Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (ballet)

This article is about the 2011 Wheeldon ballet. For the ballet film, see Alice in Wonderland (Kalabis).

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
ChoreographerChristopher Wheeldon
MusicJoby Talbot
Based onAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Premiere28 February 2011 (2011-02-28)
Royal Opera House
Original ballet companyThe Royal Ballet
DesignBob Crowley
SettingWonderland
Created forLauren Cuthbertson
TypeClassical ballet

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a ballet in three acts by Christopher Wheeldon with a scenario by Nicholas Wright, based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was commissioned by The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, and the National Ballet of Canada, and had its world premiere on Monday, 28 February 2011. The music by Joby Talbot is the first full-length score (1 hour 40 minutes) for the Royal Ballet in 20 years.[1] It is also the first full-length narrative ballet commissioned by The Royal Ballet since 1995.[2]

Production

The work is based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 well-known children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Wheeldon was attracted by the physicality of the characters and the perfect central role for a ballerina: "The Royal Ballet already has a wealth of full-blooded ballets. I wanted to create something lighter and more friendly." He chose Lauren Cuthbertson for the lead role of Alice as someone who could "captivate the audience and make them believe in Alice." As for the music, Talbot explained that he "wanted to find a new sound, the right timbre for Wonderland." His orchestral score has a large percussion section and four female voices.[3]

Karen Kain, the artistic director of National Ballet of Canada contacted the Royal Ballet and proposed a co-production after learning about the ballet.[4] The company had the production's North American premiere in 2011, starring Jillian Vanstone.[5]

By 2012, Wheeldon had changed the structure of the ballet so that it consisted of three acts instead of the original two and had inserted an additional pas de deux for Alice and the Knave.[6]

The ballet had since been performed by Royal Swedish Ballet in 2016,[7] Royal Danish Ballet in the 2016-17 season,[8] The Australian Ballet in 2017,[9] and by the New National Theatre, Tokyo in June of 2022.[10] Amongst others.[11]

Instrumentation

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is scored for the following orchestra:[12]

Woodwinds: Piccolo I and II, flute I, II and III, oboe I and II, oboe d'amore, cor anglais, clarinet I in B♭, II in B♭ and III in B♭, clarinet in E♭, bass clarinet in B♭, bassoon I and II, contrabassoon

Brass: 4 French horns in F, ram's horn, piccolo trumpet in B♭, 3 trumpets in B♭, 2 tenors, bass trombone, tuba

Percussion: timpani, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, crotales, glockenspiel, keyed glockenspiel, handbells, tubular bells, church bell in G, 3 tam-tams, bass drum, cymbal and pedal bass drum set, side drum with snare drums, kick drum, 2 tom toms, rototom, “Trash”: pots, pans etc, triangle, zill, 2 China cymbals, sizzle cymbal, clashed cymbals, 3 suspended cymbals, hi-hat, bell tree, mark tree, jingle bells, cowbell, clapper, 2 tambourines, string drum, wind machine, thunder sheet, ratchet, football rattle, castanets, claves, 2 woodblocks, 3 temple blocks, frog guiro, shaker, dumbek, riq

2 Harps

Piano, celesta

4 female singers

Strings: first violins, second violins, violas, cellos and double basses.

Characters

Oxford Characters:

  • Alice: the original protagonist in Lewis Carroll's novel, in which she is a child; in the ballet she is a teenager beginning her first romance.
  • Henry Liddell and his wife: Alice's parents; her father is the vice-chancellor of Oxford.
  • Lewis Carroll: the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • Lorina and Edith: Alice's two sisters.
  • Jack: the gardener's boy who is sent away after being falsely accused of stealing a jam tart. (In actuality, Alice gave it to him.)

Wonderland Characters

  • The Queen of Hearts: a homicidal monarch wearing blood red and terrorizing everyone in sight. Played by the same dancer who plays Alice's mother.
  • The King of Hearts: Played by the same dancer who plays Alice's father.
  • White Rabbit: the Queen's assistant, frightened of his employer. Portrayed by the same dancer who plays Lewis Carroll.
  • Knave of Hearts: one of a pack of playing cards, he is accused of stealing jam tarts and stands trial. Played by the same dancer who plays Jack.[13]
  • The Duchess: a lady of Wonderland who is invited to play croquet with the Queen.
  • The Frog: butler to the Duchess.
  • The Fish: letter-carrier of Wonderland.
  • The Cheshire Cat: a mysterious grinning cat whom Alice asks for directions.
  • Mad Hatter, March Hare & Dormouse: three characters whom Alice encounters having a tea party.
  • Caterpillar: an exotic insect who gives Alice a piece of hallucinogenic mushroom to eat.[14]

