query: who is the voice of aurora in sleeping beauty

pos: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) voices of Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Bill Shirley, Taylor Holmes, and Bill Thompson. The film was directed by Les Clark, Eric Larson, and Wolfgang Reitherman, under the supervision of Clyde Geronimi, with additional story work by Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, and Milt Banta. The film's musical score and songs, featuring the work of the Graunke Symphony Orchestra under the direction of George Bruns, are arrangements or adaptations of numbers from the 1890 "Sleeping Beauty" ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. However, unlike the previous feature-films, this was the

pos: Aurora (Disney) Aurora (Disney) Princess Aurora, also known as Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). Originally voiced by singer Mary Costa, Aurora is the only daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah. Seeking revenge for not being invited to Aurora's christening, an evil fairy named Maleficent curses the newborn princess, foretelling that she will die on her 16th birthday by pricking her finger on a spinning wheel's spindle. Determined to prevent this, three good fairies raise Aurora as a peasant in order to protect her, patiently awaiting

pos: Aurora (Disney) that "she’s no conventional Disney Princess but a child of nature with a strong sense of justice and an innate toughness." Fanning's performance earned her a nomination for Best Performance by a Younger Actor at the 41st Saturn Awards as well as nominations for the "Choice Movie Actress: Action" at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards and "Favorite Movie Actress" at the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards. Aurora (Disney) Princess Aurora, also known as Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). Originally voiced by singer Mary Costa, Aurora

pos: Disney Princess a man that viewers may see the need to perpetuate. Disney, however, cites Cinderella as a persistent princess in the light of injustice, believing she sends the message to "never give up." Aurora, originally voiced by Mary Costa, is the third Disney Princess. She first appeared in Disney's 16th animated feature film "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). The motion picture is adapted from the French fairy tale "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault (1697), from the German fairy tale "Little Briar Rose" (1812) by The Brothers Grimm and from "The Sleeping Beauty" ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1890). Aurora is a princess

pos: Mary Costa Mary Costa Mary Costa (born April 5, 1930) is an American opera singer and actress, who is best known for providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney film "Sleeping Beauty". Costa is an operatic soprano. Costa was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she lived for much of her childhood. She was raised Baptist and sang Sunday school solos at the age of six. At Knoxville High School (Tennessee), she sang in the chorus. When she was in her early teens, her family relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she completed high school and won a Music Sorority

pos: Mary Costa thanking them for their support. She also announced that she would no longer directly reply to fan-mail, but she would continue to sign autographs and meet fans at events while also focusing her efforts on working with young children. Mary Costa Mary Costa (born April 5, 1930) is an American opera singer and actress, who is best known for providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney film "Sleeping Beauty". Costa is an operatic soprano. Costa was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she lived for much of her childhood. She was raised Baptist and sang Sunday school solos

pos: Knoxville Opera Mary Costa, who garnered fame for creating the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney film "Sleeping Beauty". Among the many distinguished artists who have performed with the company, notable appearances include gala performances by Marilyn Horne, Cheryl Studer and Catherine Malfitano, in addition to leading roles performed by Rosalind Elias, Mary Dunleavy, Margaret Lattimore, Enrico Di Giuseppe, and Faith Esham. Directors who have appeared regularly with the company include James Marvel, Jay Lesenger, David Gately and Carroll Freeman, the latter having directed more than twenty-five operas with the company beginning with "The Marriage of Figaro" in 1996. Freeman

pos: Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams didactic." Mary Costa, the original voice of Aurora, was not fond of the new film and felt that it did not work. Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams is a 2007 American direct-to-video animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Disneytoon Studios. It was the first film in a planned "Disney Princess Enchanted Tales" series of direct-to-video films, each featuring new stories about the Disney Princesses. It was released on September 4, 2007 by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The film features new stories about Princess Aurora from "Sleeping Beauty"

pos: Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song) third-reprise finale, as well as in a duet by Mary Costa and Bill Shirley, who voiced the roles of Aurora and Philip, respectively. American girl group No Secrets recorded the song "Once Upon (Another) Dream", whose chorus is based on "Once Upon a Dream", in 2003 for the two-disc DVD release of "Sleeping Beauty". "Once Upon a Dream" was covered by Emily Osment in October 2008 for the Platinum Edition release of the film. Osment's rendition was included in the 2008 compilation album "Princess Disneymania". In 2014, a remix of the song by TRiON was released as a part of

pos: Aurora (Disney) Walt Disney had long been struggling to adapt the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" into a full-length animated film for several years, intending to base the project on both Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm's versions of the story. Disney was considering abandoning work on the film altogether until singer Mary Costa was discovered, the casting of whom as the film's heroine finally allowed the project to graduate from development to production. At the time Aurora was conceived, there had only been two prior Disney princesses: Snow White and Cinderella, the heroines of Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) party for her. Aurora befriends the animals of the forest and sings them a song, "Once Upon a Dream". While singing in the forest, Aurora attracts the attention of Phillip, now a handsome young man. He races to find the origin of the beautiful voice and is instantly struck by Aurora's grace and beauty. Aurora at first is frightened at his sudden appearance, as she is not allowed to talk to strangers, but Phillip soon puts her at ease. They instantly fall in love, unaware of being promised in marriage sixteen years ago. Aurora asks Phillip to come to her

neg: Aurora (Disney) elements contained within both of its predecessors – including the revelation that Princess Aurora can only be awakened from her deep slumber by a kiss from her one true love" similar to Snow White. Hollywood.com ranked "Sleeping Beauty" Disney's worst princess film because its main character remains asleep for the majority of it. However, Aurora has since established herself as a popular character nonetheless due to her singing voice and beauty. At one point, the name "Aurora" became a popular baby name, with parents often naming their daughters after the character. However, despite being featured prominently in Disney merchandise, "Aurora

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty is a Disney media franchise that began in 1959 with the theatrical release of "Sleeping Beauty". "Sleeping Beauty" is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. "Maleficent" is a live-action remake based in 1959's animated film, focused on the eponymous antagonist. "Maleficent" is the sequel of the 2014's film "Maleficent", continuing the story of the first film. As a segment of "Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams", "Keys to the Kingdom" focuses on Princess Aurora, who reigns the kingdom in the absence

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) the movie, Enchanted Dominion, and characters who appear are Princess Aurora/Briar Rose, Maleficent, Maleficent's goons, the three faires and Prince Phillip, the latter serving as temporary party member for Aqua during her battle against Maleficent and her henchmen. Maleficent will return in "Kingdom Hearts III". Aurora is also a playable character in the game "Disney Princess". "Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty Game" (1958) is a Parker Brothers children's board game for two to four players based upon "Sleeping Beauty". The object of the game is to be the first player holding three different picture cards to reach the castle and the

neg: Aurora (Disney) her 16th birthday – the day the spell is to be broken by a kiss from her true love, Prince Phillip. Aurora is based on the princess in Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", as well as the heroine who appears in the Brothers Grimm's retelling of the story, "Little Briar Rose". For several years, Walt Disney had struggled to find a suitable actress to voice the princess and nearly abandoned film entirely until Costa was discovered by composer Walter Schumann. However, Costa's southern accent nearly cost her the role until she proved that she could sustain a British accent

