La Belle au Bois Dormant - Le Grand Ballet de Kiev

Once upon a time… the most beautiful of fairy tales, danced: Tchaikovsky’s and Marius Petipa’s La Belle au Bois Dormant represents the peak of classical ballet, the moment when dance asserts itself as a major art.

Today, for me, La Belle remains the perfect achievement of symphonic dance, the ballet of ballets,” thus spoke Rudolf Nureyev.

Indeed, Tchaikovsky’s La Belle au Bois Dormant, choreographed by Marius Petipa after the tale by Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, is one of the most popular classical ballets.

Combining the magic of its storyline with the virtuosity of its roles, it is performed today by most of the great classical companies.

La Belle au Bois Dormant tells the story of Princess Aurora, endowed with every gift in the world thanks to the goodwill of her godmothers, the kind fairies, but whom the wicked fairy Carabosse condemns to an eternal sleep on the day of her sixteenth birthday.

Tchaikovsky’s score, in its fervour and brilliance, offers a superb setting for the splendour of the choreography, the ensembles, the many variations, the character dances and the enchanting pas de deux, foremost among them the grand pas de deux of the finale.

This show is a treat for all admirers of dance. The performance of the Russian artists from the renowned Grand Ballet de Kiev leaves no one indifferent.

It is a show for the whole family, for young and old alike, a symphony of dance, touching and marvellous, a masterpiece of classical ballet. “When the technique is this perfect, one reaches the grand fairy-tale spectacle. ” Le Dauphiné Libéré Running time: 2h30 with interval.

All ages.