Article: CINDERELLA - and the fellas.(Entertainment)(Eugene Ballet rolls a bit of slapstick into the classic story, with male dancers as the ugly stepsisters)

Byline: Fred Crafts The Register-Guard

For Eugene Ballet artistic director and choreographer Toni Pimble, the joke's on the audience.

And the joke is - drum roll, please - that those two clumsy Ugly Stepsisters in her ballet ``Cinderella'' are danced by a couple of guys.

The dudes in drag are Dan Alsedek and John Funk, who specialize in character roles. Their comings and goings lend a landslide of chaos to the sedate proceedings, which is precisely what Pimble is after.

Pimble's "Cinderella" is all confetti - guaranteed to bring smiles, chuckles and guffaws.

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