Would you like to see Cinderella performed by a male dancer?

Dinahmo

Have you all forgotten that there used to be principal boys in pantos?

There still are.

But they have changed the whole ethos and spirit of the Cinderella story by reversing the two rôles.

While there will not be an LGBTQ+ coupling for Cinders, Scottish Ballet said there would be a gay love story blossoming in the background for some of the other characters

Buttons and Dandini? So no principal boy to be played by a female perhaps?

It's becoming very confusing.

Ballet is not Panto though. I don't understand the correlation.

I can imagine some very indignant small children, taken to see the Cinderella ballet, getting very indignant if it's a day when Cinders is a boy.

"That's not right! Cinderella is a girl not a boy. And why is the Prince a Princess?"!!

Out of the mouths of babes comes common sense very often.

AGAA4

Out of the mouths of babes comes common sense very often.

I do think parents need to know what they should be expecting at any one performance.

Doodledog

Ballet is not Panto though. I don't understand the correlation.

No it certainly isn't and generally that doesn't happen. However when I saw Cinderella some years ago at The Royal Opera House, the two ugly sisters were danced by men as would be in a panto. They were brilliant, it really isn't easy to dance ballet steps in a wibbly wobbly out of step way. Cinderella and Prince Charming were danced by the conventional female and male dancers.

It’s the deceit I object to. Say which performance you want to book for and there’s an end to the problem.
Would you be happy to have booked to see Victoria Wood and got Les Dawson? I’ve been to see both, but I knew what I was paying for.

Yes, it is deceitful.

I recently saw a production of Macbeth at the Globe Theatre. Macbeth was a woman and the witches were men. It just didn't work!

What a shame, performances at the Globe, even set to a different time period, have to me been so 'Shakespearian' I don't think I'd like that switch either. Given how uncomfortable the seating is, even with a hired cushion, I want to enjoy the performance.
As an aside I do sometimes get annoyed when film directors take a book, mess around with the story, make a totally different ending but bill it as 'the book' If you think you can do so much better then write a whole new story!

Retread

I recently saw a production of Macbeth at the Globe Theatre. Macbeth was a woman and the witches were men. It just didn't work!

My friend is playing the porter in Macbeth in Stratford on Avon, a role usually played by a man.

Well the story of Cinderella has been done to death. A change might be nice. It’s not like there weren’t princesses back then. I’d quite like to see the alternative version, but only if it’s televised.

NO!

Doesn’t bother me either way, ballet dancers are beautiful of both genders and I don’t care which part they play

Why not? Matthew Bournes Swan lake with an all male corps de ballet was amazing? Principal male dancers are so athletic and yet delicate in their movements.

I’m laughing here, especially about Shakespeare comments, have you forgotten than back in those times ALL parts were played by men ??

PS at the risk of sounding rude, please research the true meaning of “woke” you may be surprised and learn something !

My school put on Cinderella with all the teachers and some 6th formers in the 70's. I remember the PE heart throb teacher was hilarious although I could not see the attraction myself. Hardly anything new.

Absolutely NOT ……

Didnt a TV company do that at some point recently? Had the male play the downtrodden cinderfella character who got to marry a princess ??

Cinderella is not a true story so it is open to any interpretation. I also saw Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and it was incredible so yes, I would go.

No.

No

Totally agree. Just awful Matthew B. Swan lake!