From 10 December 2007 through 1 January 2008 the Dutch National Ballet once again awakens The Sleeping Beauty with a kiss. Fifteen performances will take place at the Muziektheater. More than 115 years since its premiere in St Petersburg, this ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s sublime music, remains the crown jewel in the classical ballet repertoire. The work is unsurpassed in the demands that it makes upon - even twenty-first century – dancers, with