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The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)

Imagine a magical ballet where a princess sleeps for 100 years and wakes up to a kiss! ✨

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Rehearsals for Scottish Ballet's Sleeping Beauty 2008/2009

Rehearsals for Scottish Ballet's Sleeping Beauty 2008/2009

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Sleeping Beauty

Key Facts

Music Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
First Performance Year
1890.
Number of Acts
Prologue and three acts.
Fun Fact
The ballet is so long, it can last for about 2 hours and 40 minutes!

Meet the Magical Story!

The Sleeping Beauty is a super famous ballet, like a dancing fairy tale! It tells the story of Princess Aurora, who is cursed to sleep for 100 years. But don't worry, a handsome prince comes to save the day with a kiss! It's all set to beautiful music by a composer named Tchaikovsky. This ballet is like a big, colorful dream you can watch.

Who Made This Dancing Dream?

This amazing ballet was first performed a long, long time ago, in 1890, in a place called St. Petersburg. The music was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who also wrote music for other famous ballets like The Nutcracker. The person who planned all the dances was named Marius Petipa. He was like the director of the whole show, making sure every dancer moved perfectly!

Why Is It So Special?

The Sleeping Beauty ballet is special because it's one of the most famous and loved ballets ever! It's like a classic movie that everyone still enjoys. It has beautiful costumes, amazing dancing, and a story that has been told for hundreds of years. It shows how stories can be told through movement and music, making them magical for everyone who watches.

What Happens in the Ballet?

The ballet starts with a big party for baby Princess Aurora. But then, a mean fairy curses her! Don't worry, a good fairy makes the curse a little softer: she'll just sleep.

When Aurora turns 16, she pricks her finger and falls asleep, along with everyone in the castle! A hundred years later, a brave prince fights through thorns to find her and give her a kiss that wakes her up. Happily ever after!

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