'The Handmaid's Tale' ballet comes to the National Arts Centre

Classic Canadian novel The Handmaid’s Tale is coming in ballet form to the National Arts Centre this weekend and we’ve got a sneak peek.

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s performance, based on the Margaret Atwood story, runs at the NAC’s Southam Hall Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. ET.

The CBC’s Sandra Abma was among the media invited to the dress rehearsal and brought back this preview.

You can see it in the video player.