BOSTON - As Larissa Ponomarenko prepared Boston Ballet dancers for “The Sleeping Beauty,” she recalled the thrill of dancing the lead role in 2009. “When Aurora enters is one of the most exciting ...

Northern California Ballet will return to the Paradise Performing Arts Center with the classic ballet “Sleeping Beauty” beginning Friday. Directing and choreographing this ballet is NCB artistic ...

Kara Troester Blythe finds playing a fairy quite magical. "You're more powerful than just a normal human. You kind of have this ... aura around you when you're dancing, which is really fun," said ...

With an enchanted princess, a dashing prince and plenty of familiar fairy-tale characters, “The Sleeping Beauty” is fairly bursting with storybook magic. But what you may not realize is that this ...

Like ballet companies around the world, the Tchaikovsky Ballet from Perm, Russia, cherishes “The Sleeping Beauty.” As a model of technique and style, this ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa in 1890 ...

Based on the Charles Perrault fairy tale, “The Sleeping Beauty” ballet has inspired many creative endeavors over the decades, including Disney’s classic animated movie. But nothing compares with the ...

The traditional Sleeping Beauty story presents cultural challenges to a contemporary audience — a stranger kissing an unconscious woman isn’t the heroic gesture it used to be viewed as. Thanks to ...

Ballet Arts’ rendition of the timeless classic, The Sleeping Beauty, enchants audiences with its captivating portrayal of Princess Aurora’s journey with the clash of the fairy titans, Carabosse and ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Colorado Ballet is opening it's season with the classic fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty". With choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "Sleeping Beauty" ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Sleeping Beauty” is one of those stories that beats the odds. It’s a fairy tale, after all, not so complicated and full of fantastic plot twists, driven by ...

Reading a favorite fairy tale is one thing but using dance to tell that story is another. Indiana Ballet Theatre, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, presents “Sleeping Beauty” at 7 p.m. April ...