Julien Lestel sets the tale in the context of a big company managed by a strict matriarch. Cinderella has a subordinate position and is harassed by her stepmother and two stepsisters.
Through a tense, expressive choreography, Julien Lestel highlights the psychological violence inflicted on Cinderella, but also reveals her inner strength which is about to emerge.
The godmother represents Cinderella's awareness of desire for emancipation and her quest for freedom.
The prince, a startuper, is indeed charming but fragile. He incarnates a different type of solitude; their meeting is not a rescue operation but moment of mutual recognition.
The twelve strokes of midnight do not ring out the end of a magical evening, they echo the violence of the harassement endured by Cinderella. This no "happy end", but the beginning of a renaissance.
The mixing of Prokofiev with electro music, composed by Iván Julliard, underscores the tension between the outside world and inner life, submission and emancipation, tradition and modernity.
