the court assembles to celebrate the marriage of prince désiré and princess aurora. the king and queen make their entrances with the newlyweds. the festivities begin with a series of "divertissements". the diamond, gold, silver, and sapphire fairies dance. several fairy tale characters dance: puss in boots and the white cat; the bluebird and princess florine; little red riding hood and the wolf; cinderella and prince fortuné; and finally hop o' my thumb with his brothers and the ogre. the prince and princess dance a "pas de deux". roman, persian, indian, american, and turkish characters dance a sarabande. the act ends with a "tableau vivant" representing the glory of the fairies. this "tableau" was changed to represent the glory of apollo.