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 VIKTORINA KAPITONOVA
PRINCE DESIRE SANGMIN LEE
LILAC FAIRY LIA CIRIO
CARABOSSE HALEY SCHWAN
KING FLORESTAN Daniel Rubin
QUEEN María Álvarez

PROLOGUE

Run time: 33 minutes

CATALABUTTE Lawrence Rines Munro
LILAC FAIRY CAVALIER SeokJoo Kim
CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN FAIRY Alainah Grace Reidy
HER CAVALIER Alexander Nicolosi
ENCHANTED GARDEN FAIRY Sage Humphries
HER CAVALIER Samuel Yuan
WOODLAND GLADE FAIRY Emma Topalova
HER CAVALIER Sebastian Bondar
SONGBIRD FAIRY Alexis Workowski
HER CAVALIER Finn Duggan
GOLDEN VINE FAIRY Evelina Godunova
HER CAVALIER Tyson Ali Clark

LILAC FAIRY ATTENDANTS
Emily Aston, Kylie Dyson, Daniela Fabelo, Alexandria Heath,
Alexa Malone, Deanna Pearson, Sydney Santo Domingo, Sydney Williams

CARABOSSE’S CREATURES
James Cunningham, Isaac Mueller, Sam Stampleman, Spencer Wetherington

ACT I

Run time: 30 minutes

GARLAND DANCE
Natalia Cardona, Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Aubrey Daniels,
Kylie Dyson, Daniela Fabelo, Sophia Jones, Alexa Malone,
Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Santo Domingo, Audrey Shore, Sydney Williams

Jake Marshall, Louis Millard, Wesley Miller,
Alexander Mockrish, Clay Murray, Samuel Yuan

PRINCE FROM THE EAST LASHA KHOZASHVILI
PRINCE FROM THE WEST FRANCISCO SCHILEREFF
PRINCE FROM THE NORTH PAUL CRAIG
PRINCE FROM THE SOUTH PATRICK YOCUM

AURORA’S FRIENDS
Emily Aston, Alexandria Heath, Sage Humphries, Abigail Merlis,
Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Emma Topalova, Alexis Workowski

— INTERMISSION —

ACT II

Run time: 31 minutes

COUNTESS Alainah Grace Reidy
TUTOR Alexander Nicolosi

THE HUNTING PARTY
Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Kylie Dyson, Layla Porter, Sydney Santo Domingo, Eden Young
SeokJoo Kim, Wesley Miller, Isaac Mueller, Clay Murray, Francisco Schilereff, Samuel Yuan

PEASANTS
Emily Aston, Daniela Fabelo, Kallie Green, Sophia Jones, Abigail Merlis, Chelsea Shen
Sebastian Bondar, James Cunningham, Jake Marshall, Louis Millard, Sam Stampleman, Spencer Wetherington

NYMPHS
Emily Aston, Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Aubrey Daniels,
Daniela Fabelo, Bailey Hall, Sage Humphries, Alexa Malone,
Abigail Merlis, Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Sydney Santo Domingo,
Emma Topalova, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski, Eden Young

— INTERMISSION —

ACT III

Run time: 37 minutes

PRINCESS FLORINE EVELINA GODUNOVA
BLUEBIRD RAFAEL QUENEDIT
PAS DE TROIS ALEXANDRIA HEATH, LAUREN HERFINDAHL, SCHUYLER WIJSEN
THE WHITE CAT and PUSS IN BOOTS Emily Aston and Tyson Ali Clark
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and THE WOLF Abigail Merlis and SeokJoo Kim
BEAUTY and THE BEAST Kylie Dyson and Finn Duggan

MAZURKA
Katie Cerny, Daniela Fabelo, Alexa Malone, Deanna Pearson,
Layla Porter, Sydney Santo Domingo, Emma Topalova, Sydney Williams

Sebastian Bondar, Jake Marshall, Isaac Mueller, Clay Murray,
Alexander Nicolosi, Francisco Schilereff, Sam Stampleman, 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.