La Strada review – Fellini’s circus becomes a heartfelt ballet

La Strada review – Fellini’s circus becomes a heartfelt ballet

Sadler’s Wells, LondonDancer Alina Cojocaru and choreographer Natalia Horečná bring the 1954 film to the stage but their show loses its way in the second actIt’s no surprise that a strange film begets a rather strange ballet. La Strada is Federico Fellini’s 1954 Oscar-winner, the haunting tale of Gelsomina, a childlike young woman sold by her mother to a travelling strongman, who still manages to find hope and wonder in a hardscrabble life.Encha…