From the press release:
Champaign Urbana Ballet Presents The Sleeping Beauty May 4-5, 2018
Champaign, IL – Just as spring awakens, so does The Sleeping Beauty! Prepare to be swept off your feet and into a magical world of wonder – a princess, fairies, woodland nymphs and loads of storybook charm! The beautiful Princess Aurora. . .felled by a curse, saved by a fairy, and awakened by true love’s kiss. Picturesque scenery and exquisite costumes add beauty to this family favorite production. The Sleeping Beauty is considered Tchaikovsky’s ballet masterpiece, known for its grand scale and the opulence of its staging.
Major sponsors for The Sleeping Beauty include Area-Wide Technologies, Champaign Ballet Academy, Stone Ridge Dairy and Two Men and a Truck; also sponsored by The Bill Bass Foundation, Carlton Bruett Design, Champaign Telephone Company, Chifan Cheng DDS, Vickie Hemann DDS and Leah Davis DMD MSD, Christie Clinic Department of Foot & Ankle Surgery, Homewood Suites, Iroquois Federal, Merrill Lynch, Kam’s and Pia’s, and R Rentals.
Performances take place at the Virginia Theatre in Downtown Champaign on Friday, May 4th at 7:00pm and Saturday, May 5th, at 11:00am and 4:00pm.
Tickets $12 student/youth; $19 seniors; $24 standard adult; online at www.thevirginia.org; telephone 217.356.9063; in person at the Virginia Theatre Box Office, 203 W Park Avenue, Champaign, 10am-5:30pm (M-F).
Girl Scout Exclusive Promotion (Saturday matinees)
$12 adult, $8 Girl Scout, Free Troop Leader ticket for every 7 Girl Scout tickets purchased. Contact CU Ballet at cuballet@gmail.com or 217.355.7317.
About Champaign Urbana Ballet
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, CU Ballet collaborates with Krannert Center and The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra in presenting The Nutcracker each December, with the Virginia Theatre and Champaign Park District in presenting a spring ballet, and with Parkland College for a summer student production. CU Ballet is committed to making ballet accessible to everyone and partners with local school teachers to arrange for 200 underprivileged grade school children to attend ballet performances at no cost through CUB’s Tickets for Kids program.
Contact:
Kay Greene, Executive Director
217.355.7317
