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La Sylphide (English: The Sylph; Danish: Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. Bournonville's is the only version known to have survived and is one of the world's oldest ...
Oct 29, 2023 · A French Master Restages La Sylphide in St. Petersburg. French ballet master and choreographer Marius Petipa decided to restage the original 1832 Taglioni production of La Sylphide at the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1892. The ballet (and the opera) played a significant role in Russian society in the late nineteenth century.
One of the world’s oldest existing romantic ballets, La Sylphide originally premiered on March 12, 1832 in Paris, with now lost choreography by Filippo Taglioni. A success, the ballet was re-choreographed in 1836 by the Danish ballet master August Bournonville. Bournonville had planned on reviving Taglioni’s version but because the Paris ...
La Sylphide is considered the romantic ballet classic par excellence. This two-act work by Filippo Taglioni, in which the dancers embodied the illusion of weightlessness as aerial spirits, not only marked the breakthrough of pointe dance in the 1830s; together with the white tutus of the ghostly creatures, an image of this art form was created that still symbolises classical dance today.
May 21, 2019 · The version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836 is still performed, most prominently by the company for which he choreographed it for – The Royal Danish Ballet. (in alphabetical order) Effie: Fiancée to James. Gurn: Friend to James, in love with Effie. James: A young Scotsman. Old Madge: A witch. The Sylph: A spirit of the forest.
Jun 16, 2009 · “La Sylphide,” a short two-act ballet, is traditionally presented with a one-act work. (I wish this were still true of “Giselle.”) In imaginative programming, Ballet Theater combines it ...
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Sep 30, 2017 · Art Direction and Design: Charlotte Wilkinson Studio. On Wednesday 1 July 2020, we’re showing La Sylphid e, a recreation of August Bournonville’s version by Frank Andersen and Eva Kloborg. Bournonville’s production is actually an adaptation of an 1832 French ballet by Filippo Taglioni, which signalled the dawn of a new, Romantic era of ...
