Becoming the Queen of Hearts - The Royal Ballet's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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The Alice's Adventures in Wonderland cast and creative team give an insight into creating the much-loved character of the Queen of Hearts.
Royal Ballet Principals Zenaida Yanowsky, Sarah Lamb and Lauren Cuthbertson, Ballet Master Christopher Saunders and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon give a glimpse into the rehearsal studio into the creation of a modern classic.
Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland arrived on the stage in 2011 with a burst of colour, theatrical magic and inventive choreography. It was The Royal Ballet's first full-length work since 1995 and was instantly acclaimed as a classic. Joby Talbot's score combines sweeping melodies, which gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century, with contemporary effects. Bob Crowley's wildly imaginative sets and costumes draw on puppetry, projections and masks to bring Wonderland to life.
Alice encounters a cast of extraordinary characters down the rabbit hole: from the highly-strung Queen of Hearts, who performs a hilarious rendition of the famous Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty; to dancing playing cards; a sinuous caterpillar and a tap-dancing Mad Hatter. There is a love narrative for Alice and the Knave of Hearts, and they dance a tender pas de deux at the close of Act II. But the ballet does not avoid the darker undercurrents of Lewis Carroll's story -- a nightmarish kitchen, an eerily disembodied Cheshire Cat and an unhinged tea party are all created in vivid detail.
I would pay good money to see this play for the queen or hearts. she totally sold me. what great humor and dancers :).
Definetely
It's a ballet not a play
You can just book tickets for it when its being run at the Royal Opera House. I'm sure other ballets do it but they might not be as good.
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Oh my gosh! She's amazing! Its rare to find dancers who can combine acting and dancing quite flawlessly, not to mention comedy! Great dancer!
Karen Santos I know right
Ugh ikr
Karen Santos i LOVE DANCE
it`s a closet androgyne
Zenaida is just phenomenal as the Queen of Hearts. She is an exquisite dancer, with sublime acting skills. Such a strong dancer to be able to use her technique, but still make it humorous. She is a great artist. She is my favorite for this part, and this part is my favorite character in this ballet.
Still, after all those years, one of my favourite ballet scenes!!! Zenaida is *chefs kiss*. Her facial expressions, her body language...and it takes an incredible amount of talent to dance so badly on purpose and NOT hurt yourself!! Still...brava brava beautiful Zen!!! 👏
I have never laughed harder than when I saw her Queen of Hearts. In fact, most of our row at the ROH were in hysterics for the entirety of the Tart Adage. Absolutely brilliant, and I can't wait to see her again!
Love how they included parallel clips of the dance in sleeping beauty too
haha wow that spin at 3:57 looks pretty darn difficult.
Hope one day Christopher Wheeldon makes a ballet just for Zenaida :)
DID YOU JUST SAY SPIN?!
@@haileychin8436 Did you just reply to a 5-year old comment?
@@sitcomchristian6886 why do you think everyone is a five year old
@@morrisyates7151 the comment is five years old, not the person commenting 🤦♀️
I was laughing so so hard during when I saw this live. I had tears in my eyes the whole time. My boyfriend (who is not an aficionado like me) enjoyed it immensely but the parody and satire was lost a bit on him. This entire ballet is exquisite!!
gosh this must be such fun to rehearse.. love all the laughter in the studio!
Beautiful Zenaida, I can't believe she's retiring after the end of this season! And I never got to see her live! sighs... :(
Vitoria S. OMG NOOO WHYYYY
good news shes coming back
it`s a closet androgyne
@@strings-n-keys thats kinda rude to refer to someone as an it
Zenaida Yanoisky danced this role so beautifully! Her interpretation was hilarious and so original!
It is worth the price of admission to see the Red Queen and the Mad Hatter, if nothing else. I'm so glad I have this on DVD.
Loved the footage of the Tart Adage, and the acting of the Queen in general, the dancers are amazing
Zen is such a brilliant actress. She has me in tears in dramatic roles and I saw her in A Soldier's Tale years ago and I was laughing so hard my abs were aching for days afterwards. I hope she continues to cast her magic over audiences for a long time...