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) such as the "Sleeping Beauty" characters. Characters from "Sleeping Beauty" also make minor appearances in the direct-to-video films based in the show, "" and "Mickey's House of Villains". Fantasy television series "Once Upon a Time" regularly include live-action interpretations of characters including Maleficent, Aurora, Phillip, King Stefan, and Aurora's mother is mentioned as Briar Rose, the "original" Sleeping Beauty. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather appears as recurring character in the American animated television series "Sofia the First", as the headmistresses of Royal Prep. Aurora appeared in the 24th episode of the series, "Holiday in Enchancia". The series features characters from the

neg: Kate Higgins dub of "Sailor Moon" in 2014, as well as the voice of Mario character Pauline in "Super Mario Odyssey" in 2017, for which she also performed the in-character vocals for the game's theme song, "Jump Up, Super Star!" and Starla in Nick Jr.'s Blaze and the Monster Machines. She is also, since 2010, the current voice of Princess Aurora (Disney), a character originally seen in "Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)". Higgins earned a degree in music from Auburn University in 1991. She is a trained pianist who studied with the jazz artist Bob Richardson. She plays piano and has worked as

neg: Mary Costa Award as the outstanding voice among Southern California high school seniors. Following high school, she entered the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to study with famed maestro Gaston Usigli. Between 1948 and 1951, she appeared with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on the Bergen radio show. She also sang with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in concerts at UCLA, and made numerous commercials for Lux Radio Theatre. In 1952, after meeting people at a party with her future husband, director Frank Tashlin, she auditioned for the part of Disney's Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty, in Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). Walt

neg: Aurora (Disney) Upon initial viewing of "Sleeping Beauty", a writer for Anibundel originally dismissed Aurora as "the ultimate Disney princess in the most negative and passive sense of the stereotype ... playing no part whatsoever in her own outcome." However, in retrospect, the author's opinion eventually evolved upon subsequent viewings: "Although Aurora has little to do with her own conclusion, it’s not a mark of her being a non-person. Instead it reflects how sometimes bad things just happen which we have no control over, a difficult but important lesson." Anibundel does agree that although Aurora is "Sleeping Beauty"'s title character, she can

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Disney Princess franchise. Sleeping Beauty Castle is a fairy tale castle at the center of Disneyland and formerly at Hong Kong Disneyland. It is based on the late-19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (English: The Castle of the Sleeping Beauty) is the fairy tale castle at the centre of Disneyland Paris and is a continuation of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Maleficent is one of the main antagonists in the "Kingdom Hearts" video game series, appearing in most videogames. Aurora appears for first time in "Kingdom Hearts" as one of the Seven Princesses

neg: Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song) Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song) "Once Upon a Dream" is a song written for the 1959 animated musical fantasy film "Sleeping Beauty" produced by Walt Disney. Its lyrics were written by Jack Lawrence, and its music by Sammy Fain. The song's melody is based on the "Grande valse villageoise" (nicknamed "The Garland Waltz"), from the 1890 ballet "The Sleeping Beauty" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. "Once Upon a Dream" serves as the film's main theme, and as the love theme of Princess Aurora and Prince Philip. It is performed in the film by a chorus as an overture and

neg: Maleficent Maleficent Maleficent ( or ) is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 16th animated feature film, "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). She is an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Maleficent is based on the evil fairy godmother character in Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", as well as the villainess who appears in the Brothers Grimm's retelling of the story, "Little

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) live action adaption "Maleficent", released in May 2014, Angelina Jolie plays the role of Maleficent and Elle Fanning plays Princess Aurora. The movie was directed by Robert Stromberg in his directorial debut, produced by Don Hahn and Joe Roth, and written by Linda Woolverton. A sequel to this film began production in May 2018. Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. The 16th Disney animated feature film, it was released to theaters on January 29, 1959, by Buena Vista Distribution. This

neg: The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) it with most of the final act, as well as other sections. The selections in this version are listed as follows: The Walt Disney Company has registered a trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office, filed 13 March 2007, for the name "Princess Aurora" that covers production and distribution of motion picture films; production of television programs; production of sound and video recordings. Some suggest that this may limit the ability to perform this ballet, from which Disney acquired some of the music for its animated 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty". The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) The Sleeping Beauty ( /

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) of Heart. Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, as well as Maleficent's raven, appear for the first time in "Kingdom Hearts II". "Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep" include a world based on the animation film, Enchanted Dominion, which includes for the first time in the games to Prince Phillip and Maleficent's goons. Aurora appears in "" as a playable character. Maleficent's live-action version of the 2014 remake is a playable character in the "Disney Infinity" video games series. As with the other playable characters in the game, a tie-in figure for Maleficent was also released. Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty is a

neg: Aurora (Disney) princess. Similarly, Bustle also ranked Aurora the least feminist Disney Princess, with author Chelsea Mize expounding, "Aurora literally sleeps for like three quarters of the movie ... Aurora just straight-up has no agency, and really isn't doing much in the way of feminine progress." Dismissing the character as "barely more than a cipher", Leigh Butler of Tor.com panned Aurora as "a Barbie doll knockoff who does nothing the whole film but sing wistfully about Finding Her Man, before becoming the ultimate passive Damsel in Distress". However, Butler went on to defend the character somewhat, writing, "Aurora’s cipher-ness in "Sleeping Beauty"

neg: Grand pas lead soloists, and coda générale. A "grand pas d'action" is a grand pas that contributes to the ballet's story. A well-known example of this is the first act of "The Sleeping Beauty", consisting of the "Rose Adagio" grand adage, "Dance for the Maids of Honor and Pages", Princess Aurora variation, and coda which is abruptly interrupted by the evil fairy Carabosse, who gives Princess Aurora a poisoned spindle. This grand pas d'action tells an integral part of the story, with Princess Aurora choosing between four prospective princes and receiving a rose from each. In a "grand pas classique", classical ballet

neg: Darcey Bussell "Winter Dreams" and Princess Rose in "The Prince of the Pagodas", both choreographed by MacMillan, as well as Princess Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty", Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake", Nikiya and Gamzatti in "La Bayadère", the Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker", Manon in "L'histoire de Manon", and Giselle in "Giselle". In total, she performed more than 80 different roles and 17 roles were created for her. In "Sleeping Beauty" alone, she performed Aurora in four different productions, one of which was Sir Anthony Dowell's production which she opened in Washington in front of President Clinton. She made several guest appearances

