Sleeping Beauty
noun
a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
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“Sleeping Beauty”
“Sleeping Beauty”A fairy tale from the collection of Charles Perrault, about a beautiful princess cast into a deep sleep through a jealous fairy's curse. Sleeping Beauty is awakened at last by the kiss of a prince.
Sleeping Beauty
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a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
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(italics) the fairy tale itself.
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(italics) a ballet (1889) by Tchaikovsky.
“Sleeping Beauty”
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A world premiere by Gregory Spears casts a veil of dream-like haunting over the story of Sleeping Beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Fanning: I was in “Maleficent” and I played Sleeping Beauty, so like Disney princess in pink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
Animals emerge from hibernation, like Sleeping Beauty woken from her death-like 100-year sleep.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
Ulmer, via his company Mousetrappe Media, collaborated with Disney on the experience, designing projection mapping that could be seen on Sleeping Beauty Castle and elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
Some artists preferred to go the Sleeping Beauty route.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
“Sleepers Awake” by Gregory Spears, given its world premiere by Opera Philadelphia at the Academy of Music on Wednesday, turns “Sleeping Beauty” on its head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Snow White” ushered in a golden era of classic animated feature films, including such titles as “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia,” “Bambi,” “Sleeping Beauty” and “Peter Pan.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
On a recent morning, Lindsay Schulte put “Sleeping Beauty” on the television and laid Brynn on a blanket on the kitchen counter.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023
“Of Love and Rage,” Alexei Ratmansky’s story ballet based on a romance novel from Greek antiquity, is having a “Sleeping Beauty” moment.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
A “Sleeping Beauty” land—The coming of the English—Early explorations—The resourceful Australian.
From Peeps At Many Lands: Australia by Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton) Spence
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