You shall go to the ballet! Cinderella at the Royal Opera House – in pictures
As the Royal Ballet celebrates the 75th anniversary of Frederick Ashton’s fairytale, we go behind the scenes and take a first look at the magical production
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Yasmine Naghdi as Cinderella and Matthew Ball as the Prince.
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Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov with Alexander Agadzhanov, senior teacher and répétiteur, in rehearsals for Cinderella. They will play Cinderella and the Prince in one of the casts.
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Sarah Lamb, repairing her pointe shoes during rehearsals, will also star as Cinderella.
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Lamb will partner Steven McRae as the Prince.
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Cinderella hasn’t been staged at the Royal Opera House for over a decade.
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Naghdi in Cinderella – with set design by Tom Pye.
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Stanisław Węgrzyn as the tailor, Leo Dixon as the dance master, Katharina Nikelski as a dressmaker, Thomas Whitehead as a stepsister, Tomas Mock as Cinderella’s father and Yasmine Naghdi as Cinderella. The costumes are designed by Alexandra Byrne.
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Olga Sabadosh as the Fairy Godmother in disguise. Cinderella has a lighting design by David Finn, video design by Finn Ross and illusions by Chris Fisher.
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Joonhyuk Jun as the Jester in Cinderella, beloved for its score by Sergei Prokofiev.
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Naghdi in rehearsals.
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Bennet Gartside and James Hay rehearse as the stepsisters.
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Mayara Magri as the Fairy Godmother.
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Former Royal Ballet principal dancer Wendy Ellis Somes, left, oversees the rehearsals with William Bracewell and Fumi Kaneko.
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Taisuke Nakao as the Jester in rehearsals.
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Cinderella is at the Royal Opera House, London, 27 March-3 May.
