Sleeping Beauty stripped raw: virtue and desire doing the tango in tulle.
Inspired by Charles Perrault's famous fairy tale "The Sleeping Beauty," choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot homes in on the theme of abstinence and virtue vs. carnal desire in this bewitching ballet. Performed by Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and featuring the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, this enchanting production won the Nijinsky Award for Best Choreographic Production 2001 and the Danza & Danza Prize for Best Show 2002.
Direction
Maillot's choreography weaponizes restraint — every held pose aches.
Costume
Carabosse's leather dominatrix energy vs. Belle's virginal whites — the contrast slaps.
Score
Tchaikovsky recontextualized: familiar melodies now sound dangerously hungry.
Director
Denis Caïozzi
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