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Storytime Ballet The Sleeping Beauty

19 – 29 December 2024

In the Drama Theatre

The Australian Ballet

Dance

Be enchanted by The Sleeping Beauty, an interactive Storytime Ballet experience for children aged three years and older.

Useful information:

Storytime Ballet

Telling the story of a beautiful princess who must sleep for 100 years until woken by true love’s kiss, The Sleeping Beauty dazzles with glittering tutus and most-loved characters, set to Tchaikovsky’s hum-along score.

Running for under an hour, this narrated version of The Sleeping Beauty will have children dancing in their seats…and all the way home. Don’t forget to dress up in your favourite ballet-inspired outfit!

Please note 
Flashing wands and smoke/ haze will be used during this performance.

Storytime Ballet is interactive, with magic wands used throughout the performance. To enhance your experience, purchase a wand from the merchandise counter at the venue or bring one from home.

Presented by The Australian Ballet

Artist information

Choreography 
Marius Petipa

Production and additional choreography 
David McAllister

Creative Associate 
Nicolette Fraillon

Composer 
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Costume and set design 
Hugh Colman (originally created for Maina Gielgud’s 1984 production of The Sleeping Beauty)

Lighting design 
Jon Buswell

 

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