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The Sleeping Beauty

Storyboard
1968 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
De Nobili, Lila (designers)
Place of origin
London (drawn)

Storyboard image by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) of a group of dancers in Act III of The Royal Ballet's 1968 production of The Sleeping Beauty to suggest colour effect. Lila De Nobili's design idea for the production was a Victorian view of the Middle Ages. Peter Wright was responsible for staging the ballet with Frederick Ashton contributing original choreography. First cast Aurora was Antoinette Sibley. The V&A has a substantial collection of costumes from this production.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Designs
Dance
Object type
Storyboard
TitleThe Sleeping Beauty (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Paint on paper
Paint
Paper
Designing
Brief description
Storyboard image by Lila De Nobili of a group of dancers in Act III of The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1968
Physical description
Storyboard image by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) of a group of dancers in Act III of The Sleeping Beauty to suggest colour effect. The ensemble is seen in procession in shades of red, orange, yellow and brown, with accents of blue, pink and white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32cm
  • Width: 49.7cm
Credit line
Given by the estate of David Dean
Summary
Storyboard image by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) of a group of dancers in Act III of The Royal Ballet's 1968 production of The Sleeping Beauty to suggest colour effect. Lila De Nobili's design idea for the production was a Victorian view of the Middle Ages. Peter Wright was responsible for staging the ballet with Frederick Ashton contributing original choreography. First cast Aurora was Antoinette Sibley. The V&A has a substantial collection of costumes from this production.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.470-2018

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Record createdMarch 22, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1485200/the-sleeping-beauty-storyboard-de-nobili-lila/
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