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Rockford Dance Company will present The Sleeping Beauty, a retro twist on a ballet classic, on Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 6pm at Maddox Theater at Rockford University. <br/><br/>The whimsical production features dancers from RDC’s company and school, as well as from the community.<br/><br/>RDC guest choreographer Lucas Segovia says that his unique approach to The Sleeping Beauty will be highly appealing to broad audiences. “My goal with this production of The Sleeping Beauty was to imagine what this story would look like in the America of the 1950’s. I wondered what if instead of a Queen and a princess, we could talk about a traditional American family that welcomes their child and later on celebrates her sweet sixteen party at a diner, as opposed to a castle. And what if, instead of a Prince Charming, we had a simple, kind-hearted man -who happens to be the Busboy of the diner.” <br/><br/>The basics of the story stand: we still have magic,<