Giselle

This beautiful new staging of a much-loved ballet is produced by two superstar performers, Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborg (former principal dancers of American Ballet Theatre and The Royal Ballet respectively).

Disguise and revelation, love and jealousy combine in this tragic tale. A love story unfolds against the ghostly backdrop of a Rhineland forest haunted by the fearful presence of the “Wilis” - vengeful spirits of abandoned brides. The beautiful peasant girl, Giselle, falls for Albrecht who conceals his identity to win her. The discovery of her lover’s deception shatters Giselle’s innocence and causes her to die of a broken heart. Albrecht is thrown into the hands of the merciless Wilis, but Giselle cannot bear to watch him die and returns as a ghost to save him.

The critical consensus

This ballet, with its traditional set, costumes, music and choreography, is pure escapism and utterly bewitching.

(*) Justine Blundell, Edinburgh Guide, 28/10/2015

This is a century-and-a-half-old ballet presented in a way that feels as authentic as the day it was born.

(*) Lucy Ribchester, The List, 28/10/2015

Features about Giselle

Dance preview: Royal New Zealand Ballet--Giselle

Kelly Apter, The List, 10/09/2015

Interview: Bryn Watkins--'training has shaped me into a better person than I could have been with it'

Kelly Apter, The List, 14/10/2015

Where and when?

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday October 27, 2015, until Saturday October 31, 2015. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival

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