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Article: The Year of `Sleeping Beauty'; Multiple Versions of The Ballet Classic
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- The Washington Post
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- June 16, 1987
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This year is as much a bonanza for "Sleeping Beauty" as 1986 was
for "Swan Lake," when we had no fewer than five versions of that
ballet.
The Houston Ballet opens a three-night run at Wolf Trap tonight
with Artistic Director Ben Stevenson's production of the classic.
Also tonight, American Ballet Theatre begins a two-week
engagement at the Kennedy Center Opera House, with a program
featuring the company's recent productions of Paul Taylor's "Sunset"
and George Balanchine's "Stravinsky Violin Concerto." The ABT visit
ends next week, however, with six performances of Sir Kenneth
MacMillan's new million-dollar production of-you guessed
it-"Sleeping Beauty."
Utah's Ballet West, during ...