neg: Yuhui Choe in the purest sense". She has since danced the "Fairy of the Crystal Fountain" and in 2014, "Princess Aurora" (the titular sleeping beauty). One of the main reasons why Choe wanted to join the Royal Ballet was to dance in the ballets created by Frederick Ashton and Kenneth Macmillan. In 2014, Choe had to replace the injured Natalia Osipova at short notice as "Princess Aurora", her debut in the lead role in "Sleeping Beauty". Osipova's appearance was eagerly anticipated. The Guardian noted that Choe "appeared radiantly unfazed by the challenge" and that "Choe should be promoted to principal now". Yuhui

neg: The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) quality. "The Sleeping Beauty" is Tchaikovsky's longest ballet, lasting nearly four hours at full length (counting the intermissions). The complete score runs practically 3 hours. It is nearly always cut. At the premiere, Tsar Alexander III summoned Tchaikovsky to the imperial box. The Tsar made the simple remark 'Very nice,' which seemed to have irritated Tchaikovsky, who had likely expected a more favorable response. "The Royal Court": "The Fairies": Carabosse, the evil fairy "The Four Suitors": "The Prince's Hunting Party": "Fairy-Tale Characters": Setting Prologue (The Christening)<br>King Florestan XXIV and his Queen have welcomed their first child, Princess Aurora, and declare

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) then kissing on a cloud. They all live happily ever after. Eric Larson did not animate any of the characters for the film; instead, he directed the entire "Forest" sequence which stretches from Briar Rose (a.k.a. Aurora) wandering through the forest with her animal friends all the way to Princess Aurora renamed Briar Rose running back home, promising Phillip they will meet again later in the evening. This was the only time Larson directed a sequence or a film during his tenure at Walt Disney Productions. Following the critical and commercial success of "Cinderella", writing for "Sleeping Beauty" began in

neg: Wicked fairy godmother its dancers, all now émigrés. Carabosse's costumes were designed by Léon Bakst; her medieval-inspired costume gave her the silhouette of a rat. In Matthew Bourne's reimagining of the story, the king and queen, driven by despair, seek her help who gives them a daughter named Aurora, however the king forgets to express his gratitude and she curses the child. Years later when Aurora is in her early twenties, Carabosse has died in exile but her son, Caradoc attempts to exact revenge and seduce Aurora. In the Disney animated version of "Sleeping Beauty" the character of the wicked fairy is personified

neg: The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) and Princess Aurora arrives. She is introduced to four suitors by her doting parents. Aurora and the suitors perform the famous Rose Adagio. Presently, a cloaked stranger appears and offers a gift to the princess: a spindle. Having never seen one before, Aurora curiously examines the strange object as her parents desperately try to intervene. As predicted, she pricks her finger. While initially appearing to recover quickly, she falls into a swoon and collapses. The cloaked stranger reveals herself to be Carabosse, who believes that her curse still stands and that the princess is dead. Once again, the Lilac Fairy

neg: Aurora (Disney) forward as a stronger feminist than Snow White, though Aurora remains bogged down with passive reactivity." Author Melissa G. Wilson observed in her book "Mashups for Teens: From Sleeping Beauty to Beyonce" that Aurora's reaction upon learning that she is a princess differs from what one would expect from a young woman. By default, Aurora is usually considered to be the film's main character. Leigh Butler of Tor.com argues that the role of "protagonist" rightfully belongs to the three good fairies because they "make "all" the critical decisions in the film, the ones which drive the action", while Aurora acts

neg: The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) quells the hubbub and reminds the King and Queen that Aurora is merely asleep. The princess is carried off to bed, and the Lilac Fairy casts a spell of slumber over the entire kingdom, which will only be broken when Aurora awakens. A thick layer of thorny plants grows over the palace, hiding it from view. Act II (The Vision)<br>One hundred years later, Prince Désiré is attending a hunting party. Though his companions are lighthearted, the prince is unhappy and eventually asks to be left alone. On his own in the forest, he is met by the Lilac Fairy, who

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) three fairies place Aurora on a bed in the highest tower and place a powerful spell on all the people in the kingdom, causing them to fall asleep until the spell on their princess is broken. While doing so, they overhear a sleepy conversation between the two kings. From King Hubert's conversation with King Stefan, the fairies realize that Phillip is the man with whom Aurora has fallen in love. They rush to find him, but he is abducted by Maleficent who is waiting for him at the cottage in the forest. She shows Phillip the peasant girl he fell

neg: Sleeping Beauty her Princess Aurora; however, in the Disney version, she is also called "Briar Rose" in her childhood, when she is being raised incognito by the good fairies. John Stejean named her "Rosebud" in TeleStory Presents. The Brothers Grimm included a variant " Little Briar Rose" in their collection (1812). Their version ends when the prince arrives to wake Sleeping Beauty, unlike the stories of Basile and Perrault. Some translations of the Grimms' tale give the princess the name "Rosamond". The brothers considered rejecting the story on the grounds that it was derived from Perrault's version, but the presence of the

neg: Aurora (Disney) would be infuriating if she were the only female character in it, but the presence of the Fairies and Maleficent allow her to be what she is without it being a subconscious statement on what "all" women are." Similarly, Refinery29 ranked Aurora the fourth most feminist Disney Princess because "Her aunts have essentially raised her in a place where women run the game." Aurora was Disney's last princess created before Walt Disney's death in 1966. When "Sleeping Beauty" was first released in 1959, the film performed poorly at the box office while failing to impress critics. According to TheRichest, Aurora

neg: Sleeping Beauty (franchise) of her parents, and Merryweather gives Aurora her wand in case she needs any assistance and warns her to be very careful with it. "Descendants" is a live-action Disney Channel Original Movie based on the lives of the children of various Disney heroes and villains when they attend the same prep school. The film focused mainly on Mal, daughter of Maleficent, who is the main antagonist of the movie. The film also includes Audrey, Aurora and Phillips daughter, and Queen Leah also makes a minor appearance. Disney's animated television series "Disney's House of Mouse" included many Disney animated character cameos

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) glass windows and figures. Princess Aurora (and, to a lesser extent, Prince Phillip, Fauna, Flora and Merryweather, Maleficent and her goons) makes regular appearances in the parks and parades. Maleficent is featured as one of the villains in the nighttime show "Fantasmic!" at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios. A scaled-down one act stage musical version of the film with the title "Disney's Sleeping Beauty KIDS" is often performed by schools and children's theaters. With book and additional lyrics by Marcy Heisler and Bryan Louiselle, the show is composed of twelve musical numbers, including the movie songs. In Walt Disney Pictures'

neg: Aurora (Disney) from adapting fairy tales into animated films for several decades. Aurora herself received negative reviews from both film and feminist critics for her passivity and similarities to Snow White, and would remain Disney's last princess until "The Little Mermaid"'s Ariel debuted 30 years later in 1989. However, Costa's vocal performance was praised, which inspired her to pursue a full-time career as an opera singer to great success. Chronologically, Aurora is the third Disney Princess. Actress Elle Fanning portrays a live-action version of Aurora in the film "Maleficent" (2014), a retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" from the perspective of its villain. Filmmaker

neg: Svetlana Zakharova (dancer) dancer performing in Paris and became a world star as of 2000. Successful assignments followed, ranging from great classical roles like Giselle, Odette-Odile in "Swan Lake", Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty", and Nikiya in "La Bayadère," to such modern works as Balanchine's "Serenade", "Symphony in C" and "Apollo" as well as McMillan's "Manon" and Neumeier's "Now and Then" At La Scala Theatre Ballet in Italy, Zakharova danced with partner Roberto Bolle in Swan Lake, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, and La Bayadère. Zakharova was one of the dancers featured in the 2006 documentary "Ballerina". Zakharova is nicknamed the Tsarina of the dance.

