Scottish Ballet's Cinders! confirms Hampson is a savvy theatre-maker

Aaron Venegas as Tarquin in Christopher Hampson's Cinders!

Bruno Micchiardi as Cinders and Jessica Fyfe as Princess Louise in Cinders!

Bruno Micchiardi as Cinders in Christopher Hampson's Cinders!

Claire Souet as Flossie, Aaron Venegas as Tarquin and Aisling Brangan as Morag in Cinders!

Scottish Ballet dancers in Cinders!

By Kathy Elgin, 09 January 2024

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“And if you thought the sisters would be trouble, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”

Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow on 13 December 2023

Cinderella (Christopher Hampson)

Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet Orchestra

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Reviewed at Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on 6 January 2024

Cinderella (Christopher Hampson)

Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet Orchestra

Bruno Micchiardi, Dancer

Jerome Anthony Barnes, Dancer

Jessica Fyfe, Dancer

Bethany Kingsley-Garner, Dancer

Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck: plenty of pzazz in Glasgow

Kathy Elgin, 16th April

Christopher Hampson’s newly updated Starstruck is thoroughly entertaining with sexy solos, classical pas de deux and lines of perfectly-timed Broadway hoofing.

****1

Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen in Edinburgh

Kathy Elgin, 27th November

Scottish Ballet’s third outing of Christopher Hampson’s The Snow Queen sees some modifications to the story and it’s more spectacular than ever.

****1

Scottish Ballet's Nutcracker: brimming with Christmas magic

Kathy Elgin, 6th December

In the third revival since 2014, Peter Darrell's 1973 Nutcracker still has all the right ingredients to send the audience home feeling joyous.

*****

Twice-Born: Scottish Ballet opens the season in bold, balanced style

Kathy Elgin, 21st September

Clearly on a mission to prove that today’s dance world comprises many styles that feed into and refresh each other, Scottish Ballet starts as it means to go on.

****1

“Starstruck” Scottish Ballet brings back Gene Kelly ballet back

Graham Watts, 24th September

Gene Kelly's only ballet has been revived by Christopher Hampson, with an excellent twist.

****1

Icy worlds collide in Scottish Ballet's euphoric Secret Theatre

Graham Watts, 21st December

Jess and Morgs continue to break the mould of tired dance films by directing their first full-length feature, which offers much more than just a different way of presenting dance.

*****

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Kathy Elgin

After a career in publishing, Kathy Elgin turned her enthusiasm for dance into a real job by joining the late, great John Percival, Dance Critic of The Times, in his re-launch of Dance and Dancers magazine in 1981. She was later delighted to join its rival, The Dancing Times, as Scottish correspondent until the magazine’s sad demise in 2022. She lives in Edinburgh.