The Sleeping Beauty - White Cat and Puss-in-Boots pas de deux (The Royal Ballet)

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[@guilopespiano]

Having been a Disney fan for most of my life, I cannot describe how surprised I was when I first saw the ballet. The meow sounds, taken out of their original context, are transformed into something terrifying in the Disney cartoon.

[@samuellongo9530]

This is pure geniusness

[@themyers48]

meow sounds?

[@toticustv1556]

What Disney movie?

[@richardjh929]

@@themyers48 1:26 listen to the oboe

[@beatricesanfilippo6925]

Yes, it was Walter Disney idea to made this meow song for Maleficent theme transforming into a dark theme

[@avengerwidow9]

All I can think about while watching this is Aurora being led to the spinning wheel in the Disney movie..... I never thought about this song being played as two cats dance thanks a lot Disney for making this song scary

[@izzyanne1055]

chimchim of busan Dude u right like wth would disney do that

[@andreabweek]

chimchim of busan I know right I knew I heard this song somewhere I just couldn’t figure it out until I heard the sharp dun’s

[@ildikopolencsik9205]

chimchim of busan that scene is still my worst nightmare

[@pirateprincess1997]

THATS ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT TOO!!!

[@alexespapirifactico8441]

@@andreabweek.

[@SharikaTee]

I can't believe that the music that used to terrify me (and still does) from the disney film was Tchaikovsky all along and from a cat dance! Well i feel silly for being so scared by it now!

[@carbootstudios2459]

I know the feeling.

[@toticustv1556]

What Disney movie?

[@marijakrigere9985]

@@toticustv1556 Disney's Sleeping Beauty with Tchaikovski's score. Go watch it, if you haven't seen it before. A masterpiece.

[@toticustv1556]

Elizabet Hirro I saw the movie when I was like 2. I will have to watch it again.

[@evafastova3198]

Toticus TV Autora. The music plays when Maleficent lures her to the spindle.

[@andrewstiller7528]

The best costume design EVER!

[@distressedcondiments3113]

Tchaikovsky: So I’m writing music for a scene where two cats dance Someone: Oh that’s nice. How’s it gonna sound? Nice and happy? Tchaikovsky: extremely fuckin’ haunted.

[@jemimathekitten7435]

man, Cats (2019) looks great

[@EspaALSC]

haha if only it were like this

[@monicacarranco8525]

👁👄👁

[@alexachipman]

If only!

[@finn3264]

ha

[@Sophia-qd8hp]

This comment is underrated

[@Huckleberry87]

Director: So this part's got Puss n Boots and the White Cat dancing a cute pas de deux. Tchaikovsky: Minor key, building tension. Got it.

[@norahidvegi846]

lololol

[@notasimplesponge]

This wasn’t a pas de deux! It was a pas de chat! 😂😂

[@luminosetea]

I see what you did there. :)

[@faroshscale]

Hehehe

[@claudiamreyese]

Hahhahahha nice joke right there😂💕

[@javeriaa3885]

😂😂😂😂😂 love the French 😂😂😂

[@simplystreeptacular]

Not quite - it was a pas de deux chats! ::LOL::

[@roliboom]

The pas de chats jumps are amazing!! They are so light on their feet ( I feel like a sac of potatoes when I attempt them lol). Love this so much and I am so glad I don't remember this music from the Disney film lol!

[@samuellongo9530]

I think that Disney made a master usage of this piece turning upside-down the sensation and emotion that it gives

[@toticustv1556]

What Disney movie?

[@AdamYJ]

I didn't know that The White Cat and Puss-in-Boots were in the Sleeping Beauty ballet. Those are two classic French fairy tales.

[@OofusTwillip]

Act III of "Sleeping Beauty" is a series of divertissements (diversions), which are individual dances that have nothing to do with advancing the plot; they're purely for entertainment. If you know what divertissements are, you'll understand "Cats" a lot better.

[@1987AnimeBoy]

@@OofusTwillip The same should be said for "The Nutcracker Suite", since after the defeat of the Mouse King and the now-restored Nutcracker Prince brings Clara to his kingdom, what follows after is a series of dances until the finale.

