In the depths of her misery, her Godmother appears. Left alone, Nancy cannot hide her desolation. But her stepmother orders her to stay home and continue working. As the three women are about to leave, Nancy emerges from her room, ready to accompany them. The stepmother and stepsisters primp and prepare for the big evening.
All the women vie for his attention, none more so than Nancy. The class is in progress when a handsome young man named Bob appears in the doorway.
The stepmother forbids Nancy from attending, but she defiantly follows them. The step-family heads off to a dance class, to brush up on their skills before the big event. Her search is interrupted when the doorbell rings and a messenger appears with invitations to the big winter dance. The step-family devises a plan to poison the dog, who outsmarts them and escapes. Scene II: The Family Estate- A Few Days Later Her stepsisters are enjoying the television, now in their control, when the program they are watching is interrupted with tragic news. Nancy is left with the responsibility of cleaning the house. The servants, having been inhumanely overworked by the stepmother, are so frazzled that they quit. Nancy discovers that her father m,must leave again on business, and they bid each other a bittersweet goodbye. But a chill descends when she sees that her father is not alone: he is accompanied by a new wife, her two daughters and her ever present cat. The servants busy themselves, happily preparing for the return of Nancy’s father from his most recent trip.
A CINDERELLA STORY CAST FULL
For this performance, the RWB will not be selling to full capacity, and is implementing spaced seating. Please note: The RWB continues to follow all public health orders and strongly recommends all patrons get vaccinated and continue wearing a mask. We hope you all will join us and wrap up an incredible season with one of our most delightful ballets of all time! Her godmother and a magical garden filled with enchanted creatures dazzle with costumes in colours and patterns galore. This tale is filled with evil schemes, romantic enchantments, sadness, deception, hope, and determination as Nancy continues to fight for her chance at true love. The plot soon thickens when tragedy strikes and the stepmother and sisters begin to take over the home. Nancy eagerly awaits her father’s return only to find that he is not alone, but rather accompanied by his new wife, two daughters, and a cat. A delightfully retro 1950’s setting and high fashion costumes create the perfect backdrop for the season’s final mainstage performance. Inspired by the 1957 television musical, Val Caniparoli’s A Cinderella Story fuses classical ballet with jazz and tap to themes from Richard Rodgers’ songbook, arranged for a live jazz orchestra by Winnipeg’s own renowned bandleader Ron Paley. “You can’t beat this whiz-bang contemporary ballet for sass or class.”īallet meets Broadway in this inventive reinterpretation of the fairy tale favourite.
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