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Oller-2 violins introduce the Lilac Fairy and the good fairies. Then the wicked fairy, Carabosse, upset that she didn't receive an invitation, comes and spoils the celebration by putting a curse on the princess. The curse will cause Aurora to die when she pricks her finger with a spindle. The Lilac Fairy scares Carabosse away. The king rids the kindgdom of all spindles to prevent the horrible curse from happening. The dancing in this section consists of soloists of the fairies. The first soloist is wearing a white tutu and dances with slow then quick burees. The second soloist in yellow does a series of quick lame ducks on a diagonal pathway on a straight line. The third soloist in pink prances on pointe. The fourth soloist in orange dances a series of turns consisting of chaine, soutenu, coupe, and lame duck. The purple soloist danced with grand music playing as her grand entrance left upstage diagonal introduced her cissone and pique variation. A group in purpled comes out and finishes in two vertical lines with pique arabesque sequence and finish in a soutenu turn. It then gets dark, and the ugly bad Carabosse comes. A green spotlight shines on her all black long clothes, dress and cape. Reminds me of the wicked witch of the east from The Wizard of Oz. The green represents envy and greed. The fairies try to protect Aurora from Carabosse. During Act I there is a beautiful gold fountain displayed at what looks like a fun filled garden party. Purple flowers and greenery adorn teh atmosphere. Women are wearing light green knee length skirts while men are all in green knee length pants. Little kids are in front row and everyone is dancing in straight lines. The little boys are wearing purple or green shirts with green pants and the little girls are in pink and green dresses. THe focus is of the arms in elonge and envelope. With floral wreaths, men are in a circle
Oller-3 formation upstage as the kids in the front with women are in straight horizontal downstage and vertical sides. Aurora is a teenager at this point in which she pricked her finger on a sharp needle hidden in the flowers given to her. Instead of dying she merely falls asleep. The kindgom was to fall asleep for 100yrs unless princess Aurora is kissed. During Act II the fairy leads Desire, the prince, to the castle. The park is overgroan and inhabited by the evil Carabosse. Desire reaches the castle in search of the princess. Once he kisses Aurora she and the kindgom awakens. The cool effect at this time was the purple lighting on the purple fairy. It looks really dreamlike. All of the effects of the lighting were really effective in this ballet. In Act III, inside the palace was very golden with costumes of gold and white, chandeliers as fixtures with gold and crystal and the flower pots were even golden. The wood and marble added warm tones to the castle. The king and queen make a grand entrance. The fairies with different color tutus had golden sparkles and danced in a circular pathway. The Blue Bird and his wives danced. However there was a bit of an error. He leaped off into the curtain landing on Little Red Riding Hood who was waiting behind the curtain. The Hop o' My Thumb and his brothers were happy go lucky in brown clothes like they were poverty stricken wearing vests, shorts, and shirts and boots. The guests also include Puss in Boots and the White Cat, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, and the Ogre. With many guests, characters, incredible scenery, color appealing costumes, magical orchestra, and talented dancers, this ballet was a marvelous experience. One I hope to have in the future. I recommend this ballet to anyone who likes fairy tale ballets.
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