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'Aunt Holle' Dance Play For Children @ National Dance Theatre, 23 February

• 21 Jan 2020 9:22 AM

“Once upon a time, there was a widow who had two daughters. One of them was beautiful and industrious, and the other ugly and idle."

"The widow was much fonder of the ugly and idle daughter, because she was her own daughter. The stepdaughter had to do all the work, she was a veritable Cinderella.  

She spent allher days sitting by the well, spinning and spinning until her fingers startedto bleed.”

A tale by the Brothers Grimm about virtues and justice, expressed in the language of artistic dance.

Date and time: 
Sunday, 23 February, 11 am

Tickets: 
HUF 2,000 / 2,500

Venue: 
National Dance Theatre
1024 Budapest, Kis Rókus u. 16-20.

More:
nemzetitancszinhaz.hu

Photo courtesy of the organisers

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