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The Sleeping Beauty

Nao Sakuma as Aurora and Chi Cao as Prince Florimund; photo: Bill Cooper

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Autumn 2010 tour mixed bill
Cinderella
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On Their Toes!
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The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

On her christening day Princess Aurora is cursed by the wicked fairy Carabosse: one day the Princess will prick her finger on a spindle and die. But the kind Lilac Fairy tempers the curse so the Princess will instead fall asleep for 100 years.

With a classical score by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa, The Sleeping Beauty is considered one of the greatest ballets from Imperial Russia. This thrilling production is by Birmingham Royal Ballet’s former director Sir Peter Wright, creator of the Company's popular production of The Nutcracker. With its romantic finale packed with every fairytale character imaginable, The Sleeping Beauty is as engaging now as when she first fell asleep, over a hundred years ago.


'The grandest achievement, the pinnacle of style, amongst the great classics'
SUNDAY TIMES

'Every fairy story Sir Peter touches turns to gold'
BIRMINGHAM POST

Sunderland Empire Theatre 17 - 20 March 2010
Theatre Royal Plymouth 23 - 27 March 2010
The Lowry 30 March - 3 April 2010
London Coliseum 20 - 24 April 2010

Performance length


Approx 2 hours and 55 minutes

Storyguide


PROLOGUE  |  ACT I  |  ACT II  |  ACT III

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Reviews


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Credits


Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography Peter Wright; Marius Petipa
Production Peter Wright
Design Philip Prowse
Lighting Mark Jonathan

Sponsored (1984) by The Friends of Covent Garden

World premiere


16 January 1890, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

First performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet


15 October 1984, Birmingham Hippodrome
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