neg: Aurora (Disney) should she need help. At first reluctant to use it because she is determined to accomplish everything on her own, Aurora eventually succumbs when her duties prove overwhelming. However, her inexperience with magic leads to several consequences, which she is then forced to solve without magic. In "Maleficent" (2014), a live-action re-imagining of the animated film in which "Sleeping Beauty" is retold from the perspective of the villain, Aurora is portrayed by actress Elle Fanning, while actress Janet McTeer voices an elderly version of the character in the role of film's narrator. The princess is raised by Maleficent after first

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) by the fairies' magic, directly into Maleficent's heart, causing her to fall to her death. Phillip awakens Aurora with a kiss, breaking the spell and thereby waking everyone in the castle. The royal couple descends to the ballroom, where Aurora is happily reunited with her parents, while King Hubert is confused of how the two young royals met. Flora and Merryweather resume their petty argument over the color of Aurora's ball gown, magically changing it from blue to pink while the happy couple waltzes. The last color to appear is pink. The scene then fades to Aurora and Phillip dancing

neg: Aurora (Disney) to avoid penetration." Similarly, Carrie R. Wheadon, writing for Common Sense Media, interpreted Aurora's arousal by a handsome prince as being symbolic of a young woman's "transition to adulthood and sexual awakening." According to "Multiculturalism and the Mouse: Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment" author Douglas Brode, Aurora is "torn between childlike loyalties and adult instincts", while The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy-Tale and Fantasy Past author Tison Pugh believes that Aurora's first encounter with Prince Phillip "tips her from fantasy into reality, from childhood into womanhood." Aurora debuted in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) as the only daughter of King Stefan

neg: Aurora (Disney) Auberge de Cendrillon at Disneyland Paris, Fantasyland and World Bazaar at Tokyo Disneyland, and the Wishing Well at Hong Kong Disneyland. The Walt Disney Company currently has a trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office, filed March 13, 2007, for the name "Princess Aurora" that covers production and distribution of motion picture films; production of television programs; production of sound and video recordings. This has caused some controversy because "Princess Aurora" is the name of the lead character in "The Sleeping Beauty Ballet", from where Disney acquired the name and some of the music for its animated film, and

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) cottage that evening and meet her family. Meanwhile, Flora and Merryweather argue over the color of Aurora's ball gown, which attracts the attention of Maleficent's raven, revealing the location of Aurora. Back at home, Aurora is thrilled to tell her guardians that she met a man and fell in love with him. The fairies finally tell Aurora the truth about her royal heritage, that she is a princess and already betrothed at birth to a prince, and tell her she must never see the man she met again. Heartbroken, she cries in her room. Meanwhile, Phillip tells his father of

neg: Carlotta Brianza 1889. On 15 January 1890, she danced Aurora in the premiere of Marius Petipa's "Sleeping Beauty". She continued her dancing career in Vienna, Italy, Paris and London before returning to Paris where she taught until she retired. In 1921, Sergei Diaghilev brought her out of retirement to dance in "The Sleeping Beauty". She died in Paris in 1930. Among Brianza's notable appearances are: Carlotta Brianza Carlotta Brianza (1867–1930) was an Italian prima ballerina, dancing with La Scala in Milan and later with the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Born in Milan, Brianza studied at the ballet school of La Scala

neg: Nina Kaptsova she played "Sleeping Beauty" again, this time as a maid of honour, and the same year played Gumpe in "La Bayadère", also produced by Yuri Grigorovich. In 1999, she appeared as Marie in "The Nutcracker", which was again produced by Grigorovich, and the same year performed in "Swan Lake". In 2000 and 2004, she reprised her role in "Sleeping Beauty", first as the Princess Aurora and then as the Prince's friend. In the same year, she had a few solo roles including that in "Mozartiana" and "The Limpid Stream", in which she played the role of Zina. In 2006, she

neg: Anthony Dowell and Dowell shared the stage with her as Palemon, the role originated by Michael Somes. Dowell's next major production of a classic ballet was "The Sleeping Beauty", in 1994. Conceived, directed, and produced by him, it starred Viviana Durante as the Princess Aurora and featured Dowell himself in a glittering embodiment of evil as the wicked fairy Carabosse. The production was not popular with audiences and was considered a failure, largely owing to the irrational and unattractive designs by Maria Bjornson. The negative reviews of his "Swan Lake" and "The Sleeping Beauty" did not, however, seriously affect Dowell's reputation, as

neg: Genia Melikova Igor Schwezoff and Antony Tudor. She performed briefly with American Ballet Theatre before joining the Paris-based Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas company (1954–1962), the first European troupe to feature ballets by American choreographers and American dancers. Her roles included Aurora and the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and Odette-Odile in Swan Lake. Ms. Melikova was the first Western ballerina to perform with Rudolf Nureyev after his defection to the West in 1961. They danced together numerous times - "The Sleeping Beauty" and the Black Swan Pas de deux - in France, Italy, and Israel (Ballet Today April 1964).

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) a peasant girl he met and wishes to marry in spite of his prearranged marriage to Aurora. King Hubert fails to convince his son otherwise, leaving him in equal disappointment. Later that night, the fairies take Aurora back to the castle and leave her alone in a room to wait for her birthday celebrations where she will finally get to see her parents. Maleficent then appears and magically lures Aurora into a dark tower room away from the fairies and tricks the princess into touching the spindle of a cursed spinning wheel. Aurora pricks her finger, fulfilling the curse. The

neg: Aurora (Disney) credited Costa's vocals with "manag[ing] to make an enchanting impression in just a few onscreen minutes without being pushy or saccharine." Meanwhile, Artistdirect's Rick Florino wrote that the singer "brought a pure and honest vibrancy to the film." Additionally, "Sleeping Beauty" served as Costa's first singing job, prior to which she had had little professional singing experience. The role has since had a profound impact on Costa's career, allowing her to successfully transition from animated to operatic roles. Costa credits Walt Disney and "Sleeping Beauty" with instilling a work ethic in her, which she maintained throughout her entire career. Costa

