About The Sleeping Beauty - San Francisco Ballet
With its demanding classical roles—for Aurora and Prince Desiré, a flock of Fairies, a gathering of woodland nymphs, and the Enchanted Princess and her Bluebird—plus massive sets and spectacular costumes, The Sleeping Beauty is fare for only the top tier of ballet companies.
The Sleeping Beauty | Ballet Story, Characters, Music
2019年5月21日 · King Florestan and his Queen have a christening ceremony for their first child, Princess Aurora. Invited are fairies – led by the most powerful Lilac Fairy – who bestow gifts upon the child such as beauty, dance, song, courage, grace, and kindness. Carabosse, an evil fairy, never receives an invite and in her rage curses the baby.
PNB's The Sleeping Beauty | PNB Blog - Pacific Northwest Ballet
Fascinated by an object that she has never seen before, Aurora begins to dance joyfully with the spindle; however, she soon pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep. The King, Queen and the people of the court fret over the Princess’s fate, wondering whether all hope is lost.
ABT - The Sleeping Beauty - American Ballet Theatre
Aurora dances with them, and the King and Queen try to persuade her to choose one as her fiancé. Suddenly, Aurora notices an old woman standing in the crowd, holding a spindle. She takes the spindle from the woman and begins to dance with it coquettishly to win the admiration of her suitors, but her dance ends abruptly when the spindle pricks ...
Sleeping Beauty Ballet Overview – Art de Ballet
2025年1月12日 · The Sleeping Beauty ballet is a cornerstone of classical ballet, celebrated for its enchanting story, timeless music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and masterful choreography by Marius Petipa. It’s the tale of the beautiful, sleeping Princess Aurora, cursed by an evil fairy and destined to awaken only through true love’s kiss.
Staging The Sleeping Beauty at PNB | PNB Blog
3 天之前 · The role of Aurora is an unusual one in the canon of 19th-century ballet because it is expressed almost solely through dance instead of the usual combination of dance and mime. Finding opportunities for naturalness in the context of Aurora’s dances is therefore essential for her character development and for communicating relatability and ...
Instant Expert: The Sleeping Beauty - San Francisco Ballet
When choreographer Marius Petipa, composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and librettist Ivan Vsevolozhsky decided to adapt Perrault’s The Sleeping Beauty into a ballet in 1890, they didn’t stop with just one fairy tale. They chose to include characters from other stories as guests at Aurora and Desiré’s wedding.
The Story of The Sleeping Beauty - San Francisco Ballet
Sasha De Sola as Aurora in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty. During the revelry, an old woman approaches the Princess and offers her a gift such as the girl has never before seen. It is a spindle! Delighted, Aurora plays with the curious object and then pricks her …
Meet Aurora of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’: Her Native Language Is Classical ...
2017年2月8日 · That Aurora’s native language is classical ballet. Her parents express themselves in mime alone, but she speaks pure dance (like her fairy godmothers in the ballet’s Prologue), and she...
The Sleeping Beauty - The Story | The Australian Ballet
Aurora, who has never seen such a thing, is captivated and dances with it until she pricks her finger and collapses. Carabosse reveals herself, laughs triumphantly, and disappears. The Lilac Fairy appears and reminds the King and Queen that …