Ballet

Sleeping Beauty

0 upcoming performances in New York

*The Sleeping Beauty* is a full-length classical ballet set to an 1889 score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, built around the Perrault fairy tale of a princess, a curse, and a belated awakening. Its original structure—prologue and three acts—helped define the grand ballet model that many companies still use. In New York, George Balanchine’s 1991 staging for New York City Ballet became a landmark for the company’s relationship to 19th‑century repertory. It remains a test of classical style, where formal dances carry the drama as much as plot.