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) Queen Leah asks if she's offended, the evil witch curses the princess, proclaiming that Aurora will grow in grace and beauty, but before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. King Stefan and Queen Leah are horrified and beg the fairies to undo the curse. Unfortunately, they are not powerful enough to do so, but Merryweather uses her blessing to weaken the curse so that instead of dying, Aurora will fall into a deep sleep from which she can only be awakened by true love's first

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) first Disney feature-film that did not have the same background animation material, but instead with new background animation material. "Sleeping Beauty" was the first animated film to be photographed in the Super Technirama 70 widescreen process, as well as the second full-length animated feature film to be filmed in anamorphic widescreen, following Disney's own "Lady and the Tramp" four years earlier. The film was presented in Super Technirama 70 and 6-channel stereophonic sound in first-run engagements. After many childless years, King Stefan and Queen Leah happily welcome the birth of their daughter, the Princess Aurora. They proclaim a holiday for

neg: Aurora (Disney) dubbing her "the hottest Disney Princess". "Entertainment Weekly" ranked Aurora's hair the second best of all the Disney Princesses, with author Annie Barrett describing it as "aspirational". Oh My Disney ranked the pink and blue versions of Aurora's dress 15th and 16th on their countdown of every Disney Princess outfit, voicing their preference for the character in blue. "Marie Claire" ranked Aurora's outfits among "The 20 Greatest Movie Dresses of All Time", writing, "Of all the Disney princesses, "Sleeping Beauty"'s Aurora had a fashionable edge" potentially worthy of being imitated by singers Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj. Aurora was ranked

neg: Aurora (Disney) awakened by the prince's kiss; this detail was adjusted for the film in favor of having Prince Phillip introduced earlier, and thus Aurora is awakened much sooner. The writers also omitted several darker elements featured in earliest iterations of the "Sleeping Beauty" story, such as the princess being raped and impregnated with twins by the prince while she is still asleep. In the Grimm version, the princess is destined to prick her finger at the age of 15, while Disney decided to age the character by one year. Aurora's names are borrowed from both Tchaikovsky's ballet and the Grimm fairy

neg: Aurora (Disney) as little more than a pawn. Butler expounded that Aurora "never grows as a character during the course of the film; she has no agency at all, in fact. She doesn’t act; she is acted upon. So she is definitely not the hero of the story." Helping Writers Become Authors' K. M. Weiland agreed, writing, "Sleeping Beauty has no arc. Prince Phillip has no arc. And, even more importantly, neither of them are present from start to finish in the story. Without the fairies to hold this thing together, the plot would have lacked any kind of impetus or cohesion."

neg: Aurora (Disney) absolutely no dialogue once she is awakened from her deep sleep. The character's lack of dialogue is attributed to the fact that she remains asleep for the majority of the film. Ultimately, Costa's performance in "Sleeping Beauty" – and Walt Disney himself – inspired her to pursue a full-time career as a professional opera singer, advising her "Mary, just remember the three Ds…Dedication, Determination, and Discipline, and you'll achieve your Dreams!". Costa's salary was $250 per week. Aurora's blurb on the Disney Princess website once cited the character as "gentle and loving". Walt Disney introduced Aurora to Costa as "a

neg: Faye Leung Faye Leung and Nobuo Fujino." "South China Morning Post" by Kevin Ng on Ballet Extravaganza (30 May 2003) "In the Hong Kong Ballet production, Faye Leung, a lovely dancer with an exquisite classical line, reprised her Princess Aurora role for the second or third time. As Princess Aurora, Leung (Fei)... shine splendidly in the third act grand pas de deux. With the Act II introduction of her handsome Prince Charming, I was convinced that Hong Kong Ballet had come of age as a company that could withstand the rigors of the classic repertoire. The climatic event of Sleeping Beauty is

neg: Belle (Beauty and the Beast) which her voice has changed over the course of 20 years. O'Hara would eventually return as the voice of Belle in the 2018 film "Ralph Breaks the Internet". According to producer Don Hahn, Beaumont's Belle is an "incredibly passive" character, the personality of whom he likened to those of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, as well as American actress and animal rights activist Doris Day, describing them as women who are "capable, but filling a role that women might fill in the 1950s and 1960s.” The filmmakers painstakingly reworked Belle into a more three-dimensional character by providing her with goals and

neg: Maleficent (film) be an inspired choice for Aurora/Sleeping Beauty. Jolie manages to steal her own show in most every scene. Jolie is excellent as the hopeful fairy, enjoying the world she flies through. She is also brilliant as the Dark Lady, who could be a perfect counterpart to any Darth Vader, as she malevolently takes her revenge on those who have wronged her." Ann Hornaday of "The Washington Post" awarded the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, commenting that "Still, for all its limitations, "Maleficent" manages to be improbably entertaining to watch, due solely to its title character." Writing for Roger Ebert's

neg: Sleeping Beauty Castle castle walkthrough entrance is on the west side of the building inside Fantasyland. Guests first see a large medieval-themed story book open to a page that announces the birth of the princess Aurora. After climbing the stairs inside, a scene depicts Aurora as a baby, being blessed with magic gifts by her fairy godmothers. Behind a glass window, there is an animation of the castle courtyard, and the king and queen watching as a large fire burns all the spinning wheels in the kingdom. At the top of the stairs, as guests reach the center of the castle's top level,

neg: Maleficent (film) to take the title role: "She seemed like the only person who could play the part. There was no point in making the movie if it wasn't her." In March 2012, Elle Fanning was reported to be in talks for the role of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty. Her casting was officially announced in May 2012, along with Sharlto Copley as the male lead, King Stefan, Princess Aurora's father, then described as the half-human, half-fairy son of a human king, along with Imelda Staunton; Miranda Richardson as Queen Ulla, then described as a fairy queen who is Maleficent's aunt with

neg: Sound and Beauty Sound and Beauty Sound and Beauty is the omnibus title of two plays by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's fourth play, "The House of Sleeping Beauties", was adapted from Yasunari Kawabata's novella "House of the Sleeping Beauties" (1961). It tells the story of the narrator of that novella investigating the brothel that inspired the work. His fifth play, "The Sound of a Voice", is a ghost story inspired by Japanese films and folk tales. The one-act plays were produced together and premiered on November 6, 1983 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. It was directed by John Lone,

neg: Columbia High School (Nampa, Idaho) aurora borealis. Following a letter-writing campaign by students of the middle schools feeding into the future high school, in which reference was made to the character Princess Aurora in the 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty", the District altered its proposed name to "Columbia High School" after the Space Shuttle "Columbia" disaster. Students accepted this name and it is expected to be permanent. Immediately after Columbia's establishment, its Performing Arts Department initiated several activities. All choirs in 2006 got a superior in the District Three Competition. The Drama Department has put on plays such as "A Girl In The Mirror", "Arsenic and

