The St. Petersburg Ballet, one of the most famous dance corps in the world, will perform on November 22, 2018 at 21.00 at Spoleto’s Teatro Nuovo “Gian Carlo Menotti”.

Who does not know the fairy tale of the beautiful princess who falls asleep for a hundred years victim of a curse launched by the evil witch? The story of Aurora, Prince Desiré and the Lilac fairy, so dear to children, are at the heart of one of the ballet masterpieces of the nineteenth century, Sleeping Beauty.

Among the Ballet Masterpieces of the nineteenth century, Sleeping Beauty represents the top of classical expression, in an atmosphere of abstraction, with more emphasis on pure dance than on narration. With its fabulous and enchanted sets and costumes, the wonderful music by P.I. TCajkovskij and choreography by Marius Petipa, Sleeping Beauty is considered one of the greatest ballets of Imperial Russia and one of the most enchanting productions of the St. Petersburg Ballet.