At the Regent on Broadway, on Sunday 31st of May, 2015 an all-time favourite, Sleeping Beauty was performed. The captivating classic Sleeping Beauty has really outdone itself as a ballet. Sleeping Beauty is ballet’s most loved fairy tale. This ancient fairy tale was re-popularised by the Brothers Grimm. Apparently the original, more gruesome tale has been sanitised over time. Moscow Ballet presents it beautifully, true to it’s name. In this version, the Princess’s parents (the King and Queen) survived the 100-year sleep to celebrate the Princess’s wedding to the Prince. However the ballet incorporated other characters into the ballet, such as Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Bluebird, Ricky of the Tuft and Tom Thumb. Other
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Each has a leitmotif representing them running through the ballet, serving as an important thread to the underlying plot. The later part of the work however, takes a complete break from the two motifs and instead places focus on the individual characters of the various court dances. Sleeping Beauty the ballet was first performed in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. The work has become one of the classical repertoire’s most famous ballets.
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Once upon a time… in the palace of King Florestan ⅩⅠⅤ the christening of the baby Princess Aurora is celebrated by guests from all over the magical kingdom. Six fairy godmothers to the princess are in attendance: the Fairy of the Crystal Fountain, The Fairy of the Enchanted Garden, the Fairy of the Woodland Glades, the Fairy of the Songbirds, the Fairy of the Golden Vine and the Lilac Fairy, each bearing gifts and happy to bestow their blessing on the lovely child. Suddenly the festivities are disturbed by the arrival of the fairy Carabosse, deeply offended that the King’s Master of Ceremonies, …show more content…
With pomp and ceremony Cattalabutte struts as if he had not been disturbed by more than a night's sleep. Courtiers and ladies-in-waiting with their escorts dance in. Special guests arrive to pay their respects and to join in the celebration. They are perennial fairy tale characters including Puss in Boots and the White Cat, Bluebird and Florine, and Little Red Riding Hood with the Wolf. They are joined by the fairies of the precious stones - Gold, Silver, Diamond and Sapphire. Finally the happy couple dance, before proceeding to their wedding ceremony in the fairy tale world that brought them together and in which, in time-honoured tradition, they live happily ever
Each has a leitmotif representing them running through the ballet, serving as an important thread to the underlying plot. The later part of the work however, takes a complete break from the two motifs and instead places focus on the individual characters of the various court dances. Sleeping Beauty the ballet was first performed in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. The work has become one of the classical repertoire’s most famous ballets.
ACT Ⅰ
Once upon a time… in the palace of King Florestan ⅩⅠⅤ the christening of the baby Princess Aurora is celebrated by guests from all over the magical kingdom. Six fairy godmothers to the princess are in attendance: the Fairy of the Crystal Fountain, The Fairy of the Enchanted Garden, the Fairy of the Woodland Glades, the Fairy of the Songbirds, the Fairy of the Golden Vine and the Lilac Fairy, each bearing gifts and happy to bestow their blessing on the lovely child. Suddenly the festivities are disturbed by the arrival of the fairy Carabosse, deeply offended that the King’s Master of Ceremonies, …show more content…
With pomp and ceremony Cattalabutte struts as if he had not been disturbed by more than a night's sleep. Courtiers and ladies-in-waiting with their escorts dance in. Special guests arrive to pay their respects and to join in the celebration. They are perennial fairy tale characters including Puss in Boots and the White Cat, Bluebird and Florine, and Little Red Riding Hood with the Wolf. They are joined by the fairies of the precious stones - Gold, Silver, Diamond and Sapphire. Finally the happy couple dance, before proceeding to their wedding ceremony in the fairy tale world that brought them together and in which, in time-honoured tradition, they live happily ever