On March 29 and 30 the National Theatre Ballet put on the stage a premiere of the ballet Sleeping Beauty in a version choreographed by Javier Torres. The Sleeping Beauty is one of the cornerstones of ballet repertoire all over the world and it is considered by many musicians the ultimate Tchaikovsky ballet score. The National Theatre Ballet version by the Mexican choreographer Javier Torres, originally created for the Finnish National Ballet, treats the artistic legacy of Marius Petipa with respect and offers the spectator anything one would usually expect from a traditional, lavish classical ballet. The audiences will get to see demanding parts for soloists and corps de ballet alike as well as experience the fairy tale atmosphere with sensible amount of exaggeration and humour, especially for kids. Grown ups may also find there “a deeper reflection of good and evil in the context of love and fear and their inherent duality". Perrault's famous fairy tale about a girl who pricks her hand with a thorn and falls asleep for a hundred years should appeal not only to classical dance enthusiasts.
The choreographer explains his vision as follows:
“In my vision of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, the actual drama takes place within the heart of the main character, Princess Aurora. Hence, all the characters we see on stage appear as incarnations of Aurora’s inner emotions – particularly Syrene, the fairy of love, and Carabosse, the witch of fear. Aurora is confronted with the choice of living her life in fear or in love. It takes her a hundred years of sleeping in fear before she can consciously choose to awaken to love. I believe that Aurora’s choice between living in fear and living in love is a choice we all have. To understand how to make it a conscious one, we must follow Aurora’s example and face our deepest fears. Making such a choice consciously is the only way we can awaken into real love.”
Source: National Theatre
Premiere of the Sleeping Beauty at the National Theatre Is Approaching
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On March 29 and 30 the National Theatre Ballet put on the stage a premiere of the ballet Sleeping Beauty in a version choreographed by Javier Torres. The Sleeping Beauty is one of the cornerstones of ballet repertoire all over the world and it is considered by many musicians the ultimate Tchaikovsky ballet score. The National Theatre Ballet version by the Mexican choreographer Javier Torres, originally created for the Finnish National Ballet, treats the artistic legacy of Marius Petipa with respect and offers the spectator anything one would usually expect from a traditional, lavish classical ballet. The audiences will get to see demanding parts for soloists and corps de ballet alike as well as experience the fairy tale atmosphere with sensible amount of exaggeration and humour, especially for kids. Grown ups may also find there “a deeper reflection of good and evil in the context of love and fear and their inherent duality". Perrault's famous fairy tale about a girl who pricks her hand with a thorn and falls asleep for a hundred years should appeal not only to classical dance enthusiasts.
The choreographer explains his vision as follows:
“In my vision of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, the actual drama takes place within the heart of the main character, Princess Aurora. Hence, all the characters we see on stage appear as incarnations of Aurora’s inner emotions – particularly Syrene, the fairy of love, and Carabosse, the witch of fear. Aurora is confronted with the choice of living her life in fear or in love. It takes her a hundred years of sleeping in fear before she can consciously choose to awaken to love. I believe that Aurora’s choice between living in fear and living in love is a choice we all have. To understand how to make it a conscious one, we must follow Aurora’s example and face our deepest fears. Making such a choice consciously is the only way we can awaken into real love.”
Source: National Theatre
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