Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty from the Royal Ballet

Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty from the Royal Ballet

Cast: Lauren Cuthbertson, Sergei Polunin
Director: Boris Gruzin
Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes (excluding intervals)

Palace Opera & Ballet offers cinema goers an experience like no other, bringing magnificent productions from the world's finest stages. Screened in 5.1 digital surround sound, patrons are taken as close to the action as one can get, without being there in person. Captured in stunning high definition from Royal Opera House in London, The Sleeping Beauty is the pinnacle of classical ballet: a perfect marriage of Petipa's choreography and Tchaikovsky's music and a glorious challenge for every dancer onstage. The ballet tells the classic story of Princess Aurora, who is cursed at birth by a jealous fairy, furious she wasn't invited to Aurora's christening to sleep 100 years. On her 16th birthday Aurora and her kingdom fall in to a deep sleep until a Prince comes along to wake her with a single kiss. With the help of fairy Godmothers, good must triumph over evil and true love prevail. The Royal Ballet comes together under the direction of Boris Gruzin with additional choreography by Anthony Dowell, Christopher Wheeldon and Frederick Ashton.

"Her poise and confidence grew with every step; so, too, the beauty of each elegantly clarified movement. Her Vision Scene was dreamy in shape and musical awareness, and in the Grand Pas de Deux she grew up before our eyes." - Debra Craine, The Times

"... One of the most independent readings of Aurora I have ever seen. The key is partly her musical boldness, as she uses the underlying romanticism of Tchaikovsky's score to push her dancing to impetuously full stretch, and partly her instinct for dramatic shape, as she articulates the crescent curves and glittering shafts of the Vision scene with vivid clarity." -Judith Mackrell, The Guardian

Palace Opera & Ballet 2012 will be screening The Sleeping Beauty nationally January 27th, 28th, 29th and February 1st at the following cinema venues:
Melbourne: Palace Balwyn, Palace Brighton Bay, Palace Cinema Como
Sydney: Palace Norton, Palace Verona
Brisbane: Palace Barracks
Adelaide: Palace Nova Eastend
For all 2011/2012 season information visit: www.palaceoperaandballet.com.au
Tickets: General Admission: Adult: $27.00, Conc: $24.00, Senior (60+): $22.00, Child (14yrs & under): $15.00
Movie Club (Max 2): $24.00