“Each performer was a twist on a fairy tale archetype: Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty. Together they teetered and pirouetted around in [their skyscraping heels]…a mix of June Cleaver housewife and Swan Lake Ballerina. Beneath the jokes were some smart statements on female stereotypes, plus a few choreographic sendups of fairy tale ballet; and hey, if that art form doesn’t have a foot fetish, I’m little Red Riding Hood.”
-Janet Smith, The Georgia Straight
Sleeping Booty finds three fairy tale ballerinas at the crossroads of girlish naiveté, Stepford wife-hood, and happily-ever-after. An irreverent tale a little more twisted than Disney or the Brothers Grimm might have us believe. Commissioned for the 20th anniversary of Dancing on the Edge.