Plot

Act 1

Alice's parents are holding a garden party. She is very upset to see her friend Jack, the gardener's boy, dismissed by her mother on a false charge of stealing a jam tart. Lewis Carroll, a friend of the family, is present and to console her he offers to take her photograph. Alice is surprised to see him emerge from his camera cloth as a White Rabbit and when he disappears into his camera bag she follows him and falls down into Wonderland. She sees a magical garden which she cannot enter because all the doors are locked. Jack appears, transformed into the Knave of Hearts, and accused by the Queen of Hearts of stealing a tray of tarts. He is fleeing from her, her guards and the White Rabbit. Alice tries to follow but the door closes before her. She is too big to get through the only unlocked door. She is given a bottle and when she drinks from it she becomes too small to reach the door handle. She then successively becomes very large and so small that she can swim, together with various animals, in a lake formed by her tears. After this, she arranges a race to dry them off. The White Rabbit then leads her further into Wonderland, where she is given a piece of paper inviting a Duchess to attend the Queen of Hearts' croquet party. Alice carries the invitation into a cottage, where she finds the Duchess nursing a baby while a cook makes sausages. The duchess is delighted at the invitation, while the cook is resentful, and the atmosphere becomes violent apart from an interval when a mysterious Cheshire Cat appears. Alice tries to protect the baby, but it turns into a pig and the Duchess takes it to be turned into sausages. The White Rabbit reappears, and then the Knave, who is carrying the tarts and pursued by the Queen's guards. The White Rabbit conceals them and then has to go to the garden party. Alice wants to go with him but the White Rabbit and Knave agree that it is too dangerous for her to be in the presence of the bad-tempered Queen and blindfold her to stop her.[15]

Act 2

Alice asks the Cheshire Cat for directions where to go, but his instructions are vague and confusing. She then finds herself at the tea party of a Mad Hatter, a March Hare and a Dormouse. She escapes and then finds herself alone and lost, but her spirits are lifted by a caterpillar perched on a mushroom, who gives her a piece of mushroom. She eats the mushroom and the doors and walls disappear so that at last she is able to enter the magic garden. The Knave appears, still pursued by the Queen and her guards, and he escapes, followed by the White Rabbit and Alice.[15]

Act 3

Alice is in the Queen's garden, and she finds the gardeners painting the roses red, as they have mistakenly planted white ones even though the Queen detests them. The Queen arrives, together with the King, the Duchess and the cook. The gardeners have not finished painting the roses and the Queen orders their execution. Alice and the White Rabbit smuggle the gardeners away while the executioner is distracted the seductive cook. The Queen shows off her skill at dancing, after which she plays croquet with the Duchess. Flamingos are the mallets and hedgehogs the balls. The knave has taken a great risk to be with Alice and they are reunited. The Duchess is much better than the Queen at croquet, who resorts to cheating. The Duchess challenges the Queen, who orders her execution, but Alice helps the Duchess to escape while the King calms the Queen down. The Knave is again reunited with Alice but he is caught and the Queen orders him to be taken to the castle to stand trial. The Cheshire Cat reappears and Alice follows the Knave to the castle. At the trial, the witnesses accuse the Knave. The King insists that the Knave is heard in his own defence, but this produces little effect and so Alice intervenes, and together they win over everyone but the Queen, who seizes an axe to carry out the execution herself. The knave and Alice try to escape with the help of the White Rabbit and the witnesses, but the Queen finds them. Unable to escape, Alice pushes over a witness, who falls on someone else and starts a chain reaction of all the court falling over. They are only playing cards. Alice wakes up.[15]

Reviews of premiere

The premiere was well received by the audience although some reviewers commented on an excessively long first act. Wheeldon's choreography sometimes had to fight for attention, given all the special staging effects. Joby Talbot's exuberant score was credited with providing sophisticated, danceable music with vividly descriptive melodies. Lauren Cuthbertson's performance was said to be "alert, funny and deliciously un-twee".[16][17] Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Sarah Crompton commented: "Wheeldon’s Alice will undoubtedly be hugely popular; it’s colourful, enjoyable fun. But it needed a little more dance and a little less action to take its place alongside those English story ballets the choreographer himself so admires.".[18]

