The Snow Queen

Michael Corder’s sumptuous ballet was created for English National Ballet in 2007 and returns for just 12 performances.

Hans Christian Andersen’s famous wintry fairy tale tells of Gerda’s quest to find her friend Kay who has been put under the Snow Queen’s evil spell. Her fantastic journey takes her to the Snow Queen’s Palace inhabited by her magical court of wolves, white foxes and sprites. Only Gerda’s love for Kay can release him from the spell and break the Snow Queen’s curse of eternal winter.

The 67 dancers of English National Ballet and the dazzling costumes and sets create a glittering, magnificent spectacle and English National Ballet’s symphony orchestra plays Prokofiev’s glorious music.

“It glistens deliciously like a jeweller's shop – rich, white costumes dazzlingly strewn with crystals, snowy baldaquins and wolfmen with bushy tails.”
Daily Telegraph

The Snow Queen runs for two hours and 50 minutes including two intervals.

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