After more than three decades, Cinderella returns to the RIT stage! Rochester City Ballet is proud to present this full-length fairytale classic at RIT’s School of Performing Arts, complete with breathtaking costumes, captivating music, and spellbinding choreography. It’s a magical experience you won’t want to miss.

  • ✺Dates✺

    April 25th-26th, 2026

  • ✺Location✺

    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Robert F. Panara Theatre

✺ SHOW DETAILS ✺

  • Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes

    This ballet is a full length. Meaning, one ballet with intermissions, similar to a book with chapters.

  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.

  • Join the Rochester City Ballet at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Robert F. Panara Theatre for a FREE sensory-friendly showing of Cinderella.

    We’re so excited to perform this special performance for children and adults with autism spectrum disorder, sensory sensitivities, different abilities, or other individualized needs and their families/caregivers.

    Our Sensory Friendly Performance includes:

    • Absolutely no “shushing”!

    • Lower sound levels

    • Elimination of loud or jarring sounds, special effects, and flashing lights

    • House lights on to make movement inside the theater easier

    PLUS, at this performance we have:

    • Relaxed house “rules” – all audience members are free to get up, move around, and leave whenever they need to

    • Allowed use of iPads and other electronics for therapeutic uses

    RSVP HERE FOR THE SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE

    **Thank you to the Glover Crask Charitable Trust and the Golisano Foundation who make it possible for us to offer sensory-friendly performances.