The Monte-Carlo Ballet will now be starting all performances at 4pm to ensure audiences can return home in time for the 9.30pm curfew.
The Ballets de Monte-Carlo has a full dance card this holiday season and is inviting Monaco to join in, albeit a little earlier than normal.
From 19^th December to 3^rd January, the public will be treated to three large-scale narrative ballets: Cinderella,Romeo and Juliet and LAC, done choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot’s way.
These modern reinterpretations of traditional ballets is a speciality of Maillot, giving audiences a chance to see some old favourites through new eyes.
Cinderella will be performed at the Grimaldi Forum on 19^th and 20^th December, Romeo and Juliet will bookend Christmas and be performed on the 23^rd and the 26^th December, and LAC, Maillots Swan Lake, will delight on 30^th and 31^st December and again on 2^nd and 3^rd January.
For the end-of-the-year festivities, the Grimaldi Forum will host a ‘100% Jean-Christophe Maillot’ choreographic fireworks display with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo to celebrate his 60th birthday.
All start times are 4pm to ensure compliance with the current rules regarding curfews.
The ballets will all be accompanied by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Igor Dronov and Kazuki Yamada.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the website at www.balletsdemontecarlo.com
 
Photo: LAC by Alice Blangero