[@karlavaleriapachecodealba6889]

I remember being a child and being behind the scenes watching how one of the eldest dancers danced this pas de deux with her partner and I was completely blown away by the beauty

[@mariapspadopulou9898]

I read with great interest how many people were scared by this music, thanks to Disney, as so was I! It was for me too, a great surprise to find many years later that this was a dance if cats!!!

[@Crosshill]

seriously though that white cat costume is pretty cute, it has that aesthetic about it as though it could be in a game like bioshock infinite where it later turns into a ferocious beast, i think its the mask

[@OofusTwillip]

The White Cat's costume doesn't seem quite right to me. I think it's because the tail should be under the tutu skirt, instead of over it. Cats' tails are at the base of the spine, not at the waist.

[@MistermimeV]

The costumes and the scenography are mind-blowing!

[@madeleinebraham7500]

I will never get over how creative the Royal Ballet choreography and costumes are. Simply flawless!!!!

[@Nexils]

It's so weird seeing the music used in a TOTALLY different context/scene.

[@spiritgirl41192]

+Nexils Yeah, no kidding!

[@culbycove4963]

*It was super effective!*

[@enchanter5]

Absolutely wonderful. The choreography is light, graceful, evocative and funny. The dancers, esp. the White Cat are great. Her movements are perfection!

[@spiritgirl41192]

Rose! DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING!

[@maddalonefarms]

spiritgirl41192 Touch the spindle!

[@hayleymsiebert7526]

Touch the spindle I say!!!

[@sarahlilly1745]

@@dtaylor4552 Ahahahaha! 😈

[@emmaray6215]

You poor simple fools. Thinking you could defeat me, ME?! The Mistress of all evil!? Well HERE is your precious princess! Ahahahahaha 🔥 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!😈

[@slimyweasles4973]

Who says ballet is boring? It contains dancing cat-people! :)

[@kaciebroadfield262]

You would LOVE cats the musical then

[@garotadagavea]

I HATED that musical. This is delightful! No comparison.

[@officerdoge690]

@@garotadagavea Funnily enough, the CATS choreographer Gillian Lynne got her first major solo in this ballet

[@LH23232]

Kkk, yes, it is so funny. 😁

[@XaxtonRevolution2]

I have a hypothesis on why people find it boring; ballet can't be done properly without making it look easy and to make it look easy is to make it look unimpressive and unimpressive things are boring to watch. So it doesn't work unless the emotions that are being conveyed can be picked up by the onlooker, and most people can't pick up on them or pick up on the story.

[@cirqu3859]

I'm in love with the white cat's outfit. So pretty!

[@AshanaDesu]

The white cat's feet are so flexible and strong.

[@audrey978]

i love the choreography. So cat like.

[@TiaMitra]

Elizabeth Harrod!!❤️❤️❤️ such amazing comic timing wow!

[@vaticancitybride7137]

It’s incredible how much inspiration Disney took from this timeless ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”, watching ballet choreography is beyond satisfying.

[@rebeccaclark9131]

Thanks to Disney the music now sounds way too dark for such a cute scene......

[@sspdirect02]

That’s the genius of Walt Disney. He was able to take a music piece that was written to be such a cute and comedic sequence and then torture it and turn it around into something that could be quite terrifying.

[@jerricaleonard2123]

@@sspdirect02 Even if I hadn't seen the movie, I would've thought this song was too dark for a goofy scene involving cats.

[@ataraxy_7521]

ROH has so beautiful costumes

[@starlightdiaries]

Probably one of my top favorite pas de deuxs, in not my favorite! The style and craft behind the acting is superb

[@paolavelazquez7168]

Imagine being so terrified of this music as a child then finding out it's for cats

[@jaybonn5973]

OH MY GOD THE MUSIC IS MEOWING. Its cliche but listening to this is just familiar enough to make me feel stupid but still feel like I'm listening to something entirely new

[@becomethesea]

Do you mean... Entirely mew? 😂😸🧶

[@llamalover02]

It's so funny to learn that the music used in the animated feature was just Tchaikovsky thinking about cats.

