UK Mall 1 - The Royal Ballet: Cinderella - Prokofiev (Sibley/Dowell/Ashton/Helpmann) [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

	List Price: Our Price: £12.24 Your Save: £ ( % ) Availability: Manufacturer: Kultur Starring: Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards Directed By: John Vernon
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 9780769700939 Format: Classical ISBN: 0769700934 Label: Kultur Manufacturer: Kultur Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Kultur Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2001-05-29 Running Time: 102 Studio: Kultur Theatrical Release Date: 1969
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: totally irresponsible firm Comment: I made a mistake - asked them not to send the item as it would not work in the UK - in time to prevent the sending - my request was ignored so will not use these jokers again! Customer Rating: Summary: A funny, romantic ballet with a great score Comment: This filmed version of the Royal Ballet's 1969 Cinderella is a knock out, provided you're willing to accept it on its own terms. The DVD is a filmed record of the ballet's theatrical presentation. The camera takes in the stage in full shots, with medium and close-ups at times of the featured dancers. What it makes it valuable is that this is the only record we have of one of the famed ballets of the Twentieth Century. What makes it so watchable, if you're so inclined, is a great score by Sergei Prokofiev, clever, funny, romantic, classic choreography by Frederick Ashton, a sumptuous production and superb dancing by Antoinette Sibley as Cinderella and Anthony Dowell as the Prince. They were the Royal Ballet's most famous and accomplished dancing pair after Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev. And giving the ballet great verve and humor is Frederick Ashton and Robert Helpmann dancing the roles of the ugly sisters. Both were acclaimed premier dancers in their prime and had successful careers after, Ashton as one of Britain's great choreographers and Helpmann as an actor, choreographer and ballet manager. (You might remember Helpmann in The Red Shoes and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.) They provide the comic relief throughout the ballet. The sisters are man hungry, jealous of each other and of Cinderella and absolutely unconscious of how unattractive they are. Ashton and Helpmann are great in the roles. The DVD is no marvel of clarity, but it's certainly watchable. It's well worth having if you like Prokofiev, if you like a classic of ballet, if you like two great comic turns...or if you like all three.