Fun Facts about the ballet Sleeping Beaauty
- When Disney made The Sleeping Beauty into an animated film, they decided to keep Tchaikovsky's score. Everything you hear in the movie is part of the score of the Ballet
- The Lilac Fairy’s name is rooted in an old Russian legend that suggests laying a newborn beneath a lilac tree blesses the child with luck and wisdom.
- While the original score is nearly four hours long, Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty is now typically performed in a shortened 2.5-hour version.
- The Sleeping Beauty is the only one of Tchaikovsky's ballets that does not have a Barbie Movie adaptation.