neg: The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) has chosen him to awaken Aurora. She shows him a vision of the beautiful princess, and the prince is immediately smitten. The Lilac Fairy explains the situation, and Désiré begs to be taken to the princess. The Lilac Fairy takes him to the hidden castle. Carabosse makes one last attempt to cement her vengeful curse, but the Lilac Fairy and the prince manage to defeat her together at last. Once inside the castle, Désiré awakens Aurora with a kiss. The rest of the court wakes as well, and the King and Queen heartily approve when the prince proposes marriage and

neg: Maria Shirinkina United States, Europe, China and Japan. Her repertoire includes the Sylph in "La Sylphide", Giselle, Princess Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty", Cinderella, Nikiya in "La Bayadère", Raymonda, Lise in "La fille mal gardée" and leading roles in "Chopiniana", "Jewels", "Symphony in C" and the "Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux". In September 2016, Shirinkina and her husband took a one-year sabbatical and joined the Bayerische Staatsballett in Munich, Germany as principals with the invitation of Igor Zelensky, the theater's new artistic director. Shirinkina is married to fellow Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov; the couple has one son Alexey, who was born in

neg: Mireille Hassenboehler Mireille Hassenboehler Mireille Hassenboehler (born 1973) is an American former professional ballet dancer who performed as a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet until 2013. Hassenboehler was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She trained with Harvey Hysell until the age of seventeen. After studying at the San Francisco Ballet School and Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy, she joined Houston Ballet in 1992 and was promoted to principal in 2000. Hassenboehler's classical repertoire includes: the Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker", Aurora and Lilac Fairy in "The Sleeping Beauty", Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake", Giselle and Myrtha in "Giselle", Kitri in "Don

neg: Edra Toth Edra Toth Edra Toth (born September 18, 1952) is a Hungarian-American ballet dancer who studied under E. Virginia Williams with the Boston Ballet. Edra Toth came to the United States in 1956 as a Hungarian refugee and grew up in Boston, MA. At sixteen years old, Toth danced as a prima ballerina with Ivan Nagy for the 1969 Boston Ballet production of Giselle at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Throughout Toth's career with the Boston Ballet, she danced in multiple principal roles such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and Odette in Swan Lake. In

neg: Marianela Núñez tsunami benefit performance, broadcast in December 2006. She has been credited with a refined sense of style, and of displaying a unique understanding of the choreographer Frederick Ashton's style. Núñez won the prestigious Richard Sherrington Award for Best Female Dancer 2005. In 2006 Núñez performed several times in the latest Royal Ballet production of "Sleeping Beauty", both as the Lilac Fairy and as Aurora. Critics were impressed by the warmth of her Lilac Fairy. Her Aurora was said to be among the Royal Ballet's finest since 1946 with "the phrasing of an angel" In July 2006 at Sadler's Wells Theatre,

neg: Vera Trefilova (1907). In 1906 she was promoted to prima ballerina, known for her 32 fouettés. She triumphed as Princess Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty", but resigned in 1910, partly due to her dislike of Fokine’s innovations, but above all due to a rivalry with the Maryinsky's reigning ballerina, Mathilde Kschessinska. In 1915 she made her debut as an actress at the Mikhaylovsky Theatre in St Petersburg. In 1917 she left Russia and opened a ballet school in Paris: among her pupils were Marina Svetlova, Mary Skeaping, Nina Vyroubova and Mari Bicknell. Diaghilev invited her to dance Aurora in his 1921 London production

neg: Aurora (Disney) a loving individual. Walt Disney challenged his animators to make the film's characters appear "as real as possible". Animator Marc Davis was the supervising animator for Aurora, responsible for animating the character's most important scenes. By the time he started working on "Sleeping Beauty", Davis' prior work experience had already established him as "one of Walt Disney’s go-to animators for pretty girls," having previously animated Snow White and Cinderella, as well as Alice from "Alice in Wonderland" (1951) and Tinker Bell from "Peter Pan" (1953). Although heroines are among the most difficult characters to animate, Davis' knowledge of the human

neg: Ludwig Minkus fact that Riccardo Drigo supplied nearly all of the supplemental music for Cornalba's appearances in already-existing ballets during her season with the Imperial Ballet. Petipa's "Kalkabrino"—a work that has been historically credited to Minkus—premiered on for the benefit performance of another visiting Italian, Carlotta Brianza, who in the previous year created the role of the Princess Aurora in the Petipa/Tchaikovsky "The Sleeping Beauty". Although the score for "Kalkabrino" was credited exclusively to Minkus it is not certain if the composer took part in its creation, which Russian historians have stated was a score set to a pastiche of airs taken

neg: Women in dance "Cinderella", "Swan Lake" and "Raymonda", gaining the title of prima ballerina assoluta. Carlotta Brianza (1867–1930), also from Milan, first gained fame at La Scala with which she toured the United States. She is remembered above all for dancing Aurora at the premiere of Petipa's "Sleeping Beauty" in 1890. New, more dynamic approaches to ballet developed from the beginning of the 20th century, the most influential being Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, promoting innovative collaborations between choreographers, composers and dancers. One of the early stars was Anna Pavlova (1881–1931) who gained fame by dancing "The Dying Swan" choreographed by Mikhail Fokine before

neg: Aurora (Disney) body and anatomy "brought these iconic female characters to life and made them believable", according to The Walt Disney Family Museum. While other "Sleeping Beauty" animators struggled to adapt to artistic director Eyvind Earle's unprecedented preference for detailed backgrounds, Davis himself rather embraced this new style. Collaborating with character designer Tom Oreb on Aurora, Davis "crafted a leading lady of elegance." With a dignified, angular shape that complimented Earle’s vertical and horizontal backgrounds, the princess was "more refined" than preceding Disney heroines, and thus required much more attention to detail than any animated character before her. Quality control animator Iwao

neg: Olga Spessivtseva "The Sleeping Beauty". In 1918 she returned to the Mariinsky, renamed the Petrograd Opera and Ballet Theater after the Russian Revolution of 1917. She was promoted to the rank of ballerina. At this time she was almost unknown in the West. She continued to perform with the Ballets Russes abroad, dancing "Aurora" in Diaghilev's renowned "The Sleeping Princess" in London in 1921, and at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1923. With the aid of her ex-husband Boris Kaplun, a Bolshevik functionary and lover of the arts, she left Russia for the last time in 1924. She had accepted

neg: Sleeping Beauty Wakes inherent charm of the piece captivates our imagination even as the flaws peek through", but finally wrote that "the show's ambition [to be the next "Wicked"] seems to be pulling the work away from its strength as a musical comedy chamber piece. The enchantment is visible, but too much of it remains trapped in a glass case, like a waxwork Sleeping Beauty at a theme park." Sleeping Beauty Wakes Sleeping Beauty Wakes is a musical with book by Rachel Sheinkin, who won a Tony Award for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and a pop score by composer Brendan

