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GISELLE, directly from the Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow
26th January 2020 @ 4:00 am - 6:30 pm
Ratmanski’s acclaimed new production of the beloved classical ballet.
Wonderful romantic ballet about a young peasant girl who dies of a broken heart.
Young peasant girl Giselle dies of a broken heart when her loved one, Albrecht, deceives her. Against her will, she joins the vengeful spirits, the Wilis, who take Albrecht to task and want to dance with him until he drops down dead.
Libretto by Theophile Gautier and Jean-Henry Saint-Georges
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
New Choreographic Version: Alexei Ratmansky
Set and Costume Designer: Robert Perdziola
with the use of Alexandre Benois’ sketches
Lighting Designer: Mark Stanely
Conductor: Pavel Klinichev
Giselle Ekaterina Krysanova
Count Albrecht Artemy Belyakov
Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis Alyona Kovalyova