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   Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Lowry
The magical fairytale The Sleeping Beauty is brought to life by Birmingham Royal Ballet at The Lowry next month. On her christening day Princess Aurora is cursed by the wicked fairy Carabosse; one day the Princess will prick her finger on a spindle and die, but the kind Lilac Fairy tempers the curse so the Princess will instead fall asleep for 100 years. This lavish production with a cast of over 80 is by Birmingham Royal Ballet’s former director Sir Peter Wright, creator of the Company’s popular production of The Nutcracker. With a classical score by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa, The Sleeping Beauty is considered one of the greatest ballets from Imperial Russia. With its romantic finale packed with every fairytale character imaginable, The Sleeping Beauty is as engaging now as when she first fell asleep, over a hundred years ago. Philip Prowse, the designer responsible for the Company’s Swan Lake, provides the designs for sumptuous baroque style sets and over 150 beautiful hand-sewn costumes adding the grandeur to lighting by Mark Jonathan Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
