Director's Notes
 Artistic Director, Dianna Cuatto

   Dear friends and patrons,

 It took a while to amalgamate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass into a complete story to be presented in dance. Below you can see how the ballet will flow and you can compare it to the original stories.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

ACT 1             

Overture & Guests

Down the Rabbit Hole
- Alice, her Family, & Guests
- The Hatter Arrives
- Alice Follows the White Rabbit Down the Hole
- Traveling Through Time & Size Matters Not

The Pool of Tears
- Drink Me--Shrinking, the Key & the Door to Wonderland
- Eat Me--Growing & the Pool of Bubbling Tears  
- Wonderland

The Caucus Race and  Long Tale
- The Mouse’s Tale
- The Magpies
- The Canary
- The Peacocks
- The Parrots and Lobsters
- The Duck and her Ducklings
- The Caucus Race

The Rabbit & Into the Forest
- Alice Chases the Rabbit
- The Forest
- The Cheshire Cat

Tweedledum & Tweedledee
- Alice Meets Tweedledum & Tweedledee
- The Tweedles Do Battle
– The Jabberwocky Raven

Garden of Live Flowers
- The Flower Chorus
– Follow the Rabbit; Follow the Cheshire Cat

Advice from a Caterpillar
- The Caterpillar

Into the Forest Alone
- The Cheshire Cat
- The White Queen
– The White Queen’s Knight

A Mad Tea Party
- Happy Unbirthday
– Twinkle, Twinkle Said the Dormouse
- The Queen of Hearts & her Jabberwocky Raven Arrest the Hatter

                                    INTERMISSION
ACT 2              

The Queen’s Croquet Ground
- Painting the Roses Red
- The Queen’s Court
- The Dance of Hearts
- Alice Meets the Queen and the Knave of Hearts
- The Lobster Quadrille
- The Queen’s Croquet

The Knave of Hearts and White Knight (My Invention)
- The Knave of Hearts Courts Alice
- The Cheshire Cat
- Follow the Cat through the Forest
- To Looking Glass Castle
- The White Knight Duels the Red Knave and Rescues Alice
- The White Knight escorts Alice to Looking Glass Castle

Looking Glass Castle: Through the Looking Glass
- The White Queen’s Court
- The King & Queen Dance
- The Court Celebrates Alice
- Alice and the White Knight
- Alice and the Mirror
- A Vision of the Hatter’s Trial

Who Stole the Tarts & Alice’s Evidence
- The Trial
- I’m Not Afraid of You - A Mouse Testifies
- Leaving Wonderland
- Back Home Again 

 

Click here for Alice in Wonderland Libretto!