Giselle

Production de 1990 - Jean Coralli et Jules Perrot

• Choreography

  Jean Coralli

• Choreography

  Jules Perrot

• Music

  Adolphe Adam
  (1803-1856)

• Libretto

  Théophile Gautier

• Libretto

  Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges

• Adaptation

  Patrice Bart

• Adaptation

  Eugène Polyakov

• Set design

  Alexandre Benois

• Sets realized by

  Silvano Mattei

• Costume design

  Alexandre Benois

• Costumes realized by

  Claudie Gastine

The ultimate romantic ballet, Giselle marked the apogee of a new aesthetic that saw diaphanous tutus, white gauze, tulle and tarlatan take over the stage. The Willis bring the illusion of immateriality to this ghostly transfiguration of a tragedy. First performed at the Académie royale de Musique on June 28, 1841, the ballet travelled to Russia, then temporarily disappeared from the repertoire before finally returning to France in 1910. Today’s version by Patrice Bart and Eugene Polyakov – which closely follows Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot’s original choreography – continues to reaffirm the ballet’s early success. Bright, earthly scenes and spectral, nocturnal visions: dance becomes the language of the soul and the ballerina’s ethereal presence seems to defy gravity.

Les Étoiles, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet
Orchestre Pasdeloup

Giselle

Production de 1990 - Jean Coralli et Jules Perrot

• Giselle

  Dorothée Gilbert

• Albrecht

  Mathieu Ganio

• Myrtha

  Valentine Colasante

• Bathilde

  Sarah Kora Dayanova

• Hilarion

  Audric Bezard

• Le Duc de Courlande

  Yann Chailloux

• Pas de deux (paysanne)

  Marine Ganio

• Pas de deux (paysan)

  Francesco Mura

• Willis

  Marine Ganio

• Éléonore Guérineau