The Tart Adage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet, 2017)

Principal dancer Laura Morera dances the Tart Adage from Christopher Wheeldon’s production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet, 2017). Pre-order on DVD/Blu-Ray: 📀 Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland burst onto the stage in 2011 in an explosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. Joby Talbot’s score combines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century. Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything from puppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real. Alice encounters a cast of extraordinary and instantly recognizable characters, from the highly strung Queen of Hearts – who performs a hilarious send-up of The Sleeping Beauty’s famous Rose Adage – to a playing card corps de ballet, a sinuous caterpillar and a tap-dancing Mad Hatter. But the ballet does not avoid the darker undercurrents o