Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Petipa, premiered in 1890 at the Maria Theater in Petersburg. The story is based on the famous fairy tale "The Beauty Who Sleeps in the Forest" written by the French writer Charles Pillaud (1628-1703). It is about the revenge of the devil Carabosse, who resented not being invited to the christening day of Princess Aphrodite and put her to sleep in the castle. However, 100 years later, a prince, guided by a lilac fairy, breaks the magic with true love and finally marries the princess. This choreography is interspersed with stylized dance sequences, including the ballet of the carousel horse, the polonaise, the dance of the four fairies, the dance of the red mother in boots, the dance of Cinderella and the prince, the dance of the dwarfs, the dance of Little Red Riding Hood, and the dance of the wolves, as well as the classical duo dance of the princess and the prince. Among them, the pas de deux in Act III has become a compulsory program in international ballet competitions nowadays, which is a model of 19th century ballet pas de deux - a lyrical slow pas de deux that fully demonstrates the skills of the male and female protagonists. The dance inherits the tradition of romantic ballet, and the exploration made in the symphonization of dance laid the foundation for the development of dance in the 20th century.