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Martin Schläpfers Choreographie bietet manchen aufregenden Moment, ist aber weitgehend im der Vergangenheit verwurzelt.

Roman Mejia and a raft of soloist debuts galvanized Peter Martins' Sleeping Beauty. An elegant production with some incidental messiness and the structural liability of a princess' dependence on a kiss.

Rudolf Nureyev’s production of The Sleeping Beauty is still a magnificent showcase for La Scala after nearly 60 years.

ABT offer some outstanding performances in a classical quadruple bill but there was a lack of confidence and uniformity within the corps de ballet. 

With Tchaikovsky’s music, glittering visual spectacle and wonderful dancers, The Australian Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty is a thrilling night at the ballet.

Avec le retour de ce ballet mythique magnifiquement interprété par Bleuenn Battistoni et Guillaume Diop, on se réjouit d'avoir goûté à ce plaisir coupable qu'est le conte de fées dansé.

A welcome revival of Javier Torres' condensed version of The Sleeping Beauty with Finnish National Ballet provides challenges for the entire company.

National Ballet of Japan opened their 2024/25 season with Eagling’s The Sleeping Beauty. Haruka Sassa's Aurora, guesting from Staatsballett Berlin, and prima ballerina, Yui Yonezawa, debuting as the Lilac Fairy, were highly impressive. 

Sir Peter Wright's The Sleeping Beauty exudes that magical, ageless feeling, here brought to life by a new and enchanting performance of the title role.

Closer to Matthew Bourne than Marius Petipa, Christian Spuck's Sleeping Beauty is full of invention, captivating the audience in numerous, unexpected ways.

One of America's greatest ballerinas, turned artistic director, has passed on the tradition of true classical ballet to today's dancers in Washington DC.

If the famous fairy variations in the Prologue can sometimes expose weaknesses, NYCB proved that it excels in pure classical ballet and not only in the neo-classical repertory.

Throughout the entire cast, every named role was performed with the mix of enthusiasm, affection and assuredness.

Deux ans après son époustouflant Sonoma, Marcos Morau revient avec La Belle au bois dormant, une interprétation singulière du conte, dansée par le Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon.

Forget tutus and pointework. Sir Matthew Bourne is a great storyteller and his Sleeping Beauty is packed with a punchy narrative... and a vampiric twist. 

The first Fracci Gala at the Teatro alla Scala celebrates the memory and the stature of a child of the house, who not always considered so in life. 

Marianela Núñez possesses a shimmering, celestial radiance and Vadim Muntagirov is a Prince in his prime.

A mixed bag from the ENB repertoire to greet the summer solstice at the Royal Festival Hall. 

A complete roster of principal dancers appear in a gala full of the joys of spring. 

Manuel Legris, whom Nureyev appointed étoile in Paris in 1986, presents an evening of Nureyev choreographies in Milan. 

In the National Ballet of Japan's Sleeping Beauty, the fulfilment and joy of being able to dance was apparent in the whole company and the result was glorious. 

La rentrée sous contraintes du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris met en avant les chorégraphies difficiles et géniales de Rudolf Noureev, généralement très bien menées par les danseurs de la compagnie.

An event that will be long-remembered for the importance of the occasion, if not for its content. 

An evening of sparkle and bravura at London's international ballet gala. 

A slick and stylish celebration at the Coliseum of this great company's achievements over 70 years.

On the evidence of this performance, there is every reason to be cheerful.

If the audience response was not very enthusiastic, it's because Ratmansky's Sleeping Beauty four years after its premiere still comes across as more of a museum piece than a living, breathing ballet. This is a Beauty that never really wakes up.

A memorable and important event in the history of British ballet, sensitively and sentimentally performed. 

In this era that venerates the contemporary, it’s rewarding to see the classics faring so well, and San Francisco Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty is a winner for all.

A dutiful revival of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty from English National Ballet.

Organised by Berlin State Ballet audience’s darling, the principal dancer Polina Semionova, the gala Polina & Friends and its stellar cast literally left the house roaring from enthusiasm.

In keeping this production of The Sleeping Beauty in the repertoire, Boston Ballet is providing a vital service to the history of classical ballet, developing its dancers to their fullest potential, and providing Boston audiences with a chance to enter into a magical world of the most exquisite beauty.

Sir Peter Wright's version of The Sleeping Beauty has stood the test of time, though this opening night of the tour in Southampton didn't always convince that the work has a place of adoration in the company’s heart.

Watching this ballet, one is offered a glimpse of a past world and aesthetic, beautifully preserved.

It’s alright, sometimes, for a classic to own the fact that it is a cliché. The Pennsylvania Ballet’s performance of The Sleeping Beauty, directed by Angel Corella was a lovely, lush but unsurprising presentation

Moscow City Ballet whisks Edinburgh into the dreamlike fairy tale of Tchaikovsky’s ballet Sleeping Beauty for a magical evening that enchants throughout, from Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After.

A return of the company's signature work found The Royal Ballet fielding an excellent cast led by Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov. 

L’American Ballet Theatre inaugure la saison 2016/2017 de l’Opéra de Paris en proposant une nouvelle version de La Belle au Bois Dormant signée en 2015 par Alexei Ratmansky souhaitant restaurer l’esthétique de la chorégraphie de Marius Petipa de 1890.

A great deal is going to be written about Cassandra Trenary in the coming years and people will spend a lot of time trying to analyze what it is that makes her special but it will all come back to one simple thing: there’s something in the way she moves.

 The recent première of Alejandro Cerrudo’s “Sleeping Beauty” in Basel made a brilliant case for reinventing an old and magical tale. 

International Ballet stars come together on stage in London to honour the late legendary Russian ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya.

All praise for Ratmansky's Sleeping Beauty, its old graces newly restored. 

Matthew Bourne's exhilarating, witty reimagining of the Russian classic Sleeping Beauty returns to London. Ashley Shaw makes a radiant Aurora.

Prokofiev's Cinderella shall go to the ball: under Vasily Petrenko's scrupulously magic wand this ballet masterpiece dazzled in a fairy-tale programme of original stage works.

... con Carabosse, Duato intenta un giro en su creación, colorea los tonos pálidos e intenta renovar y renovarse

Washington Ballet's junior company crosses the river to bring ballet into the wider community, with a Sleeping Beauty performance.

Singapore Dance Theatre shows promise in this run of The Sleeping Beauty. 

National Ballet of Japan created a new version of Sleeping Beauty reimagined by Wayne Eagling. Vadim Muntagirov of Royal Ballet guested, and Yui Yonezawa was Aurora.