Peter Schaufuss' Sleeping Beauty

Queensland Ballet presents Peter Schaufuss’s La Sylphide at London Coliseum, with Luke Schaufuss guesting from Birmingham Royal Ballet, in the lead role of James.

Now, one assumed, with the final production in the marathon Tchaikovsky Trilogy at the London Coliseum, all loose ends would be tied neatly together and Peter Schaufuss’ conception of connecting the three great Russian classics together be evident. Right? Wrong. At the end of Sleeping Beauty the previous night, the Dream Master brought Aurora and Florimund together on the now-famous couch.

Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, the three great Russian classical ballet masterpieces which were created in the late 1800s, grace the repertoires of all reputable ballet companies worldwide.

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.