Russian Grand Ballet presents Sleeping Beauty in Stafford

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Featuring majestic sets and Renaissance-inspired costumes, technical brilliance and bravura dancing by outstanding performers, Tchaikovsky’s glorious score and a cast of fantastical characters - the Sleeping Beauty will captivate the hearts and imagination of all generations of ballet enthusiasts. “In a magical Fairy Kingdom, a Princess named Aurora was born to a wonderful King and Queen…” Russian Grand Ballet was founded by and incorporated graduates from the Great Russian choreographic schools of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev. The principal dancers of the company came from the upper ranks of the great ballet companies and academies. Today, the Russian Grand Ballet Theatre is its own institution, with over 50 brilliant dancers Full-length ballet in Three Acts with Two intermissions Music By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Marius Petipa / Lovingly Retouched by Vladimir Troshchenko Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhskiy and Marius Petipa