Classic ballet has been reimagined and redesigned to appeal to children as young as three.

The English National Ballet and English National Ballet School’s My First Ballet: Sleeping Beauty is an adapted version of the Tchaikovsky classic, reduced down to an hour with a narrator added.

It is at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, on April 16 and 17.

Choreographer George Williamson said: “It’s a privilege to be creating this production of Sleeping Beauty, which is likely to be the first experience of ballet for children all over the country – I hope they will leave the performance feeling inspired, with a sense of the magic of ballet and its power to tell a story.”

Go to orchardtheatre.co.uk or call 01322 220000.

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