Mountain Cinema in the Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Rte 23A, Village of Hunter, NYTickets: $20 - Running Time: 2 hours, 50 minutes
plus one intermission
First staged in St Petersburg in 1890, The Sleeping Beauty is the pinnacle of classical ballet: a perfect marriage of Petipa's choreography and Tchaikovsky's music and a glorious challenge for every dancer onstage. It is also The Royal Ballet's signature work. To mark the Company's 75th birthday in 2006, Monica Mason and Christopher Newton revitalized its landmark 1946 production, which re-established Petipa's choreography to a scenario and staging developed by Ninette de Valois herself. With Oliver Messel's gorgeous original designs wonderfully re-imagined by Peter Farmer, and additional choreography by Anthony Dowell, Christopher Wheeldon and Frederick Ashton, today's Sleeping Beauty not only captures the mood of the original but shows that this is very much a living work for The Royal Ballet, growing and changing with the Company while celebrating its past. For more information about tickets or the event, please call 518-263-4702 or visit www.catskillmtn.org/events