[@ArchangelArchetypeOracle]

Oh my that was SO good...she's a-mazing :) Also the orchestra, sublime. I can't bear other companies interpretations of the scores..esp when it's Tchaikovsky. A good illustration of why I think The Royal are still the best!

[@erod97]

Wished there was more Elizabeth Harrod; she’s phenomenal 💛💛💛

[@mayaangel2838]

This is by far my favourite ballet dance i've watched

[@homeiswonderland]

Scary music! Dx Love the costumes!

[@MMDMizuki]

Love the costumes!

[@-sylvia3536]

Can we just talk about how beautiful the costume the mask the wig the everything is

[@nanawakagimi1208]

1:58 "Touch the spindle. Touch it, I say" ~Maleficent

[@gantz22ify]

Touch.

[@kiniburk]

What a fun role to do.

[@dreamyangel3101]

I love this dance! 😍 If I were a ballerina I would want to play the white cat !!!

[@carlos412]

It is so amazing how the team that worked on the animated Sleeping Beauty adapted this song into one of the most crucial moments in the movie. How they thought of adapting this and use it in a very eerie and dark way, I love it. And you gotta admit, even with the dancing cats, the music itself is definitely eerie, no wonder they used it in the spindle scene.

[@angiekat5888]

so fun and playful! absolutely love the costumes! fabulous job by all.

[@karendurant4535]

Why is this music so distressing, I love the dance and all but I feel like something is waiting in the back to creep in or something.

[@herbertortiz9159]

Karen Durant Thank the Disney film for that

[@phastinemoon]

It's in a minor key, and the use of the discordant jumps is frequently used to signal at least something that should be startling, or at least ominous. I think the bigger takeaway from this is that maybe Tchaikovsky wasn't really that great of a storyteller as much as he was a composer of really good music -- if someone else wrote the story to fit the music he made.

[@robertperez2262]

This is what was used when Maleficent enchanted a grown up Aurora to go up to the tower and prick her finger

[@barryhossin2000]

Wow, Beautiful

[@laurenjcoates]

It really does sound like “aurora” once you’ve seen the movie, you can’t unhear it

[@Mila.M.]

And the clothes!! Love it

[@Frmkpoptoswe]

Wonderful! Just wonderful!

[@sharoncarter4086]

Could watch this forever and always adore it ❤

[@Mila.M.]

Love the music and dance it's the best!!! ❤️❤️🎶🎼🎵🐱🐈

[@gladzphalane2602]

Totally loving the character

[@marinailumina]

ta pra nascer alguém que gosta mais desse pas de deux que eu…

[@garotadagavea]

This is adorable!

[@Andi-gm7zu]

I still get terrifyed by this song!

[@thessie]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@LadyPinkLilly]

I can't get enough of this PDD!!!!

[@dancesingkitty94]

Great that they always do the step pas de chat 😀

[@RochiRosasPaz]

amazing! one of my favourite pas de deux!

[@livsampson4421]

I get to dance this role in my ballet company this fall I'm super excited!

[@VladSicoe]

The only thing that comes to mind when I listen to this piece of score is "Touch the spindle! Touch it, I say!" 😂😂😂😂

[@rubyevil3899]

I'm in love with this ❤❤

[@winonaamanda92]

In the ballet: Meow... In the movie: Au-rooo-ra...

[@abipoyser1579]

The music for the bit of Sleeping Beauty I was terrified of...is the music for a pair of dancing cats?

[@thangfahsavung9120]

Pretty dress!

[@jenniferaustin6778]

I LOVED this!!!

[@roeve3403]

Love ballet omg

[@Dior806]

I REMEMBER THIS WAS MY FIRST DANCE PERFORMANCE IN BALLET

[@claramanana7463]

2 cats dancing! This is so good!

