On Saturday evening, we saw a bluebird wearing pointe shoes, two dancing cats, a lovely princess, oversized vermin, a wicked fairy, and beautiful, kind, talented, fairies. Were we asleep? Was it a bad dream? No, we were in the audience at North Central Ballet's production of The Sleeping Beauty. Napping was not allowed, despite the name of the ballet. It was a treat to see all the weeks of hard work come together in one terrific show.
So, can you guess what aforementioned category my beautiful, kind, and talented ballerina was in?
I could go on and on about all of the beauteous ballerinas (one in particular!), but I will not bore you with tutu many details. Instead, I will simply share several photos from the ballet and add commentary where needed.
King Florenstan XXIV, the Queen, and "babydoll" Aurora
The fairies give gifts of of beauty, grace, prosperity, and song to Princess Aurora.
The wicked Carabosse
Princess Aurora a.k.a. Olivia
Olivia isn't dead; she's merely napping... for 100 years!
Although I didn't include any photos of the next scenes, I'll fill you in on what takes place: The prince finds the snoozin' princess, plants a big smooch on her lips, Aurora awakens, then the Prince and Princess immediately decide to get hitched. Pretty realistic, huh?
Now comes the wedding scene and the dancing cat part of the show... That's totally believable, too. I like cats, so this is good stuff.
Now comes the wedding scene and the dancing cat part of the show... That's totally believable, too. I like cats, so this is good stuff.
The White Cat and Puss in Boots, minus the boots
Liesey as the Gold Fairy
And they lived happily ever after!
