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premiéra | premiereCINDERELLAbalet (balet@narodni-divadlo.cz)bThe charmingly whimsical version of the ballet Cinderella by the French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot was originally conceived for Les Balletsde Monte-Carlo, an ensemble that evolved from the celebrated Les Ballets Russes, founded by Sergei Diaghilev, thus highlighting the question of artisticdevelopment and taste. It was, paradoxically, Russian artists who between 1909 and 1929 brought about in Western Europe a creative reformation andinnovation of (not only) ballet. Diaghilev’s company inspired and integrated perhaps the most significant (and later on, most celebrated) artists of thetime: the painters Benois, Matisse, Derain and Picasso, the composers Stravinsky, de Falla, Debussy and Ravel, the choreographers Nijinsky, Fokine, andothers.Jean-Christophe Maillot is noted for a style based on the refined, primarily visual conception of his ballets. He presents the virtuoso classical dancetechnique in new variants of movement and spatial structures, hailing as though from the “other world”. This exquisite taste is imbued with the peculiarbeauty of modern design and always permeates the entire production and each of its components – the musical, visual, directional and choreographic.In the spirit of this creative energy, the main theme of Maillot’s Cinderella appears to be Memory: the memory of Cinderella’s mother, the memory ofa happier life, the memory of the ball…In his production, Maillot unfolds other angles of vision, new characters and stylisation. Guided by the memory of her mother, Cinderella takes a path ofher own and with sophisticated attractiveness, amidst the excessiveness of the court, seeks recognition and love.Let us surrender to the new creative vision and be carried away by light dance steps into the whirl of imagination, thanks to which we can admit that“…Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.” (Jules Verne)25 balet■ Zuzana Šimáková jako PopelkaFoto: P. Hejný