Rudolf Nureyev both choreographed and starred in this magical, lavish production of the full-length ballet. After many years of wanting a child, a King and Queen finally are blessed with a baby girl they name Aurora. The joyful parents invite all the fairies to the christening and ask them to bestow good wishes on the new princess. But they have overlooked one fairy: Carabosse -- and she's in a rage over the slight. Nothing will calm her, and she vows that when Aurora is 16, she'll prick her finger on a spindle and die. Only the intervention of the good Lilac Fairy can save the princess. But she hasn't the power to erase Carabosse's evil spell completely. Instead, the Lilac Fairy decrees that Princess Aurora and her court will fall asleep for 100 years... when a prince will awaken her with a kiss. Nureyev's legendary, Emmy-winning performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet is performed with the National Ballet of Canada.
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