sleeping beauty

     

In Charles Perrault's version of this classic fairy tale, a prince awakens a princess with a tender kiss

Trivia about sleeping beauty

  • Princess Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle in act one of this 1890 ballet
  • A famous castle in Anaheim's Disneyland is named for this celebrated snoozer
  • Good fairies Flora, Fauna & Merryweather defended this Disney damsel
  • Though it was inspired by Mad King Ludwig's pad, it's her "Castle" you'll see in the Anaheim park
  • Much of the music for this 1959 film, including the song "Once Upon A Dream" was adapted from an 1890 ballet
  • Flora,Prince Philip,Princess Aurora
  • The construction of Disneyland delayed this animated film, but the heroine's castle became the park's centerpiece
  • The "Bluebird Pas de Deux" is performed at Princess Aurora's wedding in this fairy tale ballet
  • Act three, scene one of this ballet is called "The Awakening"
  • Falling victim to a curse, this fairy tale maiden pricks her finger on a spinning-wheel spindle
  • Perrault's version of this fairy tale where a kiss plays an important role was titled "La belle au bois dormant"
  • Princess Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle in Act I of this classic ballet
  • In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
  • This fairy tale was published in 1697 under the French title "La belle au bois dormant"
  • Taking the prick of the needle in a new direction, a Montreal staging of this ballet makes the princess a drug addict
  • In the classic ballet based on this fairy tale, Carabosse is the evil fairy who conjures up that spindle curse
  • In a 2007 musical, this fairy tale heroine wakes up & finds herself in a sleep-disorder center
  • I may nod off during this Tchaikovsky fairy tale ballet, even before that spindle turns up
  • Later an opera star, Mary Costa was a young unknown when Disney picked her to play this somnolent heroine
  • The last act of this ballet is sometimes presented independently in one act as "Aurora's Wedding"
  • Princess Aurora's christening is in the prologue of this ballet
  • Prince Florimund awakens Princess Aurora with a kiss in Act 3 of this fairy tale ballet
  • To star in this 1890 fairy tale ballet, you shouldn't have spindly legs but you will need a spindle
  • Back in 1903 "Rip Van Winkle" turned up as a song in a musical based on this fairy tale
  • "Awaken to a world of wonders"
  • Margot Fonteyn is seen here resting her tootsies as Princess Aurora in this ballet
  • Robin McKinley's "Spindle's End" is a retelling of this fairy tale
  • Neuschwanstein Castle inspired the design of this heroine's castle in a 1959 film and at Disneyland
  • "Aurora's Wedding", part of this Tchaikovsky ballet, is often presented as a separate ballet
  • The 1890 premiere of this ballet included Enrico Ceccheti as the Bluebird & Carlotta Brianza as Aurora