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 MARÍA ÁLVAREZ
KING FLORESTAN Alexander Nicolosi
QUEEN Lauren Herfindahl

PROLOGUE

Run time: 33 minutes

CATALABUTTE Lawrence Rines Munro
LILAC FAIRY CAVALIER SeokJoo Kim
CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN FAIRY Alainah Grace Reidy
HER CAVALIER Schuyler Wijsen
ENCHANTED GARDEN FAIRY Sage Humphries
HER CAVALIER Samuel Yuan
WOODLAND GLADE FAIRY Emma Topalova
HER CAVALIER Francisco Schilereff
SONGBIRD FAIRY Alexis Workowski
HER CAVALIER Finn Duggan
GOLDEN VINE FAIRY Haley Schwan
HER CAVALIER Tyson Ali Clark

LILAC FAIRY ATTENDANTS
Kaitlyn Casey, Kylie Dyson, Daniela Fabelo, Alexandria Heath,
Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis, Deanna Pearson, Sydney Santo Domingo

CARABOSSE’S CREATURES
Sebastian Bondar, Isaac Mueller, Sam Stampleman, Spencer Wetherington

ACT I

Run time: 30 minutes

GARLAND DANCE
Natalia Cardona, Katie Cerny, Aubrey Daniels, Kylie Dyson,
Daniela Fabelo, Sophia Jones, Alexa Malone, Deanna Pearson,
Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Santo Domingo, Sydney Williams

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

PRINCE FROM THE EAST LASHA KHOZASHVILI
PRINCE FROM THE WEST DANIEL RUBIN
PRINCE FROM THE NORTH PAUL CRAIG
PRINCE FROM THE SOUTH PATRICK YOCUM

AURORA’S FRIENDS
Emily Aston, Kaitlyn Casey, Alexandria Heath, Sage Humphries,
Abigail Merlis, Kyra Muttilainen, Emma Topalova, Alexis Workowski

— INTERMISSION —

ACT II

Run time: 31 minutes

COUNTESS Haley Schwan
TUTOR Daniel Rubin

THE HUNTING PARTY
Katie Cerny, Jordyn Crotty, Kylie Dyson, Kallie Green, Deanna Pearson, Alainah Grace Reidy
Tyson Ali Clark, SeokJoo Kim, Wesley Miller, Francisco Schilereff, Schuyler Wijsen, Samuel Yuan

PEASANTS
Emily Aston, Zoe Cartier, Daniela Fabelo, Sophia Jones, Kyra Muttilainen, Sydney Williams
Sebastian Bondar, James Cunningham, Isaac Mueller, Clay Murray, Sam Stampleman, Spencer Wetherington

NYMPHS
Emily Aston, Kaitlyn Casey, Katie Cerny, Daniela Fabelo,
Alexandria Heath, Sage Humphries, Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis,
Kyra Muttilainen, Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy,
Sydney Santo Domingo, Emma Topalova, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski

— INTERMISSION —

ACT III

Run time: 37 minutes

PRINCESS FLORINE CHISAKO OGA
BLUEBIRD SUN WOO LEE
PAS DE TROIS EVELINA GODUNOVA, MADOKA SUGAI, PATRICK YOCUM
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, Alexandria Heath, Alexa Malone
Deanna Pearson, Sydney Santo Domingo, Emma Topalova, Sydney Williams

Sebastian Bondar, Isaac Mueller, Clay Murray, Daniel Rubin,
Francisco Schilereff, Sam Stampleman, 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
Rachel 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.