The Sleeping Beauty Prince Florimund in Act II ( Steven Mc Rae, The Royal Ballet)

Steven McRae as Prince Florimund in Act II of Marius Petipa s The Sleeping Beauty. Find out more at The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballets repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, announcing its move from Sadlers Wells to Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty yea