BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130519T182807CEST-6636ju0sI5@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130519T162807Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Aladdin\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event /detail/441594369/Aladdin\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-04-29\nEvent Date End: 2 012-04-29\n\nAladdin\, Dance Prism's latest original production\, explores the exotic world of Scheherazade's tales of One Thousand and One Nights f or three performances only: on April 29 at 2:30 at the Collins Center in A ndover. Young audience members are invited to meet Aladdin\, the Princess\ , the Genie\, and others at a complementary reception following the perfor mance.\n\nThe production follows the impulsive young thief Aladdin from a vibrant Middle Eastern bazaar to imprisonment in a far away desert cave to the palace of the Sultan where\, transformed into a Prince by the magic o f a powerful Genie\, he weds the beautiful Princess of his dreams. As chor eographed by Columbia City Ballet soloist Miranda Bailey and Dance Prism's artistic director Mary Demaso\, the production also features as wedding g uests the legendary narrator Scheherazade and characters from others of he r tales\, including Sinbad the Sailor\, the mermaid Jullanar\, and the bel eaguered Man with Three Wives. Harem dancers\, gypsies\, street vendors\, and Genie-produced apparitions complete the cast.\n\nAladdin and the Princ ess will be played by Dance Prism's Matt Tucker and Caitlin Klinger\, with Jonathan H. Towle as the Genie. In addition to Dance Prism's regular comp any members\, these performances will also feature guest artists from Colu mbia City Ballet. \n\nAccording to production designer Nancy Bailey\, this is a particularly colorful production\, sporting some 220 costumes intend ed to evoke both the historical time and culture of the stories as well as the sense of fantasy and magic so central to them. \n\nDance Prism has pr esented affordable professional productions for the communities of New Eng land since its founding in 1982.\, A classically focused ensemble distingu ished both for its treatment of such narrative ballets as The Nutcracker\, Coppé\;lia\, and Alice in Wonderland\, as well as for its abstract works Dance Prism is committed to making the spectrum of ballet truly acce ssible and affordable to area communities. Dance Prism's Massachusetts tou ring schedule regularly includes appearances in such venues as Worcester's Mechanics Hall\, the Collins Center in Andover\, and the Jackson Arts Cen ter at Bristol Community College in Fall River. Audiences of nearly 10\,00 0 people per year see Dance Prism's acclaimed production of The Nutcracker .\n\nStart time: 2:30 PM\n DTSTART:20120429T000000 DTEND:20120429T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Aladdin TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR