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WORLD PREMIERE

      January 15, 1890
      Imperial Ballet -Maryinski Theater
      St Petersburg, Russia

           Choreography: Marius Petipa
           Music: Peter Tchaikovsky
           Costumes: Ivan Vsevolozhsky

           Aurora: Carlotta Brianza
           Prince Desire: Pavel Gerdt
           Bluebird: Enrico Cecchetti
           Lilac Fairy: Marie Petipa

BALLET MINNESOTA PREMIERE
Prologue, Acts 1-3

     May 14-15, 2010
     22nd MN Dance Festival,
     Fitzgerald Theater,
     St Paul, Minnesota

          Restaged by: Cheryl Rist
          Music: Peter I. Tchaikovsky
          Costumes: Cheryl Rist
          Lighting: Mike Wangen
          Sets: Jim Arnold, Cynthia Betz,

          Aurora: Oksana Konobeyeva
         Prince Desire:  Alexander Smirnov
         Lilac Fairy: Erin Warn

Prologue                                                              Act 1                                                                  Act 2                                                                                Act 3                   
             

' S L E E P I N G   B E A U T Y '   Photo Gallery ..... 2010 2010 Cast: Sleeping Beauty: Prologue 22nd Minnesota Dance Festival Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, Minnesota Restaged by: Cheryl Rist Photography: Dave Trayers

Sleeping Beauty
May 14-15, 2010



     PROLOGUE

QUEEN:  Maren Gray

KING:   Anders Ulland

CATTALABUTTE:  Antone Gregory

NANNY:  Abby Vakulskas

BOYS:  Elijah Heggernes, Eric Fong,
   Matthew Halpaus

COURT:  Christina Gusfafson,
   Sophia Pellegrom, Maggie
   Sullivan, Morgan West, Aaron    Davies,
    Troy Lerma

CARABOSSE  Ted Sothern

WITCHES: Rachel Busse, Corbin Hunter

PETS:  Samantha Meryhew, Solona
    Reyes, Karly Lunda, Lily Gray,
   Jim  Arnold

LILAC FAIRY:  Erin Warn

ROSE ADAGIO:  Allen Gregory, Shawn
   Laughead, Bashaun Williams

LILAC FAIRIES:  Margaret
   Underwood, Rebecca McDonnell,
   Emma Benja, Hannah Wagner,
   Sara Ezzell

CANDIDE (Gift of Purity):
   Julia Heggernes

COULANTE (Gift of Vitality):
    Anna Betz

BREADCRUMB Fairy (Gift of Charity):
   MacKenzie Martin

CANARY Fairy (Gift of Song):
   Margaret Ulland

VIOLANTE (Gift of Passion):
   Kari Jensen

22nd Ballet Minnesota Performance Season  ......  2009 - 2010