New York City Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

CGI and animation specialist studio Steelworks has released a gorgeous CG film for NYC Ballet, promoting its production of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’. Following the central motif of a delicate pink rose, the film is a visual delight, featuring stunning fabric and particle simulations, floating gold dust, flowing floral elements, and fluttering silk-like butterfly wings. Just like ballet dancers, each piece of the medley moves in perfect harmony with the ethereal score, luring viewers into a captivating new world. To craft the beautiful film, Steelworks was tasked with briefly and abstractly interpreting a selection of key scenes from ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, inspired by its exquisite scenery and costume design. With only 30 seconds to work with, the team proposed a full CGI piece utilising motifs from the ballet to capture the emotion as well as the main storytelling points.