CHOREOGRAPHY Marius Petipa, additional choreography
by Frederick Ashton
MUSIC Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
PRODUCTION Ninette de Valois
(after Nicolai Sergeyev’s 1939 production)
SET and COSTUME DESIGN David Walker
ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN John Cuff
LIGHTING DESIGN Brandon Stirling Baker

CONDUCTOR MISCHA SANTORA
Boston Ballet Orchestra

World Premiere
January 15, 1890, Imperial Ballet, Maryinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia

Boston Ballet Premiere
May 5, 2005 (de Valois Production)

PRINCESS AURORA JI YOUNG CHAE
PRINCE DESIRE JEFFREY CIRIO
LILAC FAIRY EMMA TOPALOVA
CARABOSSE HALEY SCHWAN
KING FLORESTAN Alexander Nicolosi
QUEEN María Álvarez

PROLOGUE

Run time: 33 minutes

CATALABUTTE Sebastian Bondar
LILAC FAIRY CAVALIER Daniel Rubin
CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN FAIRY Lauren Herfindahl
HER CAVALIER Schuyler Wijsen
ENCHANTED GARDEN FAIRY Alexandria Heath
HER CAVALIER Isaac Mueller
WOODLAND GLADE FAIRY Alexa Malone
HER CAVALIER Sam Stampleman
SONGBIRD FAIRY Emily Aston
HER CAVALIER Spencer Wetherington
GOLDEN VINE FAIRY Evelina Godunova
HER CAVALIER Wesley Miller

LILAC FAIRY ATTENDANTS
Katie Cerny, Abigail Merlis, Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter,
Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Santo Domingo, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski

CARABOSSE’S CREATURES
Ethan Collins, James Cunningham, Alexander Mockrish, Clay Murray

ACT I

Run time: 30 minutes

GARLAND DANCE
Emily Aston, Natalia Cardona, Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny,
Aubrey Daniels, Kylie Dyson, Bailey Hall, Sophia Jones,
Alexa Malone, Audrey Shore, Alexis Workowski, Eden Young

Finn Duggan, Louis Millard, Wesley Miller,
Isaac Mueller, Sam Stampleman, Samuel Yuan

PRINCE FROM THE EAST SEOKJOO KIM
PRINCE FROM THE WEST FRANCISCO SCHILEREFF
PRINCE FROM THE NORTH TYSON ALI CLARK
PRINCE FROM THE SOUTH LAWRENCE RINES MUNRO

AURORA’S FRIENDS
Daniela Fabelo, Alexandria Heath, Abigail Merlis,
Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Santo Domingo, Sydney Williams

— INTERMISSION —

ACT II

Run time: 31 minutes

COUNTESS Lauren Herfindahl
TUTOR SeokJoo Kim

THE HUNTING PARTY
Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Kallie Green, Bailey Hall, Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Santo Domingo
Tyson Ali Clark, Finn Duggan, Isaac Mueller, Daniel Rubin, Sam Stampleman, Spencer Wetherington

PEASANTS
Sophia Jones, Abigail Merlis, Layla Porter, Chelsea Shen, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski
Ethan Collins, James Cunningham, Michael Dadlez, Jake Marshall, Louis Millard, Alexander Mockrish

NYMPHS
Emily Aston, Natalia Cardona, Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny,
Kylie Dyson, Daniela Fabelo, Alexandria Heath, Alexa Malone,
Abigail Merlis, Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy,
Sydney Santo Domingo, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski, Eden Young

— INTERMISSION —

ACT III

Run time: 37 minutes

PRINCESS FLORINE CHISAKO OGA
BLUEBIRD SUN WOO LEE
PAS DE TROIS EVELINA GODUNOVA, SAGE HUMPHRIES, PATRICK YOCUM
THE WHITE CAT and PUSS IN BOOTS Emily Aston and Wesley Miller
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and THE WOLF Layla Porter and Lawrence Rines Munro
BEAUTY and THE BEAST Sydney Santo Domingo and Clay Murray

MAZURKA
Katie Cerny, Kylie Dyson, Daniela Fabelo, Alexandria Heath,
Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis, Alainah Grace Reidy, Alexis Workowski

Tyson Ali Clark, James Cunningham, Finn Duggan, SeokJoo Kim,
Isaac Mueller, Daniel Rubin, Sam Stampleman, Schuyler Wijsen

Students of Boston Ballet School performing in The Sleeping Beauty
Faith Cai, Riahn Choi, Lia Dimitrova, Cressida Dolan, Mia Endo, Kaylee Helms,
Kokono Imada, Aliya Lambright, Eleni Mougros, Ariana Sadeghzadeh, Persephone Schatton,
Mira Sherman, Meira Singh, Elizabeth Soto, Athena Witt, Simone Zupka

Supernumeraries
Rachal Aronson, Emilija Baksys, Claire Bloom, Nancy Cummings, Anne Higgins,
Ed Keazirian, Milo Martinez, Reneé Moran, Hillary Mullan, Hillary Nikyema,
Jeff Penta, Stephen Pettibone, Melissa Riesgo, Robert Rogers, Yelenna Rodon,
Chris Shikashio, Liesl Swogger, Katie Taylor, Crystal Wang

Supernumeraries Rehearsal Directors Alaina Albertson and Melanie Atkins

Children’s Theatre Manager Gabrielle Kosta
Lead Children’s Supervisors Caitlin Pilette, Elizabeth Timmerman, Kristen Pichette
Children’s Supervisors
Sophia Bartlett, Kailey Bennett, Grace Connolly, Hanna Garcia, Cosette Harris, Natalie Main

Casting subject to change.
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Performance length: Two hours and 45 minutes, including two 15-minute intermissions.