Moscow Festival Ballet - Sleeping Beauty on stage at NPAC!

Description

Sleeping Beauty is often considered the finest achievement of the Classical ballet. It is a grandiose and refined blending of the traditional mime, expressive pas d'action and spectacular divertissements in a lavish theatrical setting. Performed by the Moscow Festival Ballet, Sleeping Beauty is a supreme demonstration of steel point work, sharply accented spinning turns, soaring leaps, high extensions, and daring lifts. Princess Aurora, condemned at her christening by an evil fairy to prick her finger and die on her 16th birthday, is saved by the gift of the good Lilac Fairy, who declares the princess will only sleep until awakened by the kiss of a prince. This beautifully depicted fairy tale is replete with a king and queen, fairies both good and evil, a beautiful princess and dream prince, magical stage effects and courtly splendor.