Casts

Role World premiere[19] 2017 DVD[20]
Alice Lauren Cuthbertson
Jack/The Knave of Hearts Sergei Polunin Federico Bonelli
Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit Edward Watson James Hay
Mother/The Queen of Hearts Zenaida Yanowsky Laura Morera
Father/The King of Hearts Christopher Saunders
Magician/The Mad Hatter Steven McRae
Rajah/The Caterpillar Eric Underwood Fernando Montaño
The Duchess Simon Russell Beale Gary Avis
Vicar/The March Hare Ricardo Cervera Paul Kay
Verger/The Dormouse James Wilkie Romany Pajdak
The Cook Kristen McNally
Footman/Fish Ludovic Ondiviela Tristan Dyer
Footman/Frog Kenta Kura David Yudes
Alice's Sisters Leanne Cope
Samantha Raine 		Meaghan Grace Hinkis
Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Butler/Executioner Philip Mosley Harry Churches

Videography

The 2011 production and 2017 Royal Ballet revival are filmed and released on DVD, both starred Lauren Cuthbertson as the title role.[20][21]

In light of the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on the performing arts, Royal Danish Ballet released a recording of a performance online, which featured Holly Dorger as Alice.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Joby Talbot: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", Chester Novello. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – review". The Guardian. 6 March 2011.
  3. ^ Alison Gunn, "The way to Wonderland". Financial Times, 25 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. ^ "National Ballet brings splashy new Alice to Toronto". CBC News. 2 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Becoming Alice". National Ballet of Canada. 5 February 2019.
  6. ^ Citron, Paula (15 November 2012). "National Ballet's Alice reveals itself through tweaks and tinkering". The Globe and Mail.
  7. ^ "Välkommen till Arkivet". Kungliga Operan (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Det Kongelige Teater. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland© by Christopher WHEELDON". NEW NATIONAL THEATRE, TOKYO.
  11. ^ "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Performance Dates". Wise Music Classical. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Joby Talbot Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2010) Chester Music Ltd (World)". Wise Music Classical. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  13. ^ Royal Opera House. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Knave of Hearts Pas de deux (The Royal Ballet). Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  14. ^ Royal Opera House. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - The Caterpillar (The Royal Ballet). Event occurs at 211 seconds. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  15. ^ a b c "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland synopsis". Royal Opera House.
  16. ^ Judith Mackrell, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – review: Royal Opera House", The Guardian, 1 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  17. ^ Zoe Anderson, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Royal Opera House, London", The Independent, 1 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  18. ^ Sarah Crompton, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Royal Opera House: review", The Telegraph, 1 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  19. ^ "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - 28 February 2011 Evening 7.30pm". Royal Opera House Collections Online.
  20. ^ a b "Talbot, J.: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Ballet] (Royal Ballet, 2017) (NTSC)".
  21. ^ "Talbot, J.: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet, 2011) (NTSC)".
  22. ^ "Alice i Eventyrland". Det Kongelige Teater (in Danish). Archived from the original on 14 May 2020.

Read other articles:

Daftar Menteri Badan Usaha Milik Negara Indonesia

Menteri Badan Usaha Milik Negara IndonesiaLogo Kementerian Badan Usaha Milik Negara IndonesiaBendera Kementerian Badan Usaha Milik Negara IndonesiaPetahanaErick Thohirsejak 23 Oktober 2019Kementerian Badan Usaha Milik Negara IndonesiaDitunjuk olehPresiden IndonesiaPejabat perdanaTanri AbengDibentuk16 Maret 1998; 25 tahun lalu (1998-03-16)Situs webbumn.go.id Menteri Badan Usaha Milik Negara Indonesia, umumnya disingkat Menteri BUMN adalah kepala Kementerian Badan Usaha Milik Negara I...

 

 

Anna dari Bretagne

AnnaAdipati Wanita BretagneBerkuasa9 September 1488 – 9 Januari 1514PendahuluFrañsez IIPenerusClaudePermaisuri PrancisKedudukan tetap6 Desember 1491 – 7 April 1498 8 Januari 1499 – 9 Januari 1514Penobatan8 Februari 1492Informasi pribadiWangsaDreux-MontfortAyahFrañsez II dari BretagneIbuMargaret dari FoixPasanganMaximilian I, Kaisar Romawi SuciCharles VIII dari Prancis Louis XII dari PrancisAnakCharles OrlandClaude, Ratu PrancisRenée, Adipati Wanita Ferrara Anna, Adipati Wanita Bretag...

 

 

Micheal Ward

Micheal WardMicheal Ward tahun 2019Lahir18 November 1997 (umur 26)Spanish Town, JamaikaKebangsaanJamaikaPekerjaanAktorTahun aktif2016–sekarangPenghargaanBritish Academy Film Award (2020) Micheal Ward (lahir 18 November 1997) merupakan seorang pemeran dan mantan model asal Jamaika.[1][2] Ia dikenal sebagai aktor dalam film Blue Story (2018) dan The Old Guard (2020).[3] Ia juga berperan dalam seri televisi Top Boy[1] dan The A List.[4] Ia men...

