My Last Three Pictures from Budapest: Peter Wright's The Sleeping Beauty

Dimitry Timofeev and Aliya Tankpaveva

Photo Atilla Nagy
(c) Hungarian National Ballet: all rights reserved
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All good things must come to an end and I have finally come to the end of my stock of photos of the Hungarian National Ballet's opening night of Sir Peter Wright's The Sleeping Beauty at the Budapest Opera House on Sunday 17 April 2016.   As you can see I have left some of the best till last.  My thanks to Mr. György Jávorszky, the company's press officer and to the photographer Atilla Nagy.

The Sleeping Beauty

Photo Atilla Nagy
(c) Hungarian National Ballet: all rights reserved
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You will find my review of the ballet and a short video at Sir Peter Wright's The Sleeping Beauty in Budapest 23 April 2016.

The other photos are at:

• 3 May 2016 The Hungarian National Ballet's Sleeping Beauty: Aurora's Wedding;
• 4 May 2016  Budapest Bluebird; and
• 11 May 2016 Budapest Prologue.

The Sleeping Beauty

Photo Atilla Nagy
(c) Hungarian National Ballet: all rights reserved
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You may also wish to read my article on the background to the ballet (The Hungarian National Ballet's Sleeping Beauty 24 Feb 2016) and my account of the cast party (My Trip to Hungary 21 April 2016) and watch the delightful video of the Puss in Boots divertiseement.

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One of the highlights of the Hungarian National Ballet's opening performance of The Sleeping Beauty was the Puss in Boots divertissement.  The white cat was danced by the young Canadian artist, Danielle Gould. This is what I wrote about her performance:

"In that latter role [Maksym Kovtun]  was partnered by the young Canadian dancer Danielle Gould who danced the white cat. It is not an easy character role particularly with a heavy cat mask. She has to be both human and feline: flirtatiousness at one moment, they playful slapping her partner at the next. It is one of my favourite divertissements of any ballet and she danced it well winning the hearts of the audience. Having been trained at the National Ballet School of Canada and the John Cranko Academy it is clear that this young woman is going places. She has very kindly agreed to supply material for a feature of her which will appear very soon." (see Sir Peter Wright's The Sleeping Beauty in Budapest 23 April 2016)

The above clip will give you some idea why I am so impressed by this talented young dancer.

My thanks to Mel Wong for bringing the clip to my notice.