Giselle
Carlotta Grisi as Giselle (1841)
Choreographed by	Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa (revival)
Composed by	Adolphe Adam
Date of premiere	28 June 1841
Place of premiere	Paris, France
Original ballet company	Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique
Characters	Giselle Albrect Hilarion Bathilda Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis
Created for	Carlotta Grisi and Lucien Petipa
Genre	Romantic
Type	classical ballet
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Giselle is a ballet by Adolphe Adam. It has 2 acts, 2 scenes, with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier and was originally choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (the principal Ballerina's dances). The choreography of nearly all modern productions derives from the revivals of Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet (1884, 1899, 1903). We dont have an article called Carlotta grisi Start this article Search for Carlotta grisi in. ... Jean Coralli (1779-1854), born Jean Coralli Peracini, was a French choreographer. ... Jules-Joseph Perrot (born August 18, 1810 in Lyon, France; died August 18, 1892 in Paramé) was a dancer and choreographer who created some of the most famous ballets of the 19th century. ... Maestro Marius Ivanovich Petipa, Maître de Ballet of the Imperial Theatres. ... Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (July 24, 1803 – May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Théâtre de lAcadémie Royale de Musique, Paris, circa 1865 Théâtre de lAcadémie Royale de Musique was the official theatre of the French theatrical institution known as the Académie Royale de Musique from 1816 until 1873, and was principle venue of the Parisian opera... Adele Dumilatre (1821-1909) as Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis (sometimes spelled Myrta) is a character from the famous Romantic ballet, Giselle which premiered at the Theatre de l’Academie Royale de Musique in Paris, France. ... We dont have an article called Carlotta grisi Start this article Search for Carlotta grisi in. ... Lucien Petipa Lucien Petipa (1815-1898) was a French ballet dancer in the early 1800s (Romantic period) and was the brother of the famous balletmaster of the Russian Imperial Ballet (late eighteen-hundreds), Marius Petipa. ... Romantics redirects here. ... Giselle or Gisele may refer to: Giselle, a ballet from the Romantic period Giselle (Mystic), the main character in the American comicbook Mystic, published by CrossGen Entertainment Giselle or Gisele is also the often-used forename of: Giselle Yum, Filipino pornographic star List of people named Giselle Category: ... For other uses, see Ballet (disambiguation). ... Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (July 24, 1803 – May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. ... Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (November 7, 1799 - December 23, 1875), French dramatist, was born in Paris. ... Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ... Look up Choreography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jean Coralli (1779-1854), born Jean Coralli Peracini, was a French choreographer. ... Jules-Joseph Perrot (born August 18, 1810 in Lyon, France; died August 18, 1892 in Paramé) was a dancer and choreographer who created some of the most famous ballets of the 19th century. ... Maestro Marius Ivanovich Petipa, Maître de Ballet of the Imperial Theatres. ...

Giselle was first presented by the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, Paris, France, on June 28, 1841. Théâtre de lAcadémie Royale de Musique, Paris, circa 1865 Théâtre de lAcadémie Royale de Musique was the official theatre of the French theatrical institution known as the Académie Royale de Musique from 1816 until 1873, and was principle venue of the Parisian opera... This article is about the capital of France. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Synopsis

In the first act, a young, innocent village maiden named Giselle is in love with a man she knows only as Loys. In reality, the man is Albrecht, a nobleman disguised as a peasant, who is betrothed to Bathilde, daughter of the Duke. When Giselle discovers the deceit, she is inconsolable and goes mad, then dies; one version says she dies of a broken heart while another says she commits suicide in her madness. In the second act, her undying love for Albrecht saves him from the wicked magic of the wilis, vampiric ghosts of betrothed girls who were betrayed by their lovers and died before their wedding day. Though their leader, Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis, forces Albrecht to dance again and again, Giselle intervenes long enough to spare his life and allow him to survive until the dawn. At sunrise, the wilis must return to their grave; Giselle must return as well but not before showing Albrecht that she forgives him for his treachery. The two pledge their love to each other and she descends back into her grave, but will forever be separated. Giselle is now a wili for the rest of eternity. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Adele Dumilatre (1821-1909) as Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis (sometimes spelled Myrta) is a character from the famous Romantic ballet, Giselle which premiered at the Theatre de l’Academie Royale de Musique in Paris, France. ...

Characters

• Duke Albert of Silesia, in attire of a villager
• Prince of Courland
• Wilfride, the Duke's squire
• Hilarion, the game-keeper
• An old peasant man
• Bathilde, the Duke's fiancée
• Giselle, a peasant girl
• Berthe, Giselle's mother
• Myrthe, Queen of the Wilis
• Zulme, Moyna, wilis

Vinegatherers, Ladies and Noblemen, Valets, Hunters, Peasants, Musicians, Children, Wilis.

