Laura Morera, Lauren Cuthbertson and Marianela Nunez were crisply witty and luscious Fairies, while Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg made you believe in the divine right of ballet royalty. As Aurora, Cojocaru scintillated through the ballet as if enacting some God-given destiny, preternaturally bright and breathing the music as if it were a rarefied element of her own.
This performance showed a new energy among the corps de ballet, who brought crisp attack to the airy geometry of Petipa’s dances.
Alina Cojocaru's Aurora was the ballet's radiant centrepeice,charming, in control and filled with a palpable delight in every pretty step.
