Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered gives us a Sleeping Beauty for today, cursed not by an evil fairy but by an industrial accident, and yanked into another dimension where she must save a princess.

In the classic Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty, which premiered 66 years ago on Jan. 29, 1959, a princess is cursed by ...

Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered gives us a Sleeping Beauty for today, cursed not by an evil fairy but by an industrial accident, and yanked into another dimension where she must save a princess.

This painting titled "Sleeping Beauty" by Alexander Zick (1845-1907) shows the princess with the old woman and the spindle that pricks her. Source: Wikimedia Commons Sleeping Beauty, 1846-1902 ...

Sleeping Beauty - Full Cast & Crew. 85 ... Maleficent curses the young princess by announcing that she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel's spindle and die before sunset on her 16th ...

The ballet version of "Sleeping Beauty" is both more magical and at times stranger than the well-known Disney version of the fairytale. Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the challenging ...

Then when the princess turns 16, she pricks her finger on a spindle and falls asleep. The prince goes to see Sleeping Beauty and of course, there's the famous kiss.

For many dancers, "The Sleeping Beauty" isn't just a gorgeous fairytale -- it’s also an artistic and athletic rite of passage. We talk to Ballet Idaho's Adrienne Kerr (Aurora) about one of the ...