Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle

Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle (2011)

Learning that Albrecht, her beloved, is in fact a nobleman engaged to be married to a princess, the naive peasant girl Giselle dies. The Queen of the Wilis—the spirits of deceased young virgins—decides that Albrecht should follow Giselle to the grave, and condemns him to dance until he dies of exhaustion. But Giselle’s spirit dances with him and saves him. With music by Adolphe Adam and a libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, the ballet touches on the great romantic themes: local colour, a pastoral love affair doomed to end in tragedy, a plunge into fantasy and redemption through the power of love.

Director: Vincent Bataillon

Casts

	Svetlana Lunkina as Giselle
	Dmitry Gudanov as Albrecht
	Vitaly Biktimirov as Hans
	Maria Allash as Myrtha
	Elena Bukanova as Berthe
	Ekaterina Barykina as Bathilde
	Victoria Osipova as Two Wilis
	Olga Kishnyova as Two Wilis
	Alexei Loparevich as Duke
	Vladislav Lantratov as Wilfreed
	Chinara Alizade as Peasants pas de deux
	Andrei Bolotin as Peasants pas de deux
	Yulia Grebenshchikova as Giselle's friend
	Anna Okuneva as Giselle's friend
	Anna Tikhomirova as Giselle's friend
	Ana Turazashvili as Giselle's friend
	Maria Vinogradova as Giselle's friend
	Angelina Vlashinets as Giselle's friend

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