American Athletic Conference

US college sports conference American Athletic ConferenceFormerlyBig East (1979–2013)AssociationNCAAFoundedMay 31, 1979; 44 years ago (1979-05-31) (de facto)July 1, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-07-01) (de jure)[note 1]CommissionerMichael Aresco (since 2012)Sports fielded 21 men's: 9 women's: 12 DivisionDivision ISubdivisionFBSNo. of teams14 (full) + 8 (affiliate)HeadquartersIrving, TexasOfficial websitetheamerican.org LocationsStates with full members...

 

 

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America

US anti-abortion organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life AmericaFoundedFebruary 4, 1993Re-organized 1997FounderRachel MacNair[1][2]Type501(c)(4) non-profitFocusAnti-abortion political advocacyLocationWashington, D.C., U.S.Area served United StatesKey peopleMarjorie Dannenfelser (President)Emily Buchanan (Executive Director)Websitesbaprolife.org This article is part of a series onConservatismin the United States Schools Compassionate Fiscal Fusion Libertarian Moderate Movement N...

 

 

Ryu Hye-young

Dalam nama Korean ini, nama keluarganya adalah Ryu. Ryu Hye-youngLahir28 Maret 1991 (umur 33)Seoul, Korea SelatanPendidikanUniversitas KonkukPekerjaanActress, ModelTahun aktif2007– sekarangAgenKing Kong by Starship[1]Nama KoreaHangul류혜영 Hanja柳惠英 Alih AksaraRyu Hye-yeongMcCune–ReischauerRyu Hyeyŏng Ryu Hye-young (lahir 28 Maret 1991) adalah seorang aktris dan model Korea Selatan.[2][3][4][5][6] Dia terkenal karena peran...

Daftar kabupaten dan kota di Sumatera Utara

Lambang Provinsi Sumatera Utara Peta lokasi Provinsi Sumatera Utara di Indonesia Peta lokasi Kabupaten di Sumatera Utara Provinsi Sumatera Utara memiliki 25 kabupaten serta 8 kota dengan ibukota di Kota Medan. Berikut daftar kabupaten dan/atau kota di Sumatera Utara No. Kabupaten/kota Ibu kota Bupati/wali kota Luas wilayah (km2)[1] Jumlah penduduk (2022) IPM (2021) Kecamatan Kelurahan/desa Lambang Peta lokasi 1 Kabupaten Asahan Kisaran Surya 3.737,83 791.174 70,49 25 27/177 2 Kabupat...

 

 

Coupe du monde de football 1934

Coupe du monde de football 1934 Généralités Sport Football Organisateur(s) FIFA Édition 2e Lieu(x) Royaume d'Italie Date Du 27 mai 1934au 10 juin 1934 Participants 16 (32 partants) Matchs joués 17 rencontres Affluence 358 000(moyenne 21 058) Site web officiel fifa.com Palmarès Tenant du titre Uruguay (1) Vainqueur Italie (1) Finaliste Tchécoslovaquie Troisième Allemagne Buts 70 (moyenne 4,1) Meilleur joueur Giuseppe Meazza Meilleur(s) buteur(s) Oldřich Nejedlý (5) Navigation Urugua...

 

 

Stephen Dobbie

Stephen Dobbie Dobbie during his Queen of the South daysInformasi pribadiNama lengkap Stephen DobbieTanggal lahir 05 Desember 1982 (umur 41)Tempat lahir Glasgow, SkotlandiaTinggi 5 ft 8 in (1,73 m)Posisi bermain PenyerangInformasi klubKlub saat ini Fleetwood Town (pinjaman dari Crystal Palace)Nomor 9Karier junior2000–2002 RangersKarier senior*Tahun Tim Tampil (Gol)2002–2003 Rangers 0 (0)2002 → Northern Spirit (pinjaman) 3 (3)2003–2005 Hibernian 35 (2)2005 → St. ...

Remodernist film

Film genre Remodernist FilmJesse Richards and Nicholas Watson. Shooting at the Moon. A still from an early Super-8 Remodernist film.Years active2004 - presentLocationUnited States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, IranMajor figuresJesse Richards, Harris Smith, Peter RinaldiInfluencesDIY culture, Stuckism, No Wave Cinema, French Impressionist Cinema, punk film, French New Wave, American independent film[1][2] Remodernist film developed in the United States and the United Kingdom in...

