DANCE NEWS: NBOC's ALICE a box-office wonder
28 JUN/11

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency

TORONTO - You could say that audience response to its latest production has left the National Ballet of Canada in a state of wonder.

That would be "wonder" as in ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, the title of the new ballet by Christopher Wheeldon that has just closed at the Four Seasons Centre, a co-production between the NBOC and the Royal Ballet (UK).

It would also be "wonder" as in wonderful, which is a pretty fair description of how critics and audiences responded to the work — a celebration of dance that sold 27,180 tickets (for a haul of almost $2.5 million) over 13 performances, making ALICE the highest grossing main season production in the company's history.

And, finally, that would also be "wonder" as in: "Wonder when they'll bring it back?"