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SCOTTISH BALLET: THE SNOW QUEEN Bringing Hans Christian Andersen’s tale to life
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‘The original is essentially Hansel and Gretel in the snow,’
ABOREHENAT DOLUM Id qui berum fugita sa nonseriam fugiature vereritisi dolum ius molo From Frozen to Narnia, there’s no shortage of stories inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. The latest is choreographer Christopher Hampson’s new version for Scottish Ballet, a show that aims to make Andersen’s rather convoluted narrative much more linear.
says Hampson. ‘Like Gretel, the character of Gerda has to go through lots of different trials to get her friend Kai back, with an evil female character that she needs to do battle with. But The Snow Queen is one of Andersen’s weirder stories, which is great for ballet because there are lots of problems and gaps for us to fi ll.’
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