This will be a live performance with costumes, music, and props performed by the professional ballet dancers of New England Ballet Theatre. “The Little Mermaid” is based on the original folk tale ...
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This will be a live performance with costumes, music, and props performed by the professional ballet dancers of New England Ballet Theatre. “The Little Mermaid” is based on the original folk tale by Hans Christian Anderson and draws heavily on Nordic folk art influences, with Viking-inspired makeup and Scandinavian motifs in costumes and stage design. This ballet tells the story of a young mermaid princess who wants to gain a human soul so badly that she gives up her life as a mermaid. The ballet follows her journey as she becomes intrigued with life out of the water, falls in love with a prince, visits the sea witch to become a human, gets her heart broken, and learns many life lessons along the way about love, friendship, empathy, and compassion.
It will be a 40-min ballet performance followed by a 10-min Q&A info session with professional dancers about the art form, the plot of the ballet, pointe shoes, our careers, etc.
