S4E5: Sleeping Beauty: Creating Fairytale Myths in Ballet
In preparation for the company's upcoming performance of the Tchaikovsky/Petipa classic, Jim and Karen discuss the history and nuances of Sleeping Beauty.
Kinetic Conversations with the Fort Wayne Ballet · Jim Sparrow, John Dawkins
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Show Notes
Host Jim Sparrow and Artistic Director Karen Gibbons-Brown talk ballet history, as they debate the collaborative history of Tchaikovsky and choreographer Marius Petipa and the timelessness of Sleeping Beauty. In preparation for the Fort Wayne Ballet's production of the classic, they discuss staging, both modern and historical, and the origins of the grand pas de deus.
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