Ballet

Cinderella (selections)

1 upcoming performance in New York

Prokofiev’s *Cinderella (selections)* distills his full-length ballet into a suite of sharply drawn scenes, where wit, court ritual, and private longing share the same musical space. Heard at David Geffen Hall with the New York Philharmonic under Elim Chan, these excerpts sit alongside Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the New York premiere of Noriko Koide’s *Swaddling Silk and Gos*, framing old and new in one program. Prokofiev’s score treats fairy tale material with modern bite, letting dance rhythms carry psychological detail.