Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo: “La Belle”

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo present “La Belle” on stage of the Grimaldi Forum Monaco from Wednesday 26 to Saturday 29 April at 7.30 pm and Sunday 30 April 2023 at 3 pm.

Dive into a beautiful yet ferocious psychoanalytical study of the famous fairy tale by Perrault. Jean-Christophe Maillot has striven to break through the sugary Disney crust of La Belle to create a ballet that speaks directly to our inner child, our fears and our desires. This production introduces us to the lesser-known second act of Perrault’s tale, in which the heroine’s awakening and her wedding to the Prince are not the end of the story. This part is dark and terrifying: the Princess, now Queen, and her children are threatened by her stepmother, the Ogress Carabosse.