Marius Petipa designed the dances.The Sleeping Beauty was first presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 15 January 1890. Beautiful fairies arrive, bringing gifts and good wishes to the baby Princess. The three sneak into the castle, where they find Maleficent's goons celebrating, while she pays a visit to Prince Phillip, stuck in a dungeon.

The Sleeping Beauty was both completely traditional and utterly fresh.

The spell is broken and Aurora awakes. Maleficent taunts Phillip with images of Aurora sleeping, and of one day, sending him off to wake the Princess, once he and his horse Samson have aged considerably, laughing at the very idea.

The evil Carbosse storms in and curses the baby, as her invitation to the event had been overlooked.

It was based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood".

Synopsis.

Scene 2: Sleeping Beauty´s Castle Aurora is sleeping on a wide bed under a canopy, surrounded by the slumbering court. Tchaikovsky wrote the music. The Lilac Fairy casts a spell of sleep over the castle and all inside. Marius Petipa and Ivan Vsevolojsky wrote the story of the ballet. It is performed worldwide by almost all major ballet companies and was even the basis for the famous 1959 film version, Sleeping Beauty by Walt Disney. The fairies give their gifts to the Princess, but just before the Lilac Fairy can bless Aurora with hers, Carabosse arrives in a rage at being overlooked. The Sleeping Beauty is an age old tale portrayed in many storybooks and movies. Only the kiss of a prince can break the spell. He calls to her in vain to wake her and then, in desperation, he kisses her. The Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Ballet is a near-perfect classic, a captivating fantasy story filled with magic and poetry.

The King and Queen greet them with gifts suited to the qualities they will bestow on their goddaughter: grace, joy, a musical voice, generosity, a vivacious temperament and beauty. The Australian Ballet exists to inspire, delight and challenge audiences through the power of its performances. Prologue: the christening party King Florestan and his Queen have invited all the Fairies to be present as godmothers at the christening of their daughter, Princess Aurora. The Australian Ballet is one of the world’s premier ballet companies and has delivered extraordinary performances for over 50 years.

The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts. It was based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood". However, the Lilac Fairy weakens the curse.

The charming fairy tale is seen as the height of classical ballet, one of the greatest, purest works in the art form. The scene opens on a lavish court setting of the mid-16th century where King Florestan and his Queen are celebrating the christening of their baby daughter, Princess Aurora. The Story of Sleeping Beauty. The composer himself loved the project, and was extremely proud of his music. The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet is one of the most well known of all classical ballets.

Tchaikovsky wrote the music. The wicked Fairy Carabosse has not been invited because no one has seen her for fifty years.

Its music, like other ballet scores of the latter half of the 19 th century, had been composed according to the choreographer’s specific plan with indications as to the number of bars and the nature of their sound.

Although Tchaikovsky’s first ballet Swan Lake had not been the success he had hoped for, it did not end his composition of ballets. On her sixteenth birthday, Princess Aurora falls under the curse of the Evil Fairy Carabosse and into a deep slumber lasting one hundred years. RUNNING TIMES: ACT 1: 65 minutes; ACT 2: 60 minutes;

The Sleeping Beauty was the first collaboration of Petipa and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Marius Petipa and Ivan Vsevolojsky wrote the story of the ballet. Prince Désiré and the Lilac Fairy enter and the Prince rushes to Aurora´s side. The sleeping princess is carried to the castle, accompanied by the King, the Queen and members of the court. When the princess awakens, they will awaken with her, but till then an impenetrable forest will shield them.