Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography: V. Vsevolozhski and M. Petipa
Artistic direction: A. Bogutsky
Stage design and costumes: V. Okunev
Sleeping Beauty, one of the most famous works of ballet literature and a wonderful children’s fairy tale. Danced by the International Festival Ballet, they tell the fabulous story based on the fairy tale “La belle au bois dormant” by Charles Perrault, which was first performed as a ballet in 1890 with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreography by Marius Petipa. The impressive féerie of beauty, elegance and grace combined with breathtaking costumes, a truly royal set and the unique passion of the dancers transports the audience into the fairytale world of fantasies and dreams. A perfect work of art accompanied by the live orchestra.
The Sleeping Beauty ballet was created in close collaboration between Peter I. Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa, probably the most important choreographer of the 19th century. Its formal perfection and highly developed choreographic and musical expression fascinate the discerning connoisseur; thanks to its fairytale-like immediacy and theatrical splendour, it also delights a wide audience. The grandiose stage design by the brilliant theatre designer Vjatscheslav Okunev, who has worked for the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg and La Scala in Milan, beautiful costumes and the boundless elegance of the ballet are a guarantee of success.
The combination of dancing perfection, musical brilliance and visual opulence makes the performance of Sleeping Beauty an unforgettable experience for young and old alike. With every turn and leap, the International Festival Ballet transports its audience into a world of magic and beauty that blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy.
