Rose Adage
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9. Rose Adage
The Rose Adage is perhaps the most famous moment in the ballet, and is one of the best-known moments in all ballet. During this notoriously difficult dance Princess Aurora meets four suitors who dance with her and support her fiendishly difficult balances. Pictured: Svetlana Zakharova as Princess Aurora with The Bolshoi Ballet. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images
