Details

Sleeping Beauty is the much-loved tale of a cursed princess doomed to sleep for one hundred years. However, the enchantment is finally broken with an handsome prince awakens when with a kiss. MacMillan’s production of The Sleeping Beauty is follows the ‘Serguyev/traditional Royal Ballet’ text about King Florestan and his Queen as they celebrate the christening of Princess Aurora. Their special guests are the fairy godmothers who bestow their magic gifts on the infant. Just as the Lilac Fairy is to present her gift, the Fairy Carabosse, whose invitation has been overlooked by the master of ceremonies, arrives and takes her revenge by pronouncing that one day Aurora will prick her finger on a needle and die. The Lilac Fairy intervenes with the promise that Aurora will not die but fall into a deep sleep from which she will be awakened after 100 years by the kiss of a prince. Running time approx 3hrs including two intervals of 20mins

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Corporate Sponsor: skyARTS
Company: English National Ballet
Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan (after Marius Pitipa)
Design: Peter Farmer
Costume: Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting: David Richardson