This is a very different take on the Sleeping Beauty story that most of us are familiar with. It starts in 1890, Aurora is struck with the curse and put to sleep in 1911, then she is awoken in 2011 to finish the story. This take is full of dark fairies and vampires(!), but it all comes together pretty well and makes sense. The choreography is unusual and struck me as more athletic than classically balletic, but it suited the production well. The sets were all beautiful, they reminded me of the dense imagery that Tim Burton uses in his movies, and there were some pretty intense scenes with the vampires, especially the finale. I thought all the dancers were marvelous and the young woman who played Sleeping Beauty was indeed a beauty, and very charming. Like I said, this is a very different view of this fairy tale, and I loved it! Definitely glad to have it in my library.