50. The Cup | The Sleeping Beauty, Royal Ballet (2017)

Welcome back to the 50th episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. The theatres may be closed, but art finds a way to survive! For the time being on this podcast we are rereleasing our past reviews, interviews, roundtables, and duet reviews in remastered audio only versions so you can take your CoH content on the go! For our extra special 50th episode we are doing a follow review to one of our most popular episodes The Nutcracker by discussing the Royal Ballet’s 2017 production of Tchaikovsky’s, Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Marius Petipa, conducted by Koen Kessels, and starring Marianela Nuñez in the role of Princess Aurora. Watch the play on BroadwayHD (subscription needed):  https://www.broadwayhd.com/movies/AXMGebsPcMKLgL1nBMJS?display=poster Cup of Hemlock Theatre is a Toronto-based performing arts collective dedicated to staging works that examine the moral quandaries of the human experience. With an inquisitive compass, we aim to provide audiences the space to retrace their personal stories and navigate their individual ideologies. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: cohtheatre Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Alicia Plummer – Instagram: itisaliciaplummer // TikTok: hialiciabyealicia // YouTube: Alicia Onlineee: https://bit.ly/2S7DHgs   Emma Kerson – Website: emmakerson.ca // Instagram: eksk // Academic Profile: https://bit.ly/3fsONVl   Anna Paliy – Website: https://ampart.wixsite.com/research // Instagram: rococompost // Academic Profile: https://bit.ly/3eXTeZb // Her performance reviews can be found at www.thedancecurrent.com/ and www.briband.com/