Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Ballet of Lights is a Fever production that tells a fairy tale through classical ballet, with the dancers in costumes that light up. The Paris programme is Sleeping Beauty: Fever says six local dancers take the princess from the curse and her long sleep to the kiss that wakes her, to a soundtrack of works by classical composers. Fever credits the creation to the company Luma Artistas. Its line on the idea is that light is not the decor here, it leads the dance: the costumes glow and change as the dancers move, against a dark stage.

The evening is short and simple. Fever asks you to arrive 30 minutes before the start, when the doors open, so that staff can give you a seat in the category you booked; seats are not numbered and go in order of arrival within each category. The show starts on time, the doors close when it begins and nobody is let in afterwards. It runs for about 60 minutes with no interval, phones stay on silent, and Fever asks the audience to stay seated until the end.

The room is the Salle Jacques Higelin at MPAA Saint-Germain, a City of Paris arts venue at 4 rue Félibien in the 6th arrondissement, between Odéon and the Marché Saint-Germain. Fever counts 317 seats and the venue’s own site 323, so every row is fairly near the stage, and Fever’s photos show raked rows of red seats. Fever’s FAQ says drinks are offered, and its venue photos show a bar and foyer.

It is pitched at families as much as at adults: the minimum age is 5, and under-16s come with an adult. For children Fever sells an optional light-up tutu at 35 euros, collected at the souvenir stand after the show. On 11 November 2026 three dates were on sale, Sunday 29 November 2026, Sunday 10 January 2027 and Friday 15 January 2027, with two performances on each.

This is the one show in our Paris set built for a child of five and the adults with them alike. It is ballet without the length or the price of an opera house evening: one familiar story, an hour, no interval, in a hall small enough that the reviews on Fever say you see well from every row. The listing held 4.3 (4.31) from 1,250 reviews on Fever on 11 November 2026, and the recent reviews Fever shows are full of praise for the dancers. Ballet of Lights' own site says its shows, which also include Cinderella and Peter Pan, play in more than 100 cities; in Paris the programme on sale is Sleeping Beauty.

Which ticket: there are four categories, A to D, and the cheapest is a sound choice here. On Friday 15 January 2027 at 20:00, Category D costs 24.15 euros with Fever’s fee and Category A 45.68; at 18:00 the same evening they are 24.68 and 46.72. Sunday 10 January at 18:00 runs from 27.30 to 50.92. The first date, Sunday 29 November 2026, was close to full when we read it: the 16:00 was sold out and the 18:00 had only Categories A and B left, at 47.78 and 44.10 euros. With young children, the Sunday 18:00 is out by about 19:00; for the lowest price, take the Friday.

If you would rather hear live musicians than watch dance, see our Candlelight concerts page, which also has more dates. There is no direct box office to compare: Fever produces the show and says tickets are sold only on its app and website, not at the venue.

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