Video Short: Great Performances: A New Way to Film the Arts
Created in 1972, Great Performances showcased the best in arts and culture. Director Don Mischer worked on dance shows featuring greats like Mikhail Baryshnikov, Twyla Tharp, Gregory Hines and Savion...
View Article40th Anniversary Celebration: About the Concert
Throughout its 40 year history on public television, Great Performances has provided viewers nationwide with an unparalleled showcase of the best in all genres of the performing arts. In celebration of...
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From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2014: About the Concert
Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the fifth time to host the festive annual New Year’s celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Daniel Barenboim from Vienna’s...
View ArticleMatthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: The Fairies Dance for Aurora
The year is 1890. By the light of the full moon and candlesticks, six good fairies slip into the sleeping baby Aurora’s room. The baby awakes unfrightened and the fairies dance for her. Watch excerpt...
View ArticleMatthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: Casting a Curse
The dark fairy Carabosse (Adam Maskell) enters the room of baby Aurora to cast a curse upon her. Aurora’s parents, a king and queen, had desperately wanted a child and had sought Carabosse’s help. But...
View ArticleMatthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: Aurora’s 100-Year Slumber in Sleeping Beauty
Princess Aurora’s 100-year slumber becomes restless as it nears the end of its spell. The ensemble sequence features Hannah Vassallo as Aurora and Dominic North as the modern-day Leo, who has waited...
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Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: Photos of a Sleeping Beauty Like No Other
British choreographer Matthew Bourne has created a Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that drips with candle wax and vampire blood and opens its eyes to modern times. Learn more about his bold re-imagining of...
View ArticleMatthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: Interview with Matthew Bourne on Good...
Dance history and storytelling is important to choreographer Matthew Bourne, creator of a Swan Lake with an all-male corps of Swans, and an Edward Scissorhands ballet, among other innovative...
View ArticleMatthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: The Curse is Broken in Sleeping Beauty
Leo’s kiss of true love breaks the curse that has held Princess Aurora (Hannah Vassallo) under its spell. After 100 years of sleep, Aurora discovers Leo (Dominic North) has been transformed in order to...
View ArticleMatthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: Watch the Ballet’s Full Program
Sleeping Beauty is the latest re-imagining of a ballet classic by choreographer Matthew Bourne. The award-winning production aired on Great Performances, Friday, April 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS, after a...
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