neg: Taylor Holmes for your money!"), and the voice of King Stefan in Disney's animated feature "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) - Holmes' last credited screen role. He also played Ebenezer Scrooge in what is largely considered a notoriously bad (and cheaply made) half-hour television version of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol", first telecast in 1949. Only months after the release of his final film, "Sleeping Beauty" (1959), as King Stefan, Taylor Holmes died on September 30, 1959, at the age of 81. He was married to actress Edna Phillips and was the father of actors Phillips Holmes, Madeleine Taylor Holmes, and Ralph Holmes. Holmes

neg: Aurora (Disney) was partially responsible for Disney’s only overall loss that decade, thus the studio decided to avoid adapting fairy tales into feature-length animated films for several years; Aurora would remain Disney's last princess until "The Little Mermaid"'s Ariel debuted in 1989, 30 years later. Mic's Melissa Hugel believes that the negative reception instigated by Aurora's passive role as a woman in "Sleeping Beauty" also contributed to this hiatus, earning the character a reputation as one of Disney's worst princesses. Meanwhile, David Nusair of About.com attributes the film's failure with "the familiarity of its storyline, as the film boasts many of the

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) kiss. King Stefan, still fearful for his daughter's life, orders all spinning wheels throughout the kingdom to be burned. The fairies do not believe that it will be enough to keep Aurora safe, and so, with the reluctant acceptance of King Stefan and Queen Leah, they bring her away to a woodcutter's cottage in the forest until the day of her sixteenth birthday. Years later, Aurora, renamed Briar Rose, has grown into a beautiful young woman. On the day of her sixteenth birthday, the three fairies ask her to gather berries in the forest so they can prepare a surprise

neg: Sleeping Beauty Wakes Sleeping Beauty Wakes Sleeping Beauty Wakes is a musical with book by Rachel Sheinkin, who won a Tony Award for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and a pop score by composer Brendan Milburn and lyricist Valerie Vigoda, two members of the indie music trio GrooveLily. The show is a twist on the classic Charles Perrault fairy tale of "Sleeping Beauty". In this modern-day version, Rose is brought to a sleep-disorder clinic to wake her from her 900-year nap. The musical was presented from March 31 to May 20, 2007 at the Kirk Douglas Theater of the Center Theatre

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) organized a treasure hunt. The idea was eventually dropped when it became too drawn out and drifted from the central storyline. Instead, it was written that Prince Phillip and Princess Aurora would meet in the forest by random chance while Princess Aurora renamed Briar Rose was conversing with the forest animals. Additionally, because the original Perrault tale had the curse last one hundred years, the writers decided to shorten it a few hours with the time spent for Prince Phillip to battle the goons, overcome several obstacles, and fight off against Maleficent transformed into a dragon. The name given to

neg: Antoinette Sibley to the United States and the Soviet Union quickly followed. Natalia Roslavleva writing in "The Ballet Annual" observed of Sibley and the Royal Ballet when dancing in Moscow, "Youthful charm, good technique and engaging personalities do part of the work for these dancers. To become great they will have to invest a lot of sweat and tears in the development of mature stagecraft." One of Sibley's first important roles was in "Jabez and the Devil" (1961), choreographed by Alfred Rodrigues, who was among the earliest to recognize her talents. She danced her first Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty" on 27

neg: English National Ballet Aurora in his production of "The Sleeping Beauty" in 1975. Evdokimova in turn became the prima ballerina of the Company under Grey's leadership and continued to reign under successive directors John Field and Peter Schaufuss. It was Evdokimova who suggested to change the name to English National Ballet to reflect the Company's role as Britain's only classical ballet company dedicated to touring ballets nationwide at an affordable price for audiences. The name change was implemented in 1989. Ivan Nagy (until 1993), Derek Deane (until 2001) and Matz Skoog (until 2006) directed the Company before Wayne Eagling, former head of Dutch

neg: Lydia Lopokova production of "The Sleeping Beauty" in which Lopokova danced the Lilac Fairy and Princess Aurora. The production was a flop, but it brought her to the attention of John Maynard Keynes. He "sat every night in the stalls, enchanted by Lydia as the Lilac Fairy casting spells over the cradle." The two soon became lovers, and they were married in 1925, once her divorce from Barrocchi had been obtained. Until now, Keynes's closest relationships had been with the members of the Bloomsbury group, especially Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, who had been the great love of his life. They and

neg: Susan Jaffe of 19), Kitri ("Don Quixote"), Nikiya & Gamzatti ("La Bayadère"), Aurora ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Juliet ("Romeo and Juliet"), Swanhilda ("Coppélia"), Tatiana (John Cranko's "Onegin"), Kate ("Taming of the Shrew"), and the title roles in "Giselle", "La Sylphide" and Kenneth MacMillan's "Anastasia and Manon". Ms. Jaffe worked with and performed the repertoire of many of the 20th century's most prominent choreographers, including George Balanchine ("Apollo", "Mozartiana", "Who Cares?", "Theme & Variations", "Ballet Imperial", "Violin Concerto", "La Sonnambula", and "Bourree Fantasque"; and as a guest artist with New York City Ballet where she danced "Western Symphony" and the finale of "Symphony in

neg: Kathryn Morgan in the pas de trois and pas de quatre of "Swan Lake". In 2010, Morgan performed in Benjamin Millepied's "Why am I not where you are" and "28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini". After leaving New York City Ballet and recovering from her under-functioning thyroid, Morgan has toured and performed with various ballet companies as a guest artist. With Mobile Ballet in Alabama, Morgan performed as Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty", Odette and Odile in "Swan Lake", Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker", and Snow White in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". She performed in George Balanchine's "Who Cares?"

neg: Lyubov Yegorova (ballerina) of Princess Florine in "The Sleeping Beauty" in 1918, where she danced with Vaslav Nijinsky. She also went on to dance other roles with the "Ballets Russes". Yegorova's farewell performance in 1917 at the Maryinsky Theatre was in "Swan Lake". However, she continued to dance, and in 1921 she interpreted the role of Aurora in Diaghilev’s "Sleeping Princess" production in London. After retiring from the stage, she taught as head of the Ballet Russe school in Paris from 1923-1968, and founded the company in 1937. She received the Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et lettres in 1964. Notable students included

neg: Sleeping Beauty (song) Sleeping Beauty (song) "Sleeping Beauty" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls. It was released in December 1985 from their second studio album "What a Life!". The song proved to be a minor success in Australia when it peaked at number fifty. "Sleeping Beauty" was written by Mark McEntee and lead singer Christina Amphlett. The song was produced by Mike Chapman, who also went on to produce the final recording stages of "What a Life!" and Divinyls next album "Temperamental". Earlier in 1985, Divinyls had garnered great success with the single "Pleasure and Pain", which went to the top

