Mats Ek's subversive, comical and heart-rendingly fragile Sleeping Beauty comes to life with Les Grands. Ek's bold adaptation of Charles Perrault's original tale ushers in the unexpected, with occasional nods to Marius Petipa's 1890 choreography. Exit the beautiful sleeping princess: enter the young runaway, a rebellious junkie looking for love and an artificial paradise. Inspired by his encounter with a young addict on the street, Mats Ek's Sleeping Beauty delivers a knockout punch through the use of an unbridled, energetic and incisive gestural language, all of it wrapped up in Tchaikovsky's splendid score. Provocative and unforgettable!
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