dancer, but isn't a very good actress. If you are looking for highly choregraphed ballet, this is not the thing you want. The dancing seems at best secondary. There are some amusing moments here. The Prince, searching for the girl who left the slipper, mounts what is like a playground horse, and goes nowhere really, just bounces up and down on it. If you don't care about the lack of dancing, you'll probably enjoy this
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