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Ballet in three acts after the Charles Perrault's fairytales The sleeping beauty remains as Rudolf Nureyev often called it the ballets of ballets.It is the most accomplished and the most brilliant as lell as one of the most spectacular of the XIXth century and the most representative of the " noble" style of the classical language. The sleeping beauty is the key works in Nureyev's carreer: a major success for Marius Petitpa ( The choreographer he admired the most) and the ultimate expression of Saint Petersburg's classical style. Rudolf Nureyev staged the Sleeping Beauty at the Paris Opera in 1989.
The king anxiously awaits the birth of his only child. At last the infant arrives. The king calls for a grand christening celebration to which all the fairies of the kingdom are invited to bestow their blessings on his daughter, Aurora. As the fairies present their gifts of beauty, grace, generosity, song, and temperament, they are interrupted by the arrival of Carabosse; she is enraged and insulted that the king forgot to invite her to the ceremony. Carabosse announces her curse that Aurora will one day prick her finger and die. Luckily the Lilac Fairy has yet to give her present. She declares that although Aurora will prick her finger she will not die. Instead she will fall into a deep sleep from which she will be awoken after a hundred years by the kiss of a prince. Carabosse and her entourage prepare the poisoned needle and hide it in a bouquet of flowers for Aurora.
Aurélie Dupont, Manuel Legris,
David Coleman
French
English, French
Production compagny : Telmondis
Coproduction compagny : La Sept , Arte, Mezzo, NHK, SWR Media
Running Time : 1 x150’
Production Year : 1999
Distribution compagny : Telmondis distribution
Video Format : Digibeta 16/9, Digibeta 4/3 Letterbox