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Cinderella (ballet)
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Cinderella is a neoclassical ballet based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault. Nikolai Volkov wrote the scenario for the ballet, and Sergei Prokofiev wrote the music.
The ballet was first performed on 21 November 1945 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. It was conducted by Yuri Fayer with choreography by Rostislav Zakharov. Galina Ulanova danced the title role.
Structure[edit | edit source]
- Act I
- No 1 Introduction
- No 2 Shawl Dance
- No 3 Cinderella
- No 4 The Father
- No 5 The Fairy Godmother
- No 6 The Sisters' New Clothes
- No 7 The Dancing Lesson
- No 8 Departure of the Stepmother and the Sisters for the Ball
- No 9 Cinderella Dreams of the Ball
- No 10 Gavotte
- No 11 Second Appearance of the Fairy Godmother
- No 12 Spring Fairy
- No 13 Summer Fairy
- No 14 Grasshoppers and Dragonflies
- No 15 Autumn Fairy
- No 16 Winter Fairy
- No 17 The Interrupted Departure
- No 18 The Clock
- No 19 Cinderella's Departure for the Ball
- Act II
- No 20 Dance of the Courtiers
- No 21 Passepied
- No 22 Bourrée
- No 23 Skinny's Variation
- No 24 Dumpy's Variation
- No 25 Dance of the Courtiers (Reprise)
- No 26 Mazurka and Entrance of the Prince
- No 27 Dance of the Prince's Four Companions
- No 28 Mazurka
- No 29 Cinderella's Arrival at the Ball
- No 30 Grand Waltz
- No 31 Promenade
- No 32 Cinderella's Dance
- No 33 Dance of the Prince
- No 34 Refreshments for the Guests
- No 35 Duet of the Sisters with the Oranges (musical quote from the 1919 opera L'amour des trois oranges)
- No 36 Duet of the Prince and Cinderella
- No 37 Waltz-Coda
- No 38 Midnight
- Act III, Scene I
The search for Cinderella
- No 39 The Prince and the Cobblers
- No 40 First Galop of the Prince
- No 41 Temptation
- No 42 Second Galop of the Prince
- No 43 Orientalia
- No 44 Third Galop of the Prince
- Act III, Scene II
The Prince with Cinderella
- No 45 Cinderella's Awakening
- No 46 The Morning After the Ball
- No 47 The Prince's Visit
- No 48 The Prince Recognizes Cinderella
- No 49 Slow Waltz
- No 50 Amoroso
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