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Dance at the Cinema: SLEEPING BEAUTY (Ballet)

Lisa Segall, Neighbor

The "Ballet of ballets" as Rudolf Nureyev described it, Sleeping Beauty
remains one of the jewels in the heritage of dance. First performed in
1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the work combined the
talents of choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Tchaikovsky. Performed by the Paris Opera Ballet in December 2013, this version features the choreography from Nureyev's dazzling 1989 re-staging of the piece.

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