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Ballet dancers Aubane Philbert (R) and Daniel Stokes (L) perform during the dress rehearsal of act III of ''the Sleeping Beauty'' on December 2, 2013 at the Opera Bastille in Paris. Late dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev restaged the work based on the original choreography for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1989. Inspired by Charles Perrault's tale, the ballet which combines the work of choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Piotr Ilytch Tchaikovsky, will premiere in Paris on December 4, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)