Paris: Sleeping Beauty Dress Rehearsal by Ballet Dancers

Ballet dancers perform during the dress rehearsal of ''the Sleeping Beauty'' at the Opera Bastille in Paris. Late dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev restaged the work based on the original choreography for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1989. Inspired by Charles Perrault's tale, the ballet which combines the work of choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Piotr Ilytch Tchaikovsky, will premiere in Paris.