The Sleeping Beauty - Prologue: Carabosse curses Aurora (Kristen McNally; The Royal Ballet)

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[@jrgrimm6091]

1:29 I always liked that Carabosse bows to the Queen despite being so angry and insulted

[@weirddood9917]

Its so fun translating their hand gestures into words.

[@keyaunna.]

weird dood I love their mining techniques.

[@luanam1552]

jjhsuhsu i like to imagene they are saying " hey theres a crazy woman outside she its really angry

[@jenniferwills9752]

@@keyaunna. its sign language according to ballet. They do that instead of speaking the story

[@Glamslamescape]

“You forgot to invite her? Oh here we go.”

[@rubenmotta4272]

Italian be like: oh dat normal I'm italian 🤣🤣🤣🇮🇹

[@whobeme10]

so thankful for the rehearsal video of this piece i can hear the "you...forgot....me" in the instructors voice as i watch! such a fun role

[@dans3.macabre]

Glad I'm not the only one!!

[@floatingbob_4427]

If you look closely at the eyes of mice, you'll discover that there's shinning little red light in their eyes. I was so amazed at ROH when seeing this in live.

[@keyaunna.]

cloudbuffair _ they really take their costumes into consideration, don’t they?

[@gerdtt79]

What does ROH mean?

[@Ava-fo3gc]

@@gerdtt79 Royal Opera House

[@antoinebouchaud4242]

​​@@keyaunna. Agree to disagree, they're supposed to be Carabosse's "monsters" but they just re-used their Nutcracker mices costumes 🤣

[@fizzao1342]

I love Kristen MacNally in this so much! She positively relishes being fiendish.

[@erpollock]

I thought Kristen McNally played Aurora, judging from the heading - then realized from the explanation that Kristen McNally played Carabosse. And I know Kristen's work in other character roles for Royal Ballet. She is superb as Carabosse. I noticed how she terrified poor Mayara Magri. Just wonderful casting!

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

It's amusing as someone who has never seen the ballet but has obviously seen Disney's adaptation of the original fairy tale many times play a game of "identify which musical sections George Bruns adopted for the film, finding out where they originally came from in Tchaikovsky's score".

[@argeraint]

Yeah, it was a really interesting experience.

[@romycaverly4087]

i get such a pleasure "translating" the pantomime in my head lol I love more story-heavy scenes

[@RachelG1979]

Can you translate for me? One of the reasons I can't get deep into ballet. Swan lake's another one.

[@romycaverly4087]

@@RachelG1979 oh absolutely! So at first the King asks what is going on, and the master of ceremonies (i guess?) does the gesture for there, here, and evil (a villain is coming to the castle - Carabosse, that is). Carabisse arrives: "Did you forget [to invite] me? Why?", she asks the queen. "Of course not", the queen replies

[@romycaverly4087]

@@RachelG1979 then the king says to her: "I did not forget. It was him (the master of ceremonies)", and points to him. Next, the fairies try to appease Carabisse: they greet her kindly then say: "We are pleading you, do no evil to the baby" (they point to themselves (we), then to her, then bow and put their hands together (pleading you). Then gesture towards the crib and lower their arms ("that baby over there"). They do the fists ("evil"/harm). And the no sign for "don't "

[@romycaverly4087]

@@RachelG1979 Carabosse then mocks the fairies by imitating their manneirisms. athe queen appeoaches and she mocks her too, imitating her cruelly by throwing kisses (i interpret this as her being like "oooh but you are SO nice, aren't you?"). Finally, the curse: she points to the baby, does the gesture for pricking a finger, then her arms come down, crossing over each other. That means death: she is saying "that baby will prick her finger and die". Oof. That was a lot, I got excited 😂

[@PRANCERETTE]

A WONDERFUL CARABOSSE!!! The musicality, the mime, the costumes... What a great company 💖💕

[@jenniferwills9752]

More beautiful but deadly

[@busingerita6626]

The costumes amazing

[@draccoonxcii1288]

Seeing her costume, its like the ballet and the Disney movie are in a symbiont dance. The ballet laid the foundation for the movie's story and score, and now the movie inspires the modern look of the ballet.

