When better than Valentine’s Day for a reminder that love is serious stuff? Giselle is a heartbreak of a ballet – its heroine is beguiled and betrayed, but her love stays steadfast, even beyond the ...
Giselle is pretty much the oldest ballet in the repertoire. First seen in 1841, it set the template for the artform: a broken-hearted love story which dives into the supernatural. Sharp storytelling, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales in Giselle at the Royal Ballet - Andrej Uspenski Back at Covent Garden for an always-welcome ...
Giselle is a difficult ballet to get right. The balance between the “reality” of Act 1 and the Gothic otherworldlyness of Act 2 can be extremely hard to find, and the responsibility falls on all those ...
The world turns upside down for the peasant girl Giselle when she discovers her lover Albrecht is actually a nobleman promised to another. In despair, she kills herself. Her spirit joins the Wilis, ...
Giselle: Remix, created by Pleasance Theatre associate artist Jack Sears and Royal Ballet soloist Hannah Grennell, will run this spring. Promising an evening of cabaret, drag, dance and lip-syncs, the ...