2:53 her whole body is a comedic expression I love it
OMG she's so perfect in this role ❤
I'm going to cry, the costumes are so beautiful
I like the acting and comedy of this ballet. This artists are a joy to watch :)
Nobody:
Not a single soul:
me:reading comments from 5-7 years ago O.o
same here sis 😅
frr
samee
Just got into classical music, ballet and stuff and I feel so backward lol
Same I didn’t even see how old it was till u said that-
I saw the last Performance in November 2012 in Toronto - wonderful, lots of humor, the audience raged from 3 years of Age up to 90.Felt like a kid in a candy store - what a treat.
Hands down my favorite scene of all time. The perfect combination of artistry, technique, and humor.
I saw this in Movie theaters with the Met Opera group!! Phenomenal!!~ It was graceful, funny, ballet dancers and Zenaida as the Queen of Hearts was superb! I was laughing so much! Her dancing was amazing! Brava!!~ 🤗🥰🙏🏼💖💕
I was just in a ballet of Alice and we used the Dying Swan as our affectionate tribute... We all struggled to keep a straight face onstage as our Queen affectionately butchered it with the help of the King and myself... And now we all get to go out to the local cinema to see Zenaida do the Tart Adage! It's going to be amazing!
'Suitors' is also a pun because they are all different 'suits' of cards! Very clever!
The 4 "suitors" OMG that's such a great pun.
Zenaida yankowsky of the Royal Ballet was so good. She towered over everyone and used that in the character so well. You would do so well in that role!
She is seriously so freaking amazing! I love how the queen is supposed to be a bad dancer, but she’s so graceful and beautiful. She’s so theatric and stunning. She’s perfect❤️❤️
What an enchanting cast, I am so glad to see Lauren here - her commentary was both observant yet lighthearted.
And the way she bounced her eyebrows at the end was just conspiratorial! Yes, there are many Aurora ladies out in the world, who would be happier if they took a page out of the queen's book
let's also acknowledge just how sweet and kind Lauren seemed; definitely an Aurora-spirit!
i saw this ballet. oh, good grief was it GOOD!! hard to really get across how amazing this ballet is, without whittering like a twit.
The queen of hearts wants to be aurora? That’s beautiful and hilarious.
What great fun! This made me laugh, too. It must take some doing to dance deliberately badly, yet still in control. And I love Chris Wheeldon's work: he seems so mild-mannered, but so surprising and imaginative.
Zenaida is absolutely amazing as the Queen of Hearts! Love her!
She portrayed that unbound wild feminine spirit so good!
I would love to go see Alice in Wonderland!!!
Me too!!
Zenaida is amazing, the best Queen of Hearts ever! The whole ballet is wonderful.
Zenaida was brilliant as the Queen of Hearts. Love this ballet.
Perhaps the definitive Queen of Hearts 💕
What a choreography!!❤
Unluckily I didn’t see this in person but I did see it broadcast live in a theatre and it was incredible! She was so funny but so beautiful! I would definitely recommend this to anyone whether a ballet dancer or a ballet hater it’s unlike anything I have ever seen!
Now that Zenaida's retired, I'd love to see Cuthbertson as the queen, I think she'd almost have too much fun with it XD
i thought she was a bit uncreative with playing alice. it got a bit annoying to watch alice have the same reaction to pretty much everything in the play, and i wouldve liked to see her character more fleshed out. like, cuthbertson sorta just acted vaguely "young" but it wasnt enough.
Zenaida is glorious
Wish I'd seen her in full flight ✈️
I'm not really interested in ballet but would have really loved to watch this performance from first row!
