The Sleeping Beauty - Behind the Costume

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Find out about the costumes from the enchanted world of princesses, fairy godmothers and magic spells in one of the world's best-loved fairytale ballets.

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Education

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• royal opera house
• ballet
• costume
• The Sleeping Beauty
• dance
• stage
• theatre
• theater

[theamazingsoter]

@likeafirstday This is the costume for the Lilac Fairy in the Sadlers Wells Ballet's 1955 production of Sleeping Beauty. So this is the tutu Lilac wore in Fonteyn's times!

I think it's very beautiful and original. I like it much better than Marianela's.

[yanisericfilm]

hmmm, I liked Marianela's costume much more than this one..

[likeafirstday]

I prefere Marianela costume for this role ..

[jankoraven]

Thanks so much for posting this sort of material - I love this kind of behind-the-scenes stuff for ballet!!

[jengirl2]

i love these pieces on the costumes. they are wonderful!

[likeafirstday]

is much diffurent than before rıght ? cause Nunez costume was diffurent ..but this one beatiful too ..

[Dancingvermonter]

wow, the costume is BEAUTIFUL!