[@patriciachaullet7055]

Superbe je suis fan de ce ballet. ❤😻

[@WhatHoification]

This is my favourite pas de deux

[@OftBeth101]

Beautiful!♥

[@massabranca]

Wonderful!

[@susieqwiedeman547]

Wow the new cats movie looks nice

[@vikii4494]

this music still scares me 🥺

[@MorganBennett]

Same

[@mariosk3466]

Just imagine what if the audience started screaming because of the music and the dancers stood there like ''???''

[@egilley637]

Wow the new Cats film looks great

[@janicesmyth1713]

Very pretty

[@FidesAla]

I haven't seen the Disney movie in forever, but all these comments about it have got me imagining Malleus Draconia with cat ears... which is.... a very good thing... (and Leona with horns, then?) I just... really want to see that. Some spell goes wrong and makes them switch. And Vil would make Malleus dance this with Lilia...

[@atr46]

Прелестная пара. Отлично сыграно и исполнено.

[@fyiilovemusic]

Beautiful!

[@fidanmamedova3249]

beautuful

[@cophunkhoi1]

Growing up with this scary piece from the Disney movie. I am now trying to see if I can switch to joy and fun with the dance, but nope. My imagination still says two scary monsters were dancing and something bad would happen. Good job Disney.

[@erinpicken769]

I love the ridiculous amount of pas de chats in this. It’s like a play on words. Pas de chat means rep of the cat for those who don’t know

[@leighbataillon8064]

Bravo ballet😍

[@MorganBennett]

Maleficent

[@anna.manvel]

So entertaining!

[@alea288]

I am going to perform this piece this december I'm so ecited

[@aliih1000]

Lindo o sincronismo perfeito 😻😽

[@mariacillan9668]

It's the minor key that makes it so scary and that enabled Disney to scare the crap out of kids

[@auroraborealis1810]

This honestly just made the song a lot creepier to me.

[@vikii4494]

ikr 🥺

[@Accio_Eloise]

can anybody tell me what part the cats play in the original ballet telling of this story? are they significant??

[@RoyalBalletAndOpera]

This pas de deux is from a series of divertissements (small set pieces) given at Princess Aurora and Prince Florimund's wedding in Act III in The Sleeping Beauty. These divertissements are on a fairytale theme; here we have Puss in Boots and the White Cat, and others include one with Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, and Princess Florine and the Bluebird.

[@Hoshiya666]

PLEASE NOT THAT SONG

[@Frmkpoptoswe]

Why?

[@spiritgirl41192]

+Frmkpoptoswe Let me put it to you like this. You ever seen the Disney animated version of Sleeping Beauty? This song was used to terrifying effect during the part where Maleficent lures Aurora to a tower and hypnotizes her into pricking her finger on the spindle.

[@amyhowton9257]

And so I didn't remember the Disney from when I was four, so when I saw Disney later I wondered where the cats were. This was one of my favorites to dance--so playful and so much fun. This version seems very "choreographed" without much going on between the two dancers.

[@learajkovic]

Isn't this a piece tho...

[@LaKellita]

Well that "song" was used for this long before Walt Disney was even born, so the ballet wins.

[@siegfried923]

He also made the masks for the film Tales of Beatrix Potter andthe Slipper and the Rose

[@draccoonxcii1288]

Oh... THAT music. 😱

[@ulfberht4431]

So, the scariest and most eerie soundtrack of all the classic animated Disney movies Sleeping Beauty… is originally from a ballet? And a Puss in Boots ballet? Not to mention the performance looks so sweet and innocent next to an eerie soundtrack!

[@tay_laus]

My studio is doing sleeping beauty this fall and I just found out I am going to be the white cat!

[@ee8546]

Is this...The meaning of life?

[@brooklynvlogs4347]

Yes it is fellow cat

[@katli4806]

Where do I even begin?

[@stormthescarred2211]

The CATS movie should take notes

[@tobyfinney768]

Winchester Sister bahahahaha

[@rainbowcrystal4436]

I made it to this level🎉🎉🎉

[@rafaelaalvesbossoni5578]

so funny that a cat dance is full of pas de chat lol