Chicago Ballet Company’s Sleeping Beauty Features Internationally Award-winning Cast

When A&A BALLET’s unique take on Sleeping Beauty debuted in 2019, it was received with rave reviews and starred a recent Youth America Grand Prix honoree. In fact, since then almost every performance by A&A BALLET stars a number of North American and International competition winners. Since 2016, the prestigious ballet school and company has had roughly nearly 70 Grand Prix winners, First, Second and Third Place Prize winners at the various elite competitions globally available to ballet dancers. A&A’s spring performance of Sleeping Beauty Saturday, May 24, 2025 at the Athenaeum Theater highlights its most recent internationally acclaimed and award-winning dancers from Chicago, Alyssa Casey (Aurora), 19, Barrington; Tatiana Chen (Lilac Fairy), 16, Naperville; Nikhil Sengupta, (Puss in Boots) 14, Chicago; Evangelina Kragt (Carabosse), 16, Chicago; George Alex Kremnev (Bluebird), 13, Chicago; Mari Million (White Cat), 13, Chicago.