 

 

维基语录

此條目或其章節极大或完全地依赖于某个单一的来源。 (2017年4月17日)请协助補充多方面可靠来源以改善这篇条目。致使用者：请搜索一下条目的标题（来源搜索：维基语录 — 网页、新闻、书籍、学术、图像），以检查网络上是否存在该主题的更多可靠来源（判定指引） 维基语录WikiquoteWikiquote.org首页截图网站类型语录资料库语言多语持有者维基媒体基金会创始人吉米·�...

 

 

Genrōin

Le Genrōin. La Chambre des anciens (元老院, Genrōin?) est une assemblée nationale japonaise du début de l'ère Meiji, fondée après la conférence d'Osaka de 1875. Elle est également désignée comme le « sénat » du Japon. Les principaux dirigeants du mouvement pour la liberté et les droits du peuple, alors naissant, s'étaient retirés du gouvernement de Meiji après leurs efforts infructueux d'établir une assemblée nationale pour une démocratie représentative. La...

8月11日

<< 2024年8月 >> 日 一 二 三 四 五 六 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 历史上的今天 2023年 2022年 2021年 8月11日是阳历年的第223天（闰年是224天），离一年的结束还有142天。 大事记 8月11日 斯巴達國王列奧尼達一世率領300名戰士，於溫泉關與波斯軍隊交戰。 約旦國王塔拉勒·伊本·阿卜杜拉因健康原因退位，其長子胡笙·賓·塔拉勒繼承王�...

 

 

Stanley Morison

British typographer (1889–1967) Stanley MorisonMorison drawn by Sir William Rothenstein in 1923.Born(1889-05-06)6 May 1889Wanstead, Essex, EnglandDied11 October 1967(1967-10-11) (aged 78)London, EnglandOccupation(s)Typographer, printer, historianNotable workTimes New Roman Stanley Arthur Morison[1] (6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967) was a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing.[2][3][4] Largely self-educated, he promoted higher s...

 

 

2003 Myanmar banking crisis

Burmese financial crisis The 2003 banking crisis of Myanmar was a major bank run in private banking that hit Myanmar (Burma) in February 2003. It started with a decline in the trust for private financial institutions following the collapse of small financial enterprises and proliferating rumors about the liquidity of major private banks. Leading to a bank run on the Asia Wealth Bank, the crisis quickly spread to all major private banks in the country.[1][2] It led to severe li...

伊佐沼

この項目では、埼玉県川越市の沼について説明しています。埼玉県川越市の大字については「伊佐沼 (川越市の大字)」をご覧ください。 伊佐沼 地図 伊佐沼（いさぬま）は、埼玉県川越市の東部に位置し、南北が約1300mおよび東西が約300mほどの沼[1]。 自然 自然沼としては埼玉県内最大、関東地方でも印旛沼に次ぐ広さである[要出典]。南北朝時代の文和年�...

 

 

Yuri Gazzaev

Russian footballer In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nurmagomedov and the family name is Gazzaev. Yuri Gazzaev Gazzaev coaching Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in 2019Personal informationFull name Yuri Nurmagomedov GazzaevDate of birth (1960-11-27) 27 November 1960 (age 63)Place of birth Ordjonikidze, Soviet UnionHeight 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)Position(s) Midfielder/ForwardSenior career*Years Team Apps (Gls)1977–1978 Spartak Ordzhonikidze 2 (0)...

 

 

São Tomé und Príncipe

Demokratische RepublikSão Tomé und Príncipe República Democráticade São Tomé e Príncipe Flagge Wappen Amtssprache Portugiesisch Hauptstadt São Tomé Staats- und Regierungsform semipräsidentielle Republik Staatsoberhaupt PräsidentCarlos Vila Nova Regierungschef PremierministerPatrice Trovoada Fläche 1.001 km² Einwohnerzahl 210.240 (Stand 2020 geschätzt)[1] Bevölkerungsdichte 210 Einwohner pro km² Bevölkerungs­entwicklung + 1,9 % (Schätzung für das Jahr 202...

Greenwich Mean Time

Time zone of Western Europe, same as WET GMT redirects here. For other uses, see GMT (disambiguation). Greenwich Mean TimeTime zoneUTC offsetGMTUTC±00:00Current time11:25, 6 October 2024 GMT [refresh]Observance of DSTDST is observed throughout this time zone. Time in Europe: Light Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) Red Central European Ti...

 

 

Willem Maris

Cet article est une ébauche concernant un peintre néerlandais. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?) selon les recommandations des projets correspondants. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Maris. Willem MarisWillem Maris vers 1910.Naissance 18 février 1844La Haye, Pays-BasDécès 10 octobre 1910 (à 66 ans)La Haye, Pays-BasPériode d'activité 1859-1910Pseudonyme Maris, WillemNationalité Pays-BasActivité PeintreFormation Académie royale des bea...