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Putting Giselle on stage

4,369 views · Published 10 April 2018 · 2:25 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: Nationale Opera & Ballet · 2018 · Entertainment

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Giselle is one of the earliest and most widely danced ballets in the world. Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante’s recreation of this classic about doomed love cuts to the quick.

Giselle tells the story of what happens when Duke Albrecht falls in love with the innocent peasant girl Giselle. By concealing his true identity, he deceives her and dooms them both. In this reinterpretation, themes of deception, revenge and forgiveness are paired with true love. Duke Albrecht’s feelings for Giselle are sincere; he is overcome by her kindness and beauty, and when she discovers that he is already betrothed and dies of a broken heart, Albrecht is inconsolable. As a tale about an impossible love, the themes in Giselle are as current as ever.

The peasant girl Giselle and Duke Albrecht are seminal roles in the ballet repertoire. Principal dancer Jozef Varga calls Albrecht ‘an “essential” role, one every dancer dreams of and hopes to make his own’. Giselle is a role perhaps even more coveted: ‘In the span of two acts her character takes a complete emotional journey, and that’s a challenge no ballerina can resist’, says principal dancer Anna Tsygankova.

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