[@z-dawgDND]

I love these costumes

[@jrgrimm6091]

3:54 "The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her but... before the sunsets on her sixteenth birthday, she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and DIE!"

[@КинолёдСериальноеПламя]

3:35 - here where my favorite part starts: you can really feel the threat in each sound and each her move

[@jackiem3740]

The costumes....

[@Myself23512]

Translation: Master of ceremonies: Euh, you’re majesty, I forgot to invite Carabosse. King: What! Oh no! What’s she going to do this time! Carabosse: Aurora will grow beautiful, but before the sunsets on her 16th birthday...you know the rest

[@herrbrucvald6376]

The solicitude of the Fairies is superb; Mayara Magri is particularly adorable. Their protective poses against Carabosse's evil are pure ballet heaven. But this doesn't make me forget the grandeur of Anthony Dowell as Carabosse in 1994. There, far more is made (movingly) of the Queen's supplication, trying to save her baby's life, by Elizabeth McGorian, who plays the same role here 26 yrs later. The difference between these two interpretations is striking. In 1994, William Tuckett and McGorian made the most handsome and sympathetic of young royals, Gainsborough portraits come to life.

[@VetsrisAuguste]

!mrdunn brucvald I also find it interesting that the Royal Ballet, in an effort to revive their authentic and original English style Sleeping Beauty, chose not to include the tradition established by Frederick Ashton and subsequently restored so beautifully by Anthony Dowell, of casting a battle hardened warhorse of a man in the role of Carrabosse. Although Ms. McNally is superb in the role, this rendition of Carrabosse’s Curse belongs to an entirely different staging of the Sleeping Beauty than the “original version” which this production was intended to revive.

[@Roheryn100]

Tucker and McGorian were exquisite, you could really believe they were a young couple themselves in love.

[@laiatezenas3300]

Everything about this is absolutely splendid ! I'm in love !

[@pinkcupcake4717]

I'm so grateful to have all of the mime! It's very clear to understand and fun to be in on the secret language of ballet :)

[@emilieimbecile2060]

I love how the Royal Ballet has acting skills

[@PetWessman]

How incredible would it be if ROH could add the translation of the pantomime into the captions of the videos? I'm someone who has no connection to the world of ballet except for my appreciation for its beauty and athleticism, and while I've learned some of the gestures, I can't keep up with what the characters are "saying". It would add so much to understand the finer details other than the few gestures I know and the general gist of the dancers.

[@RachelG1979]

I couldn't agree more!!

[@kirklurkpu4470]

If you look closely, The King read the scroll letter upside down, compared to the previous person who read it

[@sergeiivanov8889]

I like Royal Opera House so much. You can find several video with the same scene. But they will be a little bit different. You slightly change decoration, costumes, choreography every year. In my opinion, the ballet become better and better

[@scottweaverphotovideo]

Would have been great if green light suddenly pervaded the stage when Carabasse arrives! They don't change the lighting at all.

[@TheVaughan5]

No point in being pedantic when this is probably by far the best production in the World. None of that OTT kitsch so prevalent now, just perfection.

[@avesraggiana]

Dame Monica Mason taught Kristen McNally well. Wow...

[@Bashaleya1]

The best Carabosse! And so much depends on making the story clear!

[@desireemontalvo6902]

I prefer to call her malifasent

[@paullewis2413]

Why cut off before the end of the scene? Best production of this ballet in the World, all the others I've seen are far too kitschy, this is the Royal Ballet as it used to be, incomparable.

[@Жизньпрекрасна-к4у4т]

Шикарно!

[@ryanou2010]

Magnifique ❤❤❤❤😮

[@madisoncox8002]

is "carabosse" the equivalent to maleficent?

[@geeklinggirl]

madison cox Yes

[@stefannydvorak7919]

Carabosse is her original name. Disney changed it to Maleficent.

[@augp7457]

Такое впечатление, что балет как театральное зрелище можно видеть только на сцене этого театра.

