Moscow Festival Ballet
Sleeping Beauty
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, 2 and 7 p.m.Performing Sleeping Beauty as a full-length ballet in three acts, this 50-member company brings Charles Perrault’s classic fairytale with poignant music by Tchaikovsky to life. Founded by the Bolshoi’s legendary principal dancer, Sergei Radchenko, the Moscow Festival Ballet weaves a timeless love story of a beautiful maiden who is condemned to die by an evil fairy and sleeps for 100 years until the dashing Prince Florimund awakens her with a kiss. “The performers brought a sweeping grace and beauty to the classic story, set against the timeless music of Tchaikovsky and the choreography of Marius Petipa.” — The Observer
Tickets: $46 adult/44 senior/36 youth
More Information
The Moscow Festival Ballet web site
MAC Chat pre- and post-performance lecture: to come
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