![]() "It's those touches that, when it all comes together, create this magical world," Arduino said, adding that Ravelo also researched the music of the time period Carroll was writing in and he chose pieces by Antonin Dvorak to score the ballet.Ī native of Colombia, Ravelo began his ballet training at Anna Pavlova School in Bogotá. Also, the Cheshire Cat will appear on the screen and wink before the dancer who portrays the Cheshire Cat arrives on stage. So, the door Alice enters will be projected behind her and it will grow taller to create the illusion that she's shrinking. In honor of the anniversary, Arduino wanted to do an original work and as she spoke with Ravelo about it, he suggested "Alice in Wonderland."įor instance, when Alice drinks the potion and becomes small, it's difficult to convey that with just dance, she said. ![]() Featured in the all-ages classic tale are Laura Durkin as Alice, Elizabeth Schneider as White Rabbit, Aubrey Gallagher as Queen of Hearts, Brennan Connor as the Mad Hatter and John Roman Vachino as the Cheshire Cat.Įarlier this year, Ravelo, who recently retired from Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo after a 13-year career, worked with the dancers from BTOS to stage the dance company's performance of "Wonderland." In theme with its source material, Ravelo's choreography is "fabulous, creative and whimsical," BTOS artistic director Joanne D. The performance, which is part of BTOS' 65th anniversary celebration, is based on Lewis Carroll's book and an original creation by professional dancer Giovanni "Gio" Ravelo. For accessible or companion seating, call BTOS at 57 and someone will assist with the ticket purchase. ![]() Tickets are available by visiting or by calling 85. at the Theater at North, 1539 N Main Ave., Scranton. The dance school's senior company will present "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" on Friday, May 5, at 7 p.m. It is a price tag, displaying the price ‘ten and six’: 10 shillings and 6 pennies.May 3-Go down the rabbit hole with Ballet Theatre of Scranton this weekend. Many people wonder about the tag on the Mad Hatter’s hat. It is also often suggested that Tenniel made the Mad Hatter resemble the politician Disraeli, but other people argument that he was based on a local furniture dealer called Carter, or on Thomas Randall, an Oxford tailor. Carter was known in the area as the Mad Hatter, partly because he always wore a top hat and because of his eccentric ideas. ‘Mad as a hatter’ probably owes its origin to the fact that hatters actually did go mad, because the mercury they used sometimes gave them mercury poisoning.Ĭarroll may have asked Tenniel to draw the Mad Hatter to resemble Theophilus Carter, a furniture dealer near Oxford. The phrase ‘mad as a hatter’ was common in Carroll’s time. In Tim Burton’s 2010 movie, the Hatter’s name is Tarrant Hightopp. In ‘Through the Looking-Glass’, the Hatter returns in the form of the Anglo-Saxon messenger ‘Hatta’.Īlthough everybody calls him ‘the Mad Hatter’, Lewis Carroll never actually called him that in the story. The Hatter is mentioned in chapter 7 and 11 from the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. When he is called upon by the Queen, he is very nervous and frightened. He occasionally is very rude and provokes Alice during the tea party. Later he also appears as a witness during the trial. The Mad Hatter is one of the members of the Mad Tea Party.
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