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balletType
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grand ballet
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basedOn
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La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault
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choreographer
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Marius Petipa
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commissionedBy
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Ivan Vsevolozhsky
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commissionedFor
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Imperial Theatres of Saint Petersburg
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composer
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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compositionPeriod
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1888–1889
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countryOfOrigin
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Russia
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criticalReputation
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one of the greatest classical ballets
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duration
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approximately 3 hours with intervals
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firstAuroraDancer
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Carlotta Brianza
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firstLilacFairyDancer
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Marie Petipa
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genre
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fairy-tale ballet
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genre
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romantic ballet
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hasAdaptation
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orchestral suites arranged from the ballet score
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hasAdaptation
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piano transcriptions of themes
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influenced
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20th-century classical ballet repertoire
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instanceOf
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ballet
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instanceOf
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classical ballet
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key
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various keys
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language
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none (wordless ballet)
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librettist
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Ivan Vsevolozhsky
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librettist
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Marius Petipa
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movementType
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dances and character pieces
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musicStyle
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late Romantic
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notableCharacter
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Carabosse
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notableCharacter
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Lilac Fairy
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notableCharacter
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Prince Désiré
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notableCharacter
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Sleeping Beauty
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surface form:
Princess Aurora
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notableNumber
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Garland Waltz
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notableNumber
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Grand pas de deux (Aurora and Désiré)
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notableNumber
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Panorama
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notableNumber
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Rose Adagio
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notableProduction
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Bolshoi Ballet productions
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notableProduction
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Mariinsky Ballet
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surface form:
Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet productions
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notableProduction
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Royal Ballet production at Covent Garden
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opusNumber
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Op. 66
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orchestration
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full symphony orchestra
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originalBalletMaster
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Marius Petipa
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originalCity
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St. Petersburg
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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originalTheatre
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Mariinsky Theatre
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partOf
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classical ballet canon
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premiereCalendar
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Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
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surface form:
Gregorian
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premiereCompany
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Imperial Russian Ballet
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surface form:
Imperial Ballet
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premiereDate
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1890-01-15
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setting
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a mythical kingdom in a fairy-tale France-like realm
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structure
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prologue and three acts
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theme
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awakening and rebirth
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theme
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power of love
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theme
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triumph of good over evil
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timePeriodOfSetting
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late medieval to baroque fantasy period
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