Sleeping Beauty (1990)

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the original premiere of The Sleeping Beauty, Tomasson premiered his production of The Sleeping Beauty, featuring Tchaikovsky's score and again collaborating with designer Worsaae. In an article about this work, San Francisco Chronicle's Octavio Roca wrote of Tomasson and the company, "San Francisco Ballet, led by a man who was extraordinarily gifted technically and dramatically as a dancer of more than the Balanchine repertory, displays a laudable breadth of repertory that only promises to grow." In 1995, seven principal dancers who danced the role of Aurora were featured as part of a promotional campaign by General Motors for its then-brand new car, the Oldsmobile Aurora.

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Credits

Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson, after Marius Petipa
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Designs: Jens-Jacob Worsaae

Promotional image of seven Princess Aurora's (Muriel Maffre, Tina LeBlanc, Sabina Allemann, Elizabeth Loscavio, Joanna Berman, Evelyn Cisneros, Katita Waldo) from Helgi Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 1995 // © Marty Sohl

Helgi Tomasson directs Yuan Yuan Tan in rehearsal of The Sleeping Beauty, 2007 // © Erik Tomasson

San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 2007 // © Chris Hardy

WanTing Zhao as Carabosse in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 2019 // © Erik Tomasson

Lucia Lacarra as Princess Aurora with San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 2001 // © Weiferd Watts

San Francisco Ballet performing the Garland Dance in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 1990 // © Lloyd Englert

Angelo Greco as Prince Desire in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 2019 // © Erik Tomasson

Wona Park as Aurora and Angelo Greco as Prince Desire in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 2019 // © Erik Tomasson

Natasha Sheehan and Wei Wang in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 2018 // © Chris Hardy

Joanna Berman in the Blue Bird Pas de Deux in Helgi Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, circa 1990 // © Lloyd Englert

Sabina Allemann as Princess Aurora and Ashley Wheater as Prince Desire in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 1990 // © Lloyd Englert

Elizabeth Loscavio as the White Cat and Christopher Anderson as Puss in Boots in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 1990 // © Lloyd Englert

Evelyn Cisneros as Princess Aurora and Anthony Randazzo as Prince Desire with San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty, 1990 // © Lloyd Englert

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