: Unlike the film or TV adaptations, this version purposefully avoids cinematic techniques, leaning into the raw physicality of dance to communicate the state's ownership and control of women's fertility. Critical Perspective
The ballet emphasizes the central message of Atwood’s work—the moral and political wrong of controlling women’s reproductive freedom. "The Handmaid's Tale" Ballet(2022)
Praise for the production often centers on its refusal to sugarcoat the source material for the stage. : Unlike the film or TV adaptations, this