Ballet West debuts 'Cinderella' with costumes, sets from London's Royal Ballet | KSL

SALT LAKE CITY — The magical fairytale of "Cinderella" returns to Salt Lake City, but this time dancers will grace the stage with costumes and sets from the Royal Ballet in London.

"Even though it's the same ballet that people have loved in the past, it's got a whole new look," Ballet West artistic director Adam Sklute said.

Ballet West performed Sir Frederick Ashton's version of "Cinderella" in 2013 and 2018, with more than 20-year-old sets and costumes the company borrowed from the Joffrey Ballet, which had purchased them from the Dutch National Ballet. Although still beautiful, the production elements were getting old and worn.

"That took a lot of wear and tear on a production that, at this point, was 30 years old. So we knew that we were going to need a new production," Sklute said.

In 2017, Sklute was visiting with his friend, the director of London's Royal Ballet, and learned that the company planned to build a new production and wanted to sell its current costumes and sets that were only 10 years old but were "beautiful pieces of art."

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