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Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Choreography and staging by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa (Opéra national de Paris, 1989). The “Ballet of ballets” as Rudolf Nureyev described it, Sleeping Beauty remains one of the jewels in the heritage of dance. First performed in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint-Petersburg, the work combined the talents of choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Tchaikovsky. Inspired by Charles Perrault's tale, they imagined a “fairy-tale ballet” in which dream and reality overlap and where fairies and godmothers, and the forces of Good and Evil fight over the fate of two young people. It was not until 1989 that Rudolf Nureyev restaged the work based on the original choreography for the Paris Opera Ballet. Readopting the original order and structure of the piece, passed on by generations of dancers, he devised a choreography of dazzling academic virtuosity, alternating between lavish ensembles and pas de deux. The sumptuous sets and costumes by Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino recreate the splendor of one of the most outstandingly accomplished masterpieces in the classical repertoire.
The Étoiles, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet Paris Opera orchestra
Conductor : Fayçal Karoui | Sets: Ezio Frigerio | Costumes: Franca Squarciapino | Light: Vinicio Cheli
French
Production compagny : François Roussillon & associés
Coproduction compagny : Opéra de Paris Production with the participation of France Télévisions
Running Time : 1x150'
Production Year : 2013
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : HD CAM, Digibeta 16/9