[@AlamannoCapecchi]

Bellissimo, pollici sù!!!

[@justanotherweeb5123]

i hope they stream the full version

[@gabychavez253]

JustAnotherWeeb well, here we are 🤣

[@eslmhs]

Kristen McNally’s Carabosse reminds me of Evanora from Oz: The Great and Powerful.

[@maribelgonzalez8670]

Merci 💐😊

[@camile9281]

the best carabosse ever!

[@AmbarD.P.D.]

Monica Mason too!

[@lucianarib2003]

May Magri ❤️❤️❤️

[@CrazyKungfuGirl]

Did they recycle the nutcracker mice?

[@dans3.macabre]

Possibly, and if so I think that's incredibly thoughtful of them to recycle them as opposed to wasting them

[@johnpirie4804]

@@dans3.macabre Different rodents in the Nutcracker, they're danced by the girls at the Royal Ballet School

[@feanfox]

why do I hear caraboss music

[@DarthWill3]

_"Seize that creature!"_

[@Donillini]

I like that her costume is inspired by Maleficent (or the other way around).

[@heckstar]

> arrives in a carriage > snatches a man’s wig > pulls out his hair > curses a baby > refuses to elaborate > leaves

[@basil-li1jw]

as a goth i absolutely love her look

[@keyaunna.]

omg fellow goth what’s your fav band?

[@huifleur543]

0:04 Yuhui ❤️

[@bibi.n-sei]

What?

[@えぬ-g2n]

カラボスほんとかっこいい🤦

[@dans3.macabre]

Does anyone know the name of this particular excerpt of music?

[@paullewis2413]

This is a scene from Tchaikovsky's 3 act ballet, The Sleeping Beauty.

[@MalikGurbanov]

Super

[@由紀-z7o]

カラボス大好き💕です

[@car2332]

don't know what's happening, just vibes

[@MrThorfan64]

Is this the music that plays when the Home Secetary enters a room?

[@deedragongirl]

Disney brought me here!

[@arabesqueacademiadedanca8273]

Carabosse do Royal é incrível.. gosto mto do ballet todo do Bolshoi também, mas a Carabosse e seus companheiros são mto assustadores kkkk prefiro a versão do Royal nessa cena em específico

[@bassclefsuperior]

What is with Tchaikovsky and mice lol

[@Alystra17]

One day my studio plans to do Sleeping beauty, and I’m going to try out for Carrabosse. I’ll update this comment in 2025 to tell if I got it or not lol. Just remind me it exists will you?

[@desireemontalvo6902]

Why are there mice and not some other monster

[@Roheryn100]

Because the fairy tale has mice, not monsters.

[@heavenlycute]

Who’s here after reading BSC #42 Jessi And The Dance School Phantom? Just me? Alright ☺️

[@lanajester3332]

Wig

[@angiekelley2416]

I laughed my butt off when witch came on stage. I thought she was in a go cart.

[@ДмитрийЗубравский]

Смешно

[@paulmalfliet466]

G hws

[@vaslav030547]

NO NO NO No No! This role is a male role. Female dancers always play it like the step mother in 'Snow White' or 'Cinderella' Watch Yuri Vetrov dance the part, on KZbin. The character is menacing and stooped and he uses the costume to great extent.. This guy was more than six feet tall. The choreography and prop switches are amazing. Please never do the Snow White version again. Please like if you agree, but please watch the Yuri Vetrov version first.

[@johnpirie4804]

It can both male and female, I have a DVD of Anthony Dowell dancing the role nearly thirty years ago.

[@Bashaleya1]

OK, I went and watched Yuri Vetrov. Yup, he's great!

[@elyseenger-fq8ye]

Actually I thought Kirsten McNally exemplified feminine evil in making Carabosse manipulative and narcissistic, which explains why she wasn’t invited.

[@emmani4782]

not good, the dance is not much and the story was told by face not dance.

[@stefannydvorak7919]

You’re new to ballet?

[@malikgurbanov3379]

Super