The Dragon | Sleeping Beauty | State Street Ballet
16’ tall walk around Dragon for four dancers
by Christina McCarthy
How do I make a 16 foot tall dragon that breaks into four parts for a full scale ballet production and can be quickly brought onto stage by dancers who were moments ago dancing their other roles?
This project started with investigations I made with cane construction of a horse head for a production of Macbeth at Orlando Shakes in Florida. It was a leap of faith as this was the largest puppet I have ever made and it needed to be able to dance in a way that felt symbiotic with ballet, fluid, graceful and terrifying.