A varied past

Important Ballets & *Revivals of Marius Petipa

*Paquita (1847, *1881) *Le Corsaire (1858, 1863, 1868, 1885, 1899) The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862, *1885, *1898) Le Roi Candaule (1868, *1891, *1903) Don Quixote (1869, *1871) La Bayadère (1877, *1900) *Giselle (1884, 1899, 1903) *Coppélia (1884) *La Fille Mal Gardée (1885) *La Esmeralda (1886, 1899) The Talisman (1889) The Sleeping Beauty (1890) The Nutcracker (1892) Cinderella (1893) The Awakening of Flora (1894) *Swan Lake (1895) *The Little Humpbacked Horse (1895) The Cavalry Halt (1896) Raymonda (1898) The Seasons (1900) Harlequinade (1900) Maestro Marius Ivanovich Petipa, Maître de Ballet of the Imperial Theatres. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 529 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1544 × 1748 pixels, file size: 364 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo by an unknown photographer of the choregrapher Marius Petipa. ... Paquita is a ballet in two acts and three scenes. ... The Bavarian State Ballet in the scene Le Jardin Animé from the companys partial reconstruction of Marius Petipas 1899 revival of Le Corsaire, Munich, 2007 Le Corsaire (The Pirate) is a ballet in three acts, with a libretto based on the poem The Corsair by Lord Byron. ... The Pharaohs Daughter is a ballet by Marius Petipa, first performed in 1862. ... Olga Preobrajenskaya as Queen Nisia in the Pas de Venus from the Petipa/Pugni Tsar Kandavl, St. ... Svetlana Zakharova as Kitri in the Entrance of Kitri from the Bolshoi Ballets production of the Petipa/Gorsky/Minkus Don Quixote, Moscow, 2006 The ballet Don Quixote is based on the famous Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote de la Mancha. ... The Entrance of the Shades (Entrée de lombres) of the scene The Kingdom Of the Shades from the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballets 1941 production of La Bayadère, St. ... Giuseppina Bozzachi as Swanhilda in the Saint-Léon/Delibes Coppélia. ... Nadia Nerina as Lise and David Blair as Colas in the Pas de Ruban from Act I of Sir Frederick Ashtons La Fille Mal Gardée, London, 1960 La Fille Mal Gardée (The Badly Watched Daughter) is a Ballet presented in 2 Acts, inspired Choffarts engraving of... Poster advertising Carlotta Grisi in the Pas de Truandaise for the premiere of the ballet La Esmeralda, given at Her Majestys Theatre, London, 1844 La Esmeralda is a ballet in 3 acts, 5 scenes, inspired by Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo. ... Mathilde Kschessinskaya costumed as Niriti for the Grand Pas des Fleurs of Act II in Nikolai Legats revival of Petipas The Talisman, St. ... The Sleeping Beauty (Russian: , Spyashchaya Krasavitsa) is a ballet in a prologue and three acts, Opus 66, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. ... This article is about the ballet. ... Mariia Anderson as the Fairy Godmother in the Petipa/Ivanov/Cecchetti/Fitinhof-Schell Cinderella, St. ... Mathilde Kschessinskaya as Flora (left) and Vera Trefilova as Amour/Cupid (right) in the Petipa/Drigo The Awakening of Flora, St. ... The 1895 Petipa/Ivanov/Drigo revival of Swan Lake is a famous version of the ballet Swan Lake. ... The Little Humpbacked Horse, or The Tsar Maiden (aka Konyok Gorbunok ili Tsar-Devitsa, or Le Petit cheval bossu, ou La Tsar-Demoiselle) Magic Ballet in 4 Acts-8 Scenes with apotheosis. ... Natalia Bessmertnova as Raymonda and Gediminas Taranda as Abderakhman in the Grand Pas daction from the Bolshoi Ballets production of the Petipa/Glazunov Raymonda. ... See also Commedia dellarte // The Harlequinade is a type of theatrical performance piece, usually a slapstick adaptation of the Commedia dellarte, which dates back to England in the mid 18th century. ...

The version passed down to the present day was staged by Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet (today the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet). Petipa staged his definitive revival of Giselle in 1884 for the Ballerina Maria Gorshenkova, but made his final touches to the work for Anna Pavlova's debut in 1903. It is said that the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet still dance the ballet in Petipa's original design nearly unchanged. Petipa's final work on Giselle was notated in the Stepanov method of choreographic notation around the turn of the 20th century, and is today held as part of the famous Sergeyev Collection in the Harvard University Library Theatre Collection. Maestro Marius Ivanovich Petipa, Maître de Ballet of the Imperial Theatres. ... Carlotta Brianza and Paul Gerdt of the Imperial Ballet as Princess Aurora and Prince Desire in the 1890 premiere of the Sleeping Beauty. ... Carlotta Brianza and Paul Gerdt of the Imperial Ballet as Princess Aurora and Prince Desire in the 1890 premiere of the Sleeping Beauty. ... A Drawing of Nicholas Grigorovich Sergeyev, made in 1929. ... Harvard redirects here. ...

