by wschuster on February 2, 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 Raymondas, Kitris, Basilios – OH MY! Temperatures in Lausanne dipped below zero today, but the competition at the Beaulieu Theater is heating up: only one more day until the 20 finalists are announced. On Tuesday morning, the B-girls (ages 17 -18) “let loose” with former NYCB member Todd Williams in contemporary [...]
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by Linda on January 17, 2011
Giselle is a ballet that perfectly balances dance and narrative. Audiences are captivated in particular by its timeless second act, a living and breathing example of the Romantic ideal: on one side the revengeful, supernatural Wilis and on the other the ethereal Giselle whose love for Albrecht transcends heartbreak and death. The leading role has [...]
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by Linda on January 11, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Balanchine said it best “Like Hamlet, Giselle is a classic: it is not only important historically, it also happens to be good (…) People go to see Giselle and to see ballerinas dance it for the same reason we got to see new interpretations of Hamlet: the work [...]
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Lucien Petipa,
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Marianela Nuñez,
Marie Taglioni,
Marius Petipa,
Mathieu Ganio,
Mikhail Mordkin,
Myrtha,
Natalia Osipova,
Nikolai Sergeyev,
Olesya Novikova,
Olga Spessivtseva,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Robert le Diable,
Stepanov Notation,
Svetlana Lunkina,
Tamara Karsavina,
Théophile Gautier,
Vaslav Nijinsky,
Vernoy de Saint-Georges,
Wilis
by Emilia on September 13, 2010
Fans of Romantic masterpiece and audience favourite Giselle usually have a choice production against which they measure all others. Over here one of our favorites is Sir Peter Wright’s critically acclaimed staging, which returns to Covent Garden early 2011. We were reminded of its virtues and the respect Sir Peter shows for his source material [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on July 27, 2010
Just in time for the flurry of Giselles we’re seeing in London this week (thanks to the Bolshoi), here’s something to enhance your experience of this ballet. Eric Taub of Demicontretemps has written a very interesting post where he reflects on the similarities between Act I and Act II of Giselle: is one the bizarro [...]
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by Emilia on February 26, 2010
Bournonville’s La Sylphide is one of the Romantic period’s most iconic ballets. Featuring a hero divided between reality and fantasy, it is filled with symbols, providing many possibilities for interpretation and parallels to our own modern lives and the choices we are forced to make everyday. The characters of James and the Sylph are treasured [...]
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