On Thursday, March 20, the Royal Ballet's performance of Sleeping Beauty filmed the prior evening will be shown in cinemas across the U.S. Sarah Lamb as Princess Aurora, Steven McRae as Prince Florimund, and Laura McCulloch as the Lilac Fairy will lead the cast in this production which is based on Petipa's original work with additional choreography by Anthony Dowell, Frederick Ashton, and Christopher Wheeldon.
According to the Royal Ballet's website:
- Frederick Ashton choreographed Aurora and Florimund's Act II Variations and Florestan and his Sisters in Act III (after Marius Petipa).
- Anthony Dowell choreographed Carabosse and the rats in the Prologue and the Polonaise and Mazurka in Act III (with Christopher Carr).
- Christopher Wheeldon choreographed the Act I Garland Dance
For more information about the dates and times of the presentation, go to this link and plug in your zip code. Some countries are receiving the transmission live on March 19th.
Here's the cast program for the evening's performance.
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