The Wonderful World

We offer something very different to classical ballet companies, and the traditional contemporary dance aesthetic. Our production of Snow White offers a richly layered sense of theatre, with balletLORENT's brilliant collaborators adding depth to everything the audience sees and hears. The wonderfully eclectic cast is supported by great lighting, set design, costume, a great number of props, narration, an orchestral score including a beautiful soprano, and, of course, very committed performances from our cast of dancers. Although the images we create are very filmic and fairytale-esque, it all comes together to look very natural, very real. The professional dancers are accompanied by a cast of local children from Vittoria Primary School, who perform the roles of the Palace children, the young Snow White, and woodland creatures in the forest. As a company, we are really good at storytelling, and choosing when to let dance take the lead role, or when to let the music, narration or the set design come to the fore. balletLORENT is an acclaimed contemporary dance company, what makes the company special? We are pretty unusual in having a very diverse group of dancers whose ages, training and backgrounds are very contrasting. It's also quite a rare privilege to work with somedancers for 15 years or more. One of the most special things about our dancers is their selflessness and lack of ego. Because we often share the stage with children or other guest ensembles who haven't had professional dance training, we often seek to use the dancers' virtuosity in ways that propel the story, the image, or the emotion rather than show off how clever we all are. We are deliberately sitting outside of trying to impress our peers, and very focused on being able to offer something magical to audiences who may have had very limited experience of dance.