Today’s ‘Cinderella’ will help kids across the country
International Cultural Promotions, host of Bangkok’s International Festival of Dance and Music, and Bangkok Bank are today presenting a charity performance of “Cinderella” by the Ekaterinburg Ballet and Opera Theatre from Russia
Audience members will be helping children with disabilities, underprivileged youngsters and about 1,600 school and college students to open up their imaginations and learn about foreign cultures.
Choreographer Vladimir Vasiliev, former principal dancer of the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet, has put together an enchanting edition of the classic fairytale, complete with glass slippers and a pumpkin that turns into a fancy carriage.
The show has been praised for its dazzling costumes, spectacular sets and the stirring music of the accompanying orchestra.
Bangkok’s International Festival of Dance and Music this year also features classical and contemporary ballet, acrobatics, magic, Broadway favourites and orchestral concerts right through October 19.
The sponsors are Bangkok Bank, the Crown Property Bureau, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, BMW Thailand, B Grimm Group, Dusit Thani Bangkok, Indorama Ventures, the Ministry of Culture, Nation Group, PTT, Singha Corp, Thai Airways International, Thai Union Group and the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Seats are available at www.ThaiTicketMajor.com and (02) 262 319. Learn more at www.BangkokFestivals.com
