Ballet Prestige Presents "The Sleeping Beauty"

Online, June 3, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Ballet Prestige presents its Spring Show featuring
"The Sleeping Beauty"

BARRINGTON, RI - Ballet Prestige, a Russian ballet school in Barrington, is presenting its Spring Show on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 2PM at St. Andrew's School in Barrington, RI. The performance will present excerpts from "The Sleeping Beauty", as well as Class Concert, Partnering, Modern and a special performance by the The Second Wind Adult Ballet Company.

Performing will be Katherine Scott, 14, of Barrington, as Princess Aurora and Thomas Curran, 13, of Barrington as Prince Desire. Brittany Cavaco, 15, of East Providence, will dance the role of Princess Florina. Many other local dancers will perform including Thomas, Rowena and Isabella Curran, and Isoke Samuel from Bristol; Raymond Fournier from Riverside; Katherine Ragosta from Wakefield; Mara Canfield from Foxboro, M; Julian Almeida from Little Compton; and Blythe Brokaw from Portsmouth. Also performing will be Dina Fomin from North Kingstown, Sara Remmler-Saxon from Cranston, Fiona Wu from East Providence, and Amy Entin, Laura Kain, Sam and Sophia Dragomire, Millie Harris, Lily and Lucy Schwartz, Ivan Watkins, Marissa Magnelli, Isabella Solanot, Carolyn Lorber, Jessica Wan, Stephanie Wang, Venus and Vivian Tian all from Barrington.

"The Sleeping Beauty" ballet is a timeless story of good versus evil. It is a ballet in a prologue and three acts, first performed in 1890. It has been performed by many of the major ballet companies of the world. As the story begins, the King anxiously awaits the birth of his only child. When his daughter is born, the King calls for a christening celebration to which all the fairies of the kingdom are invited to bestow their blessings on his daughter, Aurora.

As the fairies present their gifts of beauty, grace, generosity, song, and temperament, they are interrupted by the arrival of Carabosse; she is enraged and insulted that the King forgot to invite her to the ceremony. Carabosse announces her curse that Aurora will one day prick her finger and die. Luckily the Lilac Fairy has yet to give her present. She declares that although Aurora will prick her finger she will not die. Instead she will fall into a deep sleep from which she will be awoken after a hundred years by the kiss of a prince.

The original music was by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky. The score was completed in 1889, and was the second of his three ballets. The original scenario was conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and is based on Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois Dormant. The choreographer of the original production was Marius Petipa in 1890. The work is widely regarded as Tchaikovsky's finest ballet score, and has become one of the classical repertoire's most famous ballets.

Follow the journey of the young dancers as they portray the story of "The Sleeping Beauty" and the adventure and excitement along the way. Tickets are now on sale for $15 per adult and $12 per child and are available by calling the ballet school.

Ballet Prestige, located in Barrington, RI, is a Russian-style Ballet School owned by Russian Ballet Masters and Artistic Directors, Vera Kurmasheva and Zhanat Baidaralin of Cranston, RI. The married coupled became US citizens in 2007.

Ballet Prestige's mission is to teach world-quality ballet arts based on a Russian syllabus universally known as the Vaganova Method. This system has been adapted to effectively educate American students. It is a very flexible and successful method that has allowed some students to join the ranks of professional ballet companies of the world, such as, Royal Ballet of Canada and ABT.

Ballet Prestige offers a comprehensive ballet program along with ballet heritage, variations, Pointe, partnering, jumps, and turn techniques of the highest professional level. The school also offers historical dances, modern, and workout. Classical ballet is the principle discipline in the school. The focus is on technical skills, stamina, and musicality, along with an understanding of the classical ballet movements, artistic presentation and vocabulary. Students receive personal attention from experienced and dedicated teachers. With over 40 years of stage and teaching experience, classes are offered for boys and girls from pre-ballet to intermediate, advanced and partnering.

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