Little Sleeping Beauty

Following the success of Little Swan Lake, the show titled Little Sleeping Beauty, an inroductory version of Sleeping Beauty also made its way to the stage. With the "Little" series, the OPERA wishes to engage children in the magical world of ballet as early as possible. In Little Sleeping Beauty, a narrator prepares the story that is to be told in the special language of ballet on stage, where students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute can familiarize themselves with the process of creating theatre, ballet and shows in a professional setting, alongside professional partners, and they can practise their art “for real”. This also gives opportunity for parents to gain more understanding of their children’s activities. The text of the narration was written by Dorottya Szendrődy, the dance history and etiquette teacher of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute. Little Sleeping Beauty, if not in such detail as the original Sleeping Beauty ballet, covers the entire plot from beginning to end.