Twice the story--double the fun. Springfield Ballet presents "A Tale of Two Wolves," featuring a double bill of "Peter & the Wolf" and "Little Red Riding Hood,” individually choreographed for Springfield Ballet’s dancers, April 13-15 at the Landers Theatre. The production offers what Springfield Ballet Associate Artistic Director Brian Norris believes is a first—possibly anywhere. “It’s something that’s never been done before. No one’s ever taken ‘Peter and the Wolf’ and ‘Red Riding Hood’ and put them together in one night.” He says when ballet companies or schools undertake a dance version of “Red Riding Hood,” it’s usually incorporated into act III of “Sleeping Beauty.” “So this is something completely new, completely original.” “Red Riding Hood” forms the second half of the show. The opening half is the familiar “Peter and the Wolf” with score by Sergei Prokofiev, as choreographed by Springfield Ballet’s Artistic and School Director Ashley Paige Romines. And Brian Norris decided
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