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National Ballet of Canada Review: The Sleeping Beauty
January 30, 2020 National Ballet of Canada The Sleeping Beauty Washington, D.C. For a ballet that is so familiar with audience members of all ages, there were some surprises during National Ballet of Canada’s The Sleeping Beauty at The Kennedy Center last night. Rudolf Nureyev’s 1972 production of this fairytale classic does not skimp on […]
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San Francisco Ballet Presents The Sleeping Beauty
San Francisco Ballet will perform Helgi Tomasson’s The Sleeping Beauty, a production that premiered in 1990. It is choreographed after Marius Petipa’s 1890 version, maintaining Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s timeless score. This epitome of classical ballet is set in Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries, Jens-Jacob Worsaae‘s set and costume design reflecting this period in history. […]
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Sleeping Beauty Dreams Review: The Virtual and the Real Awaken Art Basel
December 7, 2018 Diana Vishneva Sleeping Beauty Dreams Miami Beach, FL Nestled amid the exciting visual and performing art events of Miami’s 16th annual Art Basel, Sleeping Beauty Dreams, played to a partially full house December 7 and 8 at Miami-Dade’s Adrienne Arsht Center. This version of Sleeping Beauty interpreted the moves of our heroine, […]