KIROV BALLET MARYINSKY THEATRE ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA APRIL 30, 1999
The playbill reads: Sleeping Beauty--Reconstruction of the 1890 Original, Choreographed by Marius Petipa. The Kirov troupe was brave to return to the original version of this unique work. Sleeping Beauty was born on the Maryinsky stage, and over the course of its 109-year life span it has become a masterpiece of world classical ballet. Despite a justified skepticism expressed by many ballet lovers ("lightning ...