With a cast comprised almost entirely of children, ages six to 18, The Snow Maiden is a full-length Ballet and Character dance performance recounting a beautiful Russian folktale filled with love and magic.

Come enjoy the story of Lel, the Russian shepherd boy who falls head-over-heels in love with the beautiful and mystical Snow Maiden.

Rounding out the cast are sweet Snow Drops and Icicles, fierce Snow Guards, four powerful Winds, a fun Snow Family, an icy Snow Queen, and many more creatures of wonder from a mysterious otherworld of perpetual winter.

Join our audiences as they ooh-and-aah to the very end: Will Lel win the heart of the lovely Snow Maiden, or will she disappear, melting away with the thaw of spring?

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The Legend of The Snow Maiden

There is a legend that says if you build a beautiful snow girl and wish hard enough, the Snow Queen will bring her to life. This Snow Maiden can do anything that real people can do EXCEPT fall in love. If she falls in love, she will melt and return to the Land of Snow forever!

The Snow Maiden, or Snegurochka in Russian, is a recurring character in many different versions of Russian fairytales. The first full-length Snow Maiden ballet was produced in 1878 by Marius Petipa. The story was later made into an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was first performed in 1882.

Act 1 | Scene 1

In a little village in long ago Russia, a childless Old Woman and her House Spirit, the Domovoi, build a beautiful snow girl every year in the hopes that it will come to life as a Snow Maiden. One year, during a skating party, a Fortune-Teller comes to the village and reads in the Old Woman’s palm that her daughter will meet her future husband that night. Everyone is upset that the Fortune-Teller is so cruel, and they chase her out of town. The Domovoi uses its magic to call upon the Snow Queen, who transforms the snow girl into a Snow Maiden. The Snow Maiden is warned that if the warmth of love should touch her heart, she will melt and return to the Land of Snow forever. The Snow Maiden’s eyes briefly meet those of Lel, the and some shepherd, as the Old Woman guides her into the hut.

Act 1 | Scene 2

It is Spring, and the Snow Maiden has made many friends. The four naughty older daughters of the Boyaress entice Lel and the Snow Maiden into dancing together. He professes his love for the Snow Maiden, and she returns his affection. But, as warned, the Snow Maiden melts and sadly returns to the Land of Snow. The village is despondent, but the Domovoi calls upon the four Winds to help Lel rescue the Snow Maiden. The brassy West Wind appears first and gives Lel a magic axe that will defeat all enemies. The elegant South Wind brings wine that will warm the coldest heart. The playful East Wind brings a feather from the Firebird. The remote North Wind brings a necklace of pearls that will keep the Snow Maiden cool forever and takes Lel to the Land of Snow.

Act 2 | Scene 1

The Snow Maiden is presented to the court of the Snow Queen. She is welcomed by the Snow Queen and her Snow Angels, Snow Guards, the North Wind, the Frost Fairy, the Ice Princess, the Snow Flakes, the Polar Bears, the Snow Animals, the Icicles, the Ice Crystals, the Snow Man & Mama Winter with their Snow Drops & Jack Frost and the Snow Balls. But even the antics of the Snow Man and Little Jack Frost can’t bring a smile to her face. When Lel appears, he defeats the Snow Guards with the magic axe and warms the Snow Queen’s heart with the magic wine. He puts the magic necklace around the Snow Maiden’s neck and uses the feather to call the Firebird.

Act 2 | Scene 2

The Firebird takes them back to the village where the Old Woman and the Domovoi are overjoyed to see them. Everyone celebrates the love of Lel for his Snow Maiden.