Have just been lured to the ballet by my parents with the promise of a vampiric fairies. There is a touring production of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty going round the UK that has had so many elements of Tanz der Vampire added to it that I find it impossible to believe that it hasn't been directly influenced by it.
The fairies are basically vampires, there's a whole scene where Aurora is seduced by the son of the evil fairy Carabosse (who is basically Krolock) and he even hosts a masked ball where, if I understood correctly what was going on, our heros turn up in disguise to rescue Aurora.
Seriously, read the review!
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/matthew-bournes-sleeping-beauty-review-at-sadlers-wells-london-richly-inventive/
and look at the pictures! (Google image search for Matthew Bourne Sleeping Beauty)
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