Bolshoi Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

In this resplendent and magical classic, the Bolshoi dancers - including David Hallberg in his Bolshoi debut - take us on a dream-like journey through this classic fairy tale complete with jewel fairies, a magical kingdom, a youthful princess and a handsome prince in this purest style of classical ballet. The Bolshoi’s sumptuous staging with its luxurious sets and costumes gives life to Perrault’s fairy tale unlike any other. This performance of Sleeping Beauty was filmed as a sort of celebration of the grand reopening of the Bolshoi Theater's Main Stage (it had been closed for several years for a refurbishment).

• Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyOriginal Music Composer
• Vincent BataillonDirector
• Ivan VsevolozhskyWriter

• Andrei SitnikovKing Florestan XXIV
• Kristina KarasyovaQueen
• Svetlana ZakharovaPrincess Aurora, their daughter
• David HallbergPrince Désiré
• Vitaly BiktimirovCatalbutte
• Maria AllashThe Lilac Fairy
• Alexei LoparevichCarabosse
• Nina KaptsovaPrincess Florine
• Artem OvcharenkoThe Bluebird
• Vassily SinaiskyCast
• Bolshoi Theatre OrchestraCast