With the bombastic Queen of Hearts, the evaporating Cheshire Cat, the hookah-smoking Caterpillar and the ever-tardy White Rabbit, Lewis Carroll created such extraordinarily theatrical characters that he inadvertently upstaged Alice. It worked OK in the book, but even in the classic Disney animated film Alice comes off as little more than a tour guide, as much a spectator as the audience. Britain's Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada commissioned choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to... More >>>