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The Sleeping Beauty - Rudolf Nureyev (DVD)

Rudolf Nureyev (actor) and Veronica Tennant (actor)
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Title Note

Rudolf Nureyev provides an introduction and a summary of the ballet's story.
Nureyev's version is a reworking of the Marius Petipa original. He has changed some of the solos in order to give the lead male dancer more to do -- traditionally, "Sleeping Beauty" has been a showcase for the ballerina playing Princess Aurora. In addition, he turned the Lilac Fairy into a mostly non-dancing role and given her solos to another "lead fairy." In this way, she provides an excellent balance for her adversary in the story -- Carabosse, a part consisting primarily of mime.

Other cast: Charles Kirby (King Florestan); Susan Menck (The Queen); Simon Semenoff (Catalabutte); Celia Franca (Carabosse); and Kristine Soleri (The Lilac Fairy).

Other crew: Norman Campbell (Producer/Director); George Crum (Musical director); and George Shlogl (Scenic design).

Filmed at Toronto's O'Keefe Center in 1972.

Originally broadcast on television.

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DVD Features:

Region 0
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Full Frame - 1.33

Product Notes

Rudolf Nureyev both choreographed and starred in this magical, lavish production of the full-length ballet. After many years of wanting a child, a King and Queen finally are blessed with a baby girl they name Aurora. The joyful parents invite all the fairies to the christening and ask them to bestow good wishes on the new princess. But they have overlooked one fairy: Carabosse -- and she's in a rage over the slight. Nothing will calm her, and she vows that when Aurora is 16, she'll prick her finger on a spindle and die. Only the intervention of the good Lilac Fairy can save the princess. But she hasn't the power to erase Carabosse's evil spell completely. Instead, the Lilac Fairy decrees that Princess Aurora and her court will fall asleep for 100 years... when a prince will awaken her with a kiss. Nureyev's legendary, Emmy-winning performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet is performed with the National Ballet of Canada.

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