Aesops Fables | Nashville Ballet | Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art | DANCE

Aesop's Fables

Presented by Nashville Ballet at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art

July 19, 2012

This engaging children’s ballet features four popular tales by the world-famous storyteller: The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and The Crow, The Wind and the Sun and The Ants and the Grasshopper. Woven together with an original narrative, these stories creatively depict Aesop winning his freedom from slavery through his cautionary storytelling. Audiences are transported from ancient Greece, with period costumes and...

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This engaging children’s ballet features four popular tales by the world-famous storyteller: The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and The Crow, The Wind and the Sun and The Ants and the Grasshopper. Woven together with an original narrative, these stories creatively depict Aesop winning his freedom from slavery through his cautionary storytelling. Audiences are transported from ancient Greece, with period costumes and elaborate masks, to present day as each of the four memorable fables come to life through movement.

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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art

1200 Forrest Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37205

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Admission Info:

Free Admission

General Day and Time Info:

Thursday 6:30pm

Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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