2022-2023
Dates
12 Oct 2022-2 Jan 2023
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage
Running time
3:10, incl. 2 intervals
Tickets
n.a.
Season 23/24 brings Raymonda
The Sleeping Beauty was on the programme in season 22/23. Would you like to see another unmissable famous romantic ballet classic? In season 23/24 you can enjoy Raymonda (9 Dec '23 -1 Jan '24)!
Info & tickets Raymonda
The Sleeping Beauty: jewel in the crown
Sir Peter Wright’s The Sleeping Beauty has been the jewel in the crown of Dutch National Ballet’s repertoire for over forty years. This season, the company is awakening the glittering Sleeping Beauty with a kiss no fewer than 21 times, in the period from mid-October to the beginning of January. The demanding variations, brilliant pointe work and pure classical technique make this 19-century fairy-tale ballet the ultimate touchstone for ballet dancers all over the world today.
Dutch National Opera & Ballet recommends that children be at least 8 years old for this performance.
Photo: Marta Syrko
Credits
Choreography Marius Petipa
Production and direction Sir Peter Wright
Music Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski
Musical accompaniment Dutch Ballet Orchestra
conducted by Ermanno Florio (Oct, Nov) en Koen Kessels (Dec)
Online programme
Along with the printed programme book, we also offer online programme information for this performance. The online programme will take you behind the scenes with in-depth stories, articles, and interviews with the creators and cast.
The Sleeping Beauty Podcasts
Part 1
In this (Dutch) podcast, Lin van Ellinckhuijsen sits down with ex-dancer Jane Lord. She shares her experiences with us about rehearsing from the beginning in 1981 with Sir Peter Wright, the high technical challenges of this choreography and her role as the Lilac Fairy and the special mime.
Part 2
In this (Dutch) podcast, Saskia Bredero – first tailor at the Costume Workroom Ballet – shares the invisible solutions that are created to make a costume danceable and we learn what happens in the studio before the performance goes on stage.
The Sleeping Beauty by The National Ballet is a show to marvel at for three hours
A fantastic evening of ballet
An overwhelming amount of golden sheen and brilliance
The story of The Sleeping Beauty
In short
All the fairies are invited by King Florestan to attend the christening of his daughter Aurora. Only Carabosse is not invited. Distraught, this angry fairy bursts in and wishes that Aurora will one day die by pricking herself on the needle of a spinning wheel. The Lilac Fairy manages to turn this curse into a wish for Aurora to sleep for 100 years and be kissed awake by a prince. When Aurora, at the age of 16, indeed pricks herself on such a needle, she falls down. The Lilac Fairy appears and soon puts everyone in the court to sleep. The castle becomes overgrown. And then, 100 years later ...
Dutch Ballet Orchestra
Dutch Ballet Orchestra’s mission is ‘to inspire movement in dance’. Since its inception in 1965, the orchestra has been the proud musical partner of Dutch National Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater. In every performance, the orchestra searches for inspiring synergy between music and dance, in order to give the audience a magical experience.
In these dark days (dark in many respects), Peter Wright’s The Sleeping Beauty is a wonderful temporary escape from daily reality
Oh's and ah's from the audience, (...) This enchanting fairy tale ballet shines in Peter Wright's production as a timeless gem
If you've never been to a great classical ballet performance, this is one to start with
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