Monaco ballet's Cinderella enchants

In the fairy tale Cinderella, the main character is known for the glass slipper she leaves behind, but in Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo's production, she dances with her bare feet covered in glistening gold dust.

When dancers from the Monaco ballet company swept across China recently, they managed to connect Monaco and China through another golden trail, this time in the form of cultural exchange.

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo presented Cendrillon (Cinderella) at the Shaanxi Opera House in Xi'an on March 8 and 9 and at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing from March 14 to 16.