And there’s no better way to commemorate him on his 388th birthday than to visit the lavish chateau thought to have inspired one of his most famous works, Sleeping Beauty—a castle that’s ...

It signals that NCDT’s "Sleeping Beauty" won’t really be about the opulence and grandeur of classical ballet. Instead, NCDT is offering ballet’s poetry, warmth and dancer-by-dancer drama.

From "The Sleeping Beauty" there remains a lot, the wood, the spindle, the 100-year sleep, the fairies, good ones and evil ones, and obviously a prince who moves. But also the cauldron filled with ...