The Sleeping Beauty

(Hardback, First Edition, Hardback)

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The story of The Sleeping Beauty spills over with fairies and princes, passion and despair, magnificence and splendour, and the ballet version of this classic tale is the most romantic and spectacular of all.

Australian Ballet Creative Director David McAllisters impressive 2015 production of The Sleeping Beauty, ornamented by internationally celebrated designer Gabriela Tylesova's lavish costumes and sets, cast a spell of delight on its audiences, and was a sellout success.

Now David McAllister and Gabriela Tylesova weave their magic again, transporting the enchantment of their 2015 production of The Sleeping Beauty to the pages of this book. Davids text and Gabrielas illustrations recreate the world of this favourite ballet for readers to enjoy again and again.

Based on the spectacular Australian Ballet production of The Sleeping Beauty.

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"The story of The Sleeping Beauty spills over with fairies and princes, passion and despair, magnificence and splendor, and the ballet version of this classic tale is the most romantic and spectacular of all." - Making Time
The Picture Book of the Year 2018 Notable - Children's Book Council of Australia

Author Bio

David McAllister was principal artist with The Australian Ballet for twelve years. During that time, David also danced as guest performer with Bolshoi Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, the Georgian State Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Singapore Dance Theatre and, in 1992, as part of a Royal Gala performance in London in the presence of the Princess of Wales. In 2001 David took his final bow as a dancer and became Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet. He was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2004 Australia Day Honours List and, in 2015, David premiered a new production of The Sleeping Beauty. It is on the 2015 Australian Ballet production of The Sleeping Beauty that the Little Hare book The Sleeping Beauty is based.

For more about Davids inspiring life, go to:
https://australianballet.com.au/behind-ballet/ballet-men-david-mcallister

Gabriela Tylesova was born in former Czechoslovakia andstudied art in both Europe and Australia beforegraduating in Design at NIDA in 2000.She is an award-winning designer who has won internationalacclaim for her costumeand set designs across the full spectrum of the arts, including theatre, opera, dance and film.

Career highlights include: Love Never Dies, Cosi Fan Tutte, Sweeney Todd, Lelisir Damore, Dido and Aeneas, Acis and Galatea, Salome, Il Turco In Italia, The Rabbits, The Visit, Cyrano De Bergerac, The Pillowman, Urinetown, Tomfoolery, Macbeth, Fireface, Attempts On Her Life, Volpone, This Little Piggy, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, Scheherazade, Boomerang, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum andFirst Wives Club.

Gabriela has recently completed designs for Opera Australia, Barking Gecko's new opera The Rabbits,Queensland Theatre Company'sLadies In Black and the upcoming Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures musical Muriel's Wedding.

Gabriela collaborated with David on a production of Scheherazade in 2006 which lead to their collaboration on the lavish Australian Ballet production of The Sleeping Beauty. This sparked the idea to create a book inspired by their production. The Sleeping Beautyis Gabrielas debut in the world of book illustration.

www.gabrielatylesova.com