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Not death, but sleep
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Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty: a beginner’s guide in pictures
6. Not death, but sleep
The Lilac Fairy hasn’t yet given the little girl her gift, so she uses her power to alter Carabosse’s curse so that Aurora will not die on her 16th birthday but rather fall asleep for 100 years. At the end of that time she will be woken by a kiss from a handsome prince. Pictured: Nolween Daniel as Carabosse with the Paris Opera Ballet. Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images
