Ballet Festival in Flensburg. "Sleeping Beauty" 26 November 2023

Sleeping Beauty, one of the most famous works of ballet literature and a beautiful children's fairy tale. Danced by the International Festival Ballet, they tell the fabulous story based on the fairy tale "La belle au bois dormant” by Charles Perrault, which was premiered as a ballet in 1890 with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreography by Marius Petipa. The impressive féerie of beauty, elegance and grace combined with breathtaking costumes, a truly royal stage set and the unique passion of the dancers of the "International Festival Ballet” impressively transports the audience into the fairytale world of fantasies and dreams. A perfect work of art accompanied by the live orchestra

Sleeping Beauty was a beautiful child...

It will be a fairytale world of fairies, princes and a beautiful girl, because the best ballet ensemble from the "International Festival Ballet” presents the fabulous story of one of the most popular children's fairy tales of our time - Sleeping Beauty. Originally known in Germany as a story by the Brothers Grimm, the story of the young girl who is cursed by an evil fairy and can only be saved with true love's kiss was adapted as a ballet and premiered in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg . To this day, Sleeping Beauty is one of the most popular ballets and is now part of the international standard repertoire of classical ballet.

The ballet Sleeping Beauty was created in close collaboration between Peter I. Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa, probably the most important choreographer of the 19th century, and fascinates the spoiled connoisseur due to its formal perfection and its highly developed choreographic and musical expression; Thanks to its fairytale-like immediacy and its theatrical splendor, the ballet Sleeping Beauty also delights a wide audience. In addition, the magnificent stage design by the brilliant theater designer Vjatcheslav Okunev, who works for the Mariinski Theater St. Petersburg and La Scala in Milan, among others, beautiful costumes and the limitless elegance and carefree lightness of the "International Festival Ballet” ballet ensemble ensure a dreamy experience and fairytale version of a classic ballet that continues to fascinate even after more than 100 years.