Ballet by Piotr Tchaikovsky, new choreography by Christian Spuck and performed by the Ballet Zurich (Ballett Zürich) - rebroadcast from the Opera in Zurich. The performance, prepared by the ballet company of the Zurich Opera, is the work of the outstanding German choreographer Christian Spuck, the long-time director of this company. His "Sleeping Beauty" is primarily a colorful show for children, full of humor and rich decorations and costumes, while adults will have the opportunity to read meanings in it that are inaccessible to younger audiences. The famous ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky is based directly on Charles Perrault's version of the fairy tale. It tells the story of Princess Aurora, who fell asleep for a hundred years after pricking her finger on her sixteenth birthday with a spindle enchanted by an evil fairy.