Theres a documentary at the moment on the bbc with this dancer where she is recovering from her knee operation and doing her last show as she retires from dancing. it was a really nice doc Xx
Wow I’m surprise at how many older dancers there are in this production of A.A.I.W. Good for them! 👏
I saw Alice's Adventures in Wonderland live with my mom and my goodness it was gorgeous and grand. I loved every moment of it. I'm so glad I got to experience it. Absolutely wonderful job by everyone
I love this!It feels like a more playful version of Carlotta from Phantom of the Opera❤️
What's so amazing is shes so good at dancing that she can make it look like she's BAD and be so good at it to not injure herself or her partners. Fucking amazing
Who else could perform this role...?! Bravo, Zenaida!!!
Получила истинное наслаждение от балета. Очень веселый. Тонко подобраны и выражены эмоции. Спасибо !
Zenaida is such a sweetie, she is always smiling. I'm loving that.
I adore this Ballet! I downloaded it on to my Sky system and I am constantly watching it. Amazing dancers! :)
I'm going to be watching this ballet next May!!!! So excited!
I loved the show WELL DONE EVERYONE
DANCERS,PEOPLE IN THE BACKROUNDAND CREATERS!!
😇❤️❤️
I love ballet when I grow up I want to be a ballerina !!😍😍
One spectacle Not ,to miss.Raw talent at its peak ,a fabulous soiree in perspective .
I first watched this and fell in love. I'm from Texas but my birthday happens a day before one of the shows so thank you Royal House because I'm now trying to come see this! It just looks fantastic, I've watched so many of these sneak peeks and I can't stop! I'm sure I'm even gonna get the DVD!!!!
Best ballet character ever
Это самая восхитительная Красная Королева, которую можно себе представить!
She is amazing!! Best queen of hearts.
i still go to ballet and its still fun and its really good exersise for u! dont be scared to ballence on one foot dosent matter if u fall and trip!
her performance was absolutely amazing👌
I went to see the live screening of this, it was amazing, and she was definitely one of the best dancers.
hands down act three opening was the best xD
In this play the queen of hearts was my favorite character, she nailed it I love it. All the performance was actually perfect
It’s not a play! It’s a ballet 🩰
Omg the girl playing Alice is so pretty :>
Ballet is a Beautiful art. They’re very talented
this is my absolute favourite piece ever.
Omg i would love to see this ballet show! It looks soo fun
This ballet was amazing!
She is amazing really wonderful performance loved her sence of humor she is fantastic
zenaida is amazing the shock i got when i saw a clip of her in those red
She looks like a real queen 👑
1:53 And in that mili second, the man remembered the famous enchanted words:
" *OFF WITH HER HEAD!* "
I saw this ballet today in Australia and it was amazing, the costumes were beautiful
Damn she's good. Reminds me of a boss I once had. Scary.
I love Zenaida!!!!!
Awesome, now I really want to see this ballet :D
She is just brilliant...
They're all so underrated.
I can assure you they’re not! They’re all top dancers!
@@dnr2089 ohh okay then :O
She is really suitable for this role
Lauren's "hee-hee-hee" at the end. lol!
I’m sorry but that red pointe 😍😍😍😍😍
OMG! I loved the Queen. I wonder if they have a profile of Sergei as well...
i need to see this ballet
The first guy being WAY too short for her is killing me😭
She is so perfect in this role
As the queen of hearts and I quote off with your head
Awesome, I Love this character 😚
I live Sarah Lamb!!She is one of my favorites
Hahaa! I love this! I really want to see it live :)
Amazing as always
quelle extraordinaire danseuse et comedienne...
Simply ... the best ❤
I wonder if I can get the whole Alice production on DVD or Blue Ray.
I so wish I could seen this ballet!
OMG ITS HER. MY QUEEN
Hello royal ballet, I would like to know, how or why did you make a new division inside the ballet, transforming the act one in two acts? (the small pas de deux of alice and the knave of hearts after the dutchess house, there is a big difference in this part between the 2011 dvd and the 2013 dvd)
Why did you add that scene?
And by the way, for me as an espectator, it made the ballet even more interessant and understandable. It was totally the cherry on top of the cake. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
HOW PRECIOUS OMG I want to see this so bad!!!
Вы великолепны в образе Червонной Королевы. ❤💐 из России.
when they picked her up in that split, i mentally felt that
Stunning