The Paris Opera in Cinema - Ballet GISELLE

Synopsis:

The charming peasant girl Giselle loves Albrecht, who, beneath his modest clothing, turns out to be a duke. When she discovers that he cannot marry her because he is already engaged, Giselle goes mad and dies. She is then taken in by the vengeful Wilis, the souls of young girls abandoned by unfaithful lovers. Will Giselle choose to punish or forgive?

Overview:

First performed in 1841 at the Royal Academy of Music (former Paris Opera) Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli’s ballet – here adapted by Patrice Bart and Eugène Polyakov – introduced a new aesthetic in the history of Western dance. Pointe shoes, arabesques and long white tutus evoke a fantastical, vaporous universe that has become the very embodiment of Romanticism.

Ballet in two acts.