FORT WALTON BEACH — She’s still the fairest of them all — and the witch is just as nasty — but the Northwest Florida Ballet gives the familiar fairy tale a whole new twist this weekend.
“The Brothers Grimm’s ‘Snow White’ has been a beloved staple of childhood for generations,” NWFB marketing assistant Megan Fontaine stated in an email. “This new production is … given new life on stage.”
Mobile Ballet artistic director Winthrop Corey choreographed the production, which opens Saturday at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center. His transformation of the story premiered in March 2013.
In a preview interview on AL.com, Corey described his restaging as a performance suitable for a 5- to a 55-year-old audience member.
“I didn’t want to do anything quirky,” he said.
He particularly wanted to avoid Disney-fying the story, especially in representing the dwarves. Don’t expect Sleepy, Dopey, Sneezy and others, but do expect Corey’s delightful solution.
His production is set to music by a range of classic and popular composers, including Jules Massenet, Bedrich Smetana and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Dazzling costumes and scenery evoke scenes ranging from a stately English garden party to the grandeur of an imperial Russia court ball for this colorful, creative, lively and glorious “Winthrop Corey’s Snow White.”
WANT TO GO?
WHAT:“Winthrop Corey’s Snow White”
WHEN: 7 p.m. Oct. 18; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 19
WHERE: Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College Niceville campus
COST: $32, adult; $15, children
NOTES: Tickets available at 664-7787 or nfballet.org. $80 adult, $40 child season-package tickets, with 20 percent savings, available through Oct. 17.
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Not Disney's 'Snow White': NWF Ballet gives favorite fairy tale a new twist