The Kirov Ballet performs Tchaikovsky's beautiful ballet,
Sleeping Beauty, in this classic color motion picture from 1965. Based on the original choreography by
Marius Petipa, which the
New York Times called "some of the finest classical choreography ever created."
Kirov ballerina Alla Sizova stars as Princess Aurora, the role which made her a legend among dancers. In his review of the film, Clive Barns called Sizova "radiant and delicate, a great ballerina in the first flush of her powers." Yuri Solovyov co-stars as the Prince, Natalia Dudinskaya portrays Carabosse and a young Natalia Makarova has a featured role as Princess Florina.
For a look at the great Kirov Ballet performing one of the world's most beloved ballets in an acclaimed film, this collector's DVD is truly "the fairest of them all."
