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 TIANYI REN
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 MADOKA SUGAI
PRINCE DESIRE LASHA KHOZASHVILI
LILAC FAIRY EMMA TOPALOVA
CARABOSSE MARÍA ÁLVAREZ
KING FLORESTAN Daniel Rubin
QUEEN Sage Humphries

PROLOGUE

Run time: 33 minutes

CATALABUTTE Lawrence Rines Munro
LILAC FAIRY CAVALIER Finn Duggan
CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN FAIRY Katie Cerny
HER CAVALIER SeokJoo Kim
ENCHANTED GARDEN FAIRY Daniela Fabelo
HER CAVALIER Isaac Mueller
WOODLAND GLADE FAIRY Alexa Malone
HER CAVALIER Sebastian Bondar
SONGBIRD FAIRY Abigail Merlis
HER CAVALIER Spencer Wetherington
GOLDEN VINE FAIRY Haley Schwan
HER CAVALIER Tyson Ali Clark

LILAC FAIRY ATTENDANTS
Natalia Cardona, Aubrey Daniels, Kylie Dyson, Kallie Green
Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy, Alexis Workowski

CARABOSSE’S CREATURES
James Cunningham, Alexander Mockrish, Clay Murray, Sam Stampleman

ACT I

Run time: 30 minutes

GARLAND DANCE
Natalia Cardona, Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Aubrey Daniels,
Kylie Dyson, Daniela Fabelo, Kallie Green, Bailey Hall,
Sophia Jones, Audrey Shore, Sydney Williams, Eden Young

Sebastian Bondar, Finn Duggan, Jake Marshall,
Louis Millard, Isaac Mueller, Spencer Wetherington

PRINCE FROM THE EAST SCHUYLER WIJSEN
PRINCE FROM THE WEST ALEXANDER NICOLOSI
PRINCE FROM THE NORTH SAMUEL YUAN
PRINCE FROM THE SOUTH DANIEL R. DURRETT

AURORA’S FRIENDS
Emily Aston, Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis, Deanna Pearson,
Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Santo Domingo, Alexis Workowski

— INTERMISSION —

ACT II

Run time: 31 minutes

COUNTESS Alainah Grace Reidy
TUTOR Alexander Nicolosi

THE HUNTING PARTY
Natalia Cardona, Zoe Cartier, Jordyn Crotty, Kallie Green, Bailey Hall, Eden Young
Finn Duggan, SeokJoo Kim, Clay Murray, Spencer Wetherington, Schuyler Wijsen, Samuel Yuan

PEASANTS
Daniela Fabelo, Sophia Jones, Abigail Merlis, Layla Porter, Chelsea Shen, Sydney Williams
Sebastian Bondar, Ethan Collins, James Cunningham, Jake Marshall, Isaac Mueller, Sam Stampleman

NYMPHS
Natalia Cardona, Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Aubrey Daniels,
Kylie Dyson, Daniela Fabelo, Kallie Green, Bailey Hall,
Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis, Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter,
Sydney Santo Domingo, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski, Eden Young

— INTERMISSION —

ACT III

Run time: 37 minutes

PRINCESS FLORINE EMILY ASTON
BLUEBIRD WESLEY MILLER
PAS DE TROIS ALEXANDRIA HEATH, LAUREN HERFINDAHL, FRANCISCO SCHILEREFF
THE WHITE CAT and PUSS IN BOOTS Alainah Grace Reidy and Sam Stampleman
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and THE WOLF Daniela Fabelo and Alexander Nicolosi
BEAUTY and THE BEAST Kylie Dyson and Clay Murray

MAZURKA
Natalia Cardona, Katie Cerny, Sophia Jones, Alexa Malone,
Abigail Merlis, Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Sydney Santo Domingo

Tyson Ali Clark, James Cunningham, SeokJoo Kim, Jake Marshall,
Isaac Mueller, Spencer Wetherington, Schuyler Wijsen, Samuel Yuan

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.