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The Sleeping Beauty - Ballet

The components lying within The Sleeping Beauty Ballet make us travel through time in a fairy tale realm. Painting a kingdom from a faraway land, with fairytale characters, imaginative and opulent costumes, and sets, lay a strong foundation with the grace and elegance of classical ballet.

Sleeping Beauty is a classical production by San Francisco Ballet, with the slumbering Prince Aurora in the tale reviving the lost love among the audience and creating mystical adorations once again!

Premiering The Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty had its roots embedded in St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater, established in 1890. Marius Petipa choreographed this drama ballet being the grand master of Russian ballet with music set by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Sleeping Beauty revived the life of the fairy tales of Charles Perrault, "La Belle au Bois Dormant" ("The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood"), from his book Stories or Tales from Time Past.

He created a new writing genre: the fairy tale based on folk stories. His tales became prominent in children's books, making ways into operas, plays, movies, musicals, and ballets.

Sleeping Beauty rose to the top ranks of the ballet companies with its ever-demanding classic roles for Prince Desire and Aurora, a gathering of nymphs of the woodland, a flock of fairies, and the Enchanted Princess with her Blue Bird adorn in a set of beautiful costumes.

Formation of the Group

Helgi Tomasson of the San Francisco Ballet, the Principal Choreographer and Artistic Director, strategized his dancers to take up the challenges during 1990.

He created the brand-new production of his beloved classic, working with scenic and costume designer Jens-Jacob Worsaae with the sets in Russia during the 1600s and 1700s before and after the reign of Peter the Great.

This creative design concept showcases the passing of the kingdom's 100 years through dramatic costume changes.

Classic Ballet

The scoring is an important element for Tchaikovsky, especially in the rehearsals played by his pianist. Martin West even cues the pianist to slow down by explaining the heaviness in music that involves more of the tempo feel. At the same time, the ballerina who is rehearsing for the Aurora nods joyously.

Tempo, as a word, might be a simple thing, and the must-have here is the feeling of symbiosis in connection to the motions and movements. The ideal instance is delicate, however lively, when built by the violins for the initial entrance of Aurora.

You will have a chance to know when the turn comes for De Sola on stage as she makes the highly dramatic entrance into the world of ballet!