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 SEO HYE HAN
PRINCE DESIRE YUE SHI
LILAC FAIRY LAUREN HERFINDAHL
CARABOSSE HALEY SCHWAN
KING FLORESTAN Daniel Rubin
QUEEN María Álvarez

PROLOGUE

Run time: 33 minutes

CATALABUTTE Sam Stampleman
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 Lawrence Rines Munro
GOLDEN VINE FAIRY Evelina Godunova
HER CAVALIER Tyson Ali Clark

LILAC FAIRY ATTENDANTS
Emily Aston, Natalia Cardona, Kylie Dyson, Sophia Jones,
Kyra Muttilainen, Layla Porter, Emma Topalova, Sydney Williams

CARABOSSE’S CREATURES
James Cunningham, Jake Marshall, Wesley Miller, Spencer Wetherington

ACT I

Run time: 30 minutes

GARLAND DANCE
Natalia Cardona, Katie Cerny, Aubrey Daniels, Kylie Dyson,
Kallie Green, Bailey Hall, Sophia Jones, Deanna Pearson,
Layla Porter, Sydney Santo Domingo, Chelsea Shen, Sydney Williams

Sebastian Bondar, Ethan Collins, Jake Marshall, Alexander Mockrish, Clay Murray

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, Kaitlyn Casey, Daniela Fabelo, Alexa Malone,
Abigail Merlis, Kyra Muttilainen, Alainah Grace Reidy, Emma Topalova

— INTERMISSION —

ACT II

Run time: 31 minutes

COUNTESS Alainah Grace Reidy
TUTOR Alexander Nicolosi

THE HUNTING PARTY
Natalia Cardona, Zoe Cartier, Bailey Hall, Layla Porter, Sydney Santo Domingo, Eden Young
Sebastian Bondar, Finn Duggan, Clay Murray, Spencer Wetherington, Schuyler Wijsen, Samuel Yuan

PEASANTS
Emily Aston, Kaitlyn Casey, Aubrey Daniels, Kallie Green, Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis,
Ethan Collins, Michael Dadlez, Jake Marshall, Wesley Miller, Alexander Mockrish, Isaac Mueller

NYMPHS
Emily Aston, Kaitlyn Casey, Katie Cerny, Aubrey Daniels,
Kylie Dyson, Daniela Fabelo, Bailey Hall, Sophia Jones,
Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis, Kyra Muttilainen, Deanna Pearson,
Layla Porter, Sydney Santo Domingo, Emma Topalova, Sydney Williams

— INTERMISSION —

ACT III

Run time: 37 minutes

PRINCESS FLORINE ALEXIS WORKOWSKI
BLUEBIRD FRANCISCO SCHILEREFF
PAS DE TROIS ALEXANDRIA HEATH, SAGE HUMPHRIES, PAUL CRAIG
THE WHITE CAT and PUSS IN BOOTS Kyra Muttilainen and Wesley Miller
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and THE WOLF Sydney Williams and Finn Duggan
BEAUTY and THE BEAST Kylie Dyson and Clay Murray

MAZURKA
Katie Cerny, Daniela Fabelo, Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis,
Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Santo Domingo

Tyson Ali Clark, James Cunningham, SeokJoo Kim, Isaac Mueller,
Alexander Nicolosi, 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
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.