Russian National Ballet – The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)

Early last month (January 2006) I found out that the Russian National Ballet would be at UGA for their concert series … performing The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) in February (26th.) I asked my hubby to please call and find out if there were tickets available and that if it was too expensive for all of us, at least please let our daughter and me go to see the ballet, at the least. He said he would call, but didn’t then. I had to remind and remind him and by the time he finally did call, there were no tickets available, but there was a waiting list … which he asked to be put on, and was 42nd on that list.

Today he was getting ready to leave on a short trip, was on the phone and another call came in. He did pick up that second call, thinking it was something about an old job he had, but then it turned out it was the university calling about the ballet tickets … they had 2 available … !

So of course he snapped them up. He had felt bad before that he hadn’t called sooner to see about it in the first place, knowing how much it would mean to me to be able to go with our daughter. I’d love for the whole family to go, but it’s me and her that will appreciate it the most, so it’s alright. The boys will all go and do something else while us girlies are at the ballet.

This will be my first time to see a true ballet in person. I love Tchaikovsky’s musical things … and my favorite Disney piece is Sleeping Beauty as well, which is based on the same story as Tchaikovsky’s ballet is based on, and also uses part of Tchaikovsky’s SB score. 🙂

I’m very thrilled to be able to do this with my only daughter and now have to get out clothing and figure out just what to wear! 🙂

Here are are the words from the UGA Performing Arts Center 10th Anniversary brochure about this event:

The Sleeping Beauty is often considered the finest achievement of classical ballet. It is a grandiose and refined blending of traditional mime, expressive solos, duets, and spectacular corps dances all in a lavish theatrical setting set to Tchaikovsky’s memorable music. The evening of dance features the Russian National Ballet, one of the world’s pre-eminent ballet companies.