Houston Ballet Soloist Aoi Fujiwara as the Sugar Plum Fairy in Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker. Now about to make her debut as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. Credit: Photo by Lawrence ...

What is sleeping beauty syndrome? Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS), also known as “Sleeping beauty syndrome” or “familial hibernation syndrome,” is a neurological disorder that causes sufferers to sleep ...

"Sleeping Beauty" is one of the most balletic of ballets. With only a small number of plot points to communicate, there is plenty for time for dancing. Milwaukee Ballet's new production of the classic ...

A lavish story ballet creates an uncanny world onstage — a beautifully detailed fantasy, seemingly detached from the concerns of the real world. When Pacific Northwest Ballet debuts its new production ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

There’s an absolutely magical sequence in the middle of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new production of “The Sleeping Beauty” that’s enough to make you believe in fairy tales, or at least want to live ...

Being a “sleeping beauty” isn’t always a fairytale. A young nurse suffers from an extremely rare condition dubbed “sleeping beauty syndrome,” which has her sleeping for two weeks at a time. Bella ...