neg: Maya Plisetskaya Among her most notable performances was a 1975 free-form dance, in a modern style, set to Ravel’s "Boléro". In it, she dances a solo piece on an elevated round stage, surrounded and accompanied by 40 male dancers. One reviewer wrote, "Words cannot compare to the majesty and raw beauty of Plisetskaya's performance:" She created a number of leading roles, including ones in Lavrovsky's "Stone Flower" (1954), Moiseyev's "Spartacus" (1958), Grigorovich’s Moscow version of "The Stone Flower" (1959), Aurora in Grigorovich's staging "The Sleeping Beauty" (1963), Grigorovich's Moscow version of "The Legend of Love" (1965), the title role in Alberto Alonso's

neg: Alexandra Ansanelli from "The Sleeping Beauty". In Roslyn Sulcas’ article for the NY Times on December 17, 2006, “The Classical Test for a City Ballet Star Who Flew” Dame Sibley states “ It was wonderful to coach Alexandra as Aurora because she really wanted to master the Petipa classicism.” Natalia Markarova, Sir Anthony Dowell, Dame Monica Mason, Jonathan Cope, Leslie Collier and Alexander Agadzhanov coached Ansanelli on the “Swan Queen” from "Swan Lake", “Gamzatti” from Markarova’s "La Bayadère", "Sugar Plum" from Sir Peter Wright’s "The Nutcracker". In Ashton principal roles, “Air” from "Homage to the Queen", “Natalia Petrovna” from "A Month in

neg: Molly Smolen Movement, Apollo Calliope); David Bintley (Arthur Morgan, Beauty and the Beast Belle, Carmina burana Fortuna, Sylvia Pas de deux, Scottish Dances,The Nutcracker Sweeties Sugar Rum Cherry, The Shakespeare Suite Juliet, The Seasons 'Autumn', Hobson's Choice Maggie Hobson, The Sons of Horus Isis, Concert Fantasy, Les Petit Riens, Orpheus Suite - Eurydice); John Cranko (Broulliards); Kenneth MacMillan (Romeo and Juliet Juliet, Elite Syncopations - White Girl); Vaslav Nijinski (Rite of Spring - The Chosen Maiden), and Myrtha, Giselle (Giselle), Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker), Swanhilda (Coppelia), Odette /Odile (Swan Lake), Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty), Stanton Welch (Powder) and Twyla Tharp In

neg: BarlowGirl 2004 song "Average Girl", the three sisters likened themselves to Princess Aurora from "Sleeping Beauty", falling into a deep sleep and resting in God until He sends a prince their way. The Barlows also relate to other Disney Princesses: Lauren likens herself to Ariel from "The Little Mermaid", while Alyssa likens herself to Belle from "Beauty and the Beast". Several times since 2006, the Barlows alternated between condemning "the recreational dating scene" and, per songs like "Average Girl", condemning all forms of dating. For example, the band's "Secret Keeper Girl" condemned recreational dating and compiled "the BarlowGirl top 10 list

neg: Ambra Vallo world" by the President Silvio Berlusconi. She has created roles for ballets, including: Bintley's Titania in "The Shakespeare Suite", Annunciation in "The Protecting Veil", Wild Girl in the "Beauty and the Beast", Kim Brandstrup's Pimpinella in "Pulcinella", Lila York's "Sanctum", Stanton Welch's "Powder" and Luciano Cannito's "Te voglio bene assaje". Her principal repertory: "Giselle" (title role), "Romeo and Juliet" (Juliet), "the Sleeping Beauty" (Aurora), "Swan Lake" (Odette/Odile), "the Nutcracker" (Sugar Plum Fairy), "Coppélia" (Swanilda), "Don Quixote" (Kitri), "la Fille mal gardée" (Lise), "Cinderella" (title role), Bournonville's "Napoli" (title role), "le Corsaire", "Diana and Actaeon" pas de deux, "Paquita", "la Bayadère",

neg: Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty included in the Animation Show of Shows. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty is a six-minute-long CG/flash animated socially satirical black comedy short film written by Kathleen O'Rourke, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Darragh O'Connell of Brown Bag Films in 2008. The plot centers on Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, who loses the plotline as she tells her own version of "Sleeping Beauty" to her terrified granddaughter. Granny O'Grimm started life as a character in a sketch in Kathleen O'Rourke's comedy show created by John Walsh and Kathleen. Director Nicky Phelan saw Granny O'Grimm's

neg: Sleeping Beauties (novel) which causes women to fall into a deep sleep, cocooned in a strange material. Dubbed "Aurora", the disease also causes the sleeping women to enter into a homicidal rage, attacking and brutally murdering anyone who tries to open the cocoons. Lila's husband Clint, the chief psychiatrist at the Dooling Correctional Institute for Women, begins noticing Aurora occurring among his patients at the same time that the woman, who is given the name "Eve Black", is incarcerated in the prison. As the disease continues to spread throughout the town, the local women become desperate to keep themselves awake, leading to looting

neg: Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty is a six-minute-long CG/flash animated socially satirical black comedy short film written by Kathleen O'Rourke, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Darragh O'Connell of Brown Bag Films in 2008. The plot centers on Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, who loses the plotline as she tells her own version of "Sleeping Beauty" to her terrified granddaughter. Granny O'Grimm started life as a character in a sketch in Kathleen O'Rourke's comedy show created by John Walsh and Kathleen. Director Nicky Phelan saw Granny O'Grimm's potential as an animated character and, with

neg: Cinderella (1950 film) to go with what worked well in live action." Walt Disney hired actress Helene Stanley to perform the live-action reference for Cinderella, that she before artists began sketching, playing the role of Cinderella in a particular scene, and artists to draw animated frames based on the movements of the actress. She later did the same kind of work for the characters of Princess Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty" and Anita Radcliff in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians". Animators modeled Prince Charming on actor Jeffrey Stone, who also provided some additional voices for the film. Mary Alice O'Connor served as the live-action

neg: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) the elaborate opening scene where crowds of the citizens in the kingdom arrive at the palace for the presentation of Princess Aurora. The animation style moved away from the Rococo of "Cinderella" and also does not simply draw on fashion and female beauty standards of the time and draws upon distinctive visual combination of Medieval art imagery and Art Deco design which makes for a lush and nuanced visual experience. Kay Neilsen–whose sketches were the basis for "Night on Bald Mountain" in "Fantasia"–was the first to produce styling sketches for the film in 1952. The artistic style originated when John

neg: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge the film to a Disney Princess story, saying, "the young princess feeling trapped by the traditional patriarchy, seeking freedom through discovering the world, but finally finding it through silent, but inappropriate love. The Little Mermaid. Beauty (of the Beast). Jasmine (friends with Aladdin). Pocahontas. Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). And here, Simran." Scott Jordan Harris, also writing for Roger Ebert in 2014, called it "one of the world's favorite films", and said it plays as a masterful soap opera, with one of the best screen couples ever seen. Sogosurvey conducted an online survey in 2016 in which approximately 47% of the people