Giselle passed out of the repertory of the old Paris Opéra in 1867, and did not return to the western stage until Petipa's definitive version was performed by the original Ballet Russe in 1910 at the Palais Garnier. Théâtre de lAcadémie Royale de Musique, Paris, circa 1865 Théâtre de lAcadémie Royale de Musique (also been known as the Théâtre Imperial de l´Opéra , Le Rue Peletier, or simply, Le Peletier, but more familiarly, as the Paris Opéra) was the... Léon Bakst: Firebird, Ballerina, 1910 The Ballets Russes was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev and resident first in Théâtre Mogador, Paris; and then in Monte Carlo. ... The Palais Garnier, Paris The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier or Grand Opera House[1], but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 2,200 seat opera house in Paris, France. ...

The role of Giselle is one of the most sought-after in ballet, as it demands both technical perfection and outstanding grace and lyricism, as well as great dramatic skill. In the first act Giselle has to convey the innocence and love of a country girl, the heartbreak of being betrayed. In the second act Giselle must seem otherworldly, yet loving. Some of the most accomplished dancers to perform this role include Carlotta Grisi (for whom Théophile Gautier created the role), Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Olga Spesivtseva, Galina Ulanova, Alicia Markova, Alicia Alonso, Chan Hon Goh, Beryl Goldwyn, Karen Kain, Margot Fonteyn, Natalia Makarova, Gelsey Kirkland, Irina Kolpakova, Ekaterina Maximova, Natalya Bessmertnova, Carla Fracci, Altynai Asylmuratova, Alessandra Ferri, Eva Evdokimova,Diana Vishneva, Alina Cojocaru and Nina Ananiashvili. Famous Albrechts include Lucien Petipa (creator of the role), Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Erik Bruhn, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Vladimir Vassiliev, Vladimir Malakhov, Vladimir Muravlev. We dont have an article called Carlotta grisi Start this article Search for Carlotta grisi in. ... Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ... For the Olympic gymnast, see Anna Pavlova (gymnast). ... Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (March 10, 1885 – May 26, 1978) was a famous Russian ballerina who eventually settled in England, where she helped found the Royal Academy of Dancing in 1920. ... Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva (July 18, 1895—September 16, 1991) was a Russian ballerina whose brilliant stage career spanned from 1913 to 1939. ... Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (Russian: ; 8 January 1910 (O.S. 26 December 1909} - 21 March 1998) has the reputation of the greatest Soviet ballerina. ... Alicia Markova photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Dame Alicia Markova (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English prima ballerina. ... Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martinez Hoya, simply known as Alicia Alonso, is a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer. ... Chan Hon Goh is a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. ... Beryl Goldwyn (born 1930) is a British ballet dancer. ... Karen Kain, 1970 Karen Kain, CC (born on March 28, 1951) is a Canadian ballet dancer. ... Margot Fonteyn in 1948. ... Nataliya Romanovna Makarova is a ballet dancer. ... Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American ballet dancer. ... Ekaterina Maximova Russian Екатерина Максимова (01 February 1939) Moscow is a Russian ballerina. ... Carla Fracci, born 1936? in Milan, Italy is a famouse ballet dancer and actress. ... Altynai Asylmuratova (born 1961) was a leading ballerina with the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre and a guest artist all over the world. ... Alessandra Ferri (born in 1963) is an Italian ballerina, dancing as a Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York, Prima Ballerina with the La Scala Ballet in Milan, and as an international guest artist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Alina Cojocaru(born May 27, 1981) is a female principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. ... Nino Ananiashvili Nina Ananiashvili (also: Nino Ananiashvili, Georgian: , born on March 28, 1963 in Tbilisi, Georgia (at the time Georgian SSR, Soviet Union)) is a Georgian ballerina. ... Lucien Petipa Lucien Petipa (1815-1898) was a French ballet dancer in the early 1800s (Romantic period) and was the brother of the famous balletmaster of the Russian Imperial Ballet (late eighteen-hundreds), Marius Petipa. ... Vaslav Nijinsky as Vayou in Nikolai Legats revival of Marius Petipas The Talisman, St. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For the Russian athlete, see Aleksandr Baryshnikov. ... Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (October 3, 1928 – April 1, 1986) was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, director, actor, and writer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Giselle , Albrecht-Vladimir Muravlev Vladimir Muravlev (Russian: Владимир Муравлёв) Russian ballet dancer, born January 10, 1974 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). ...

Trivia

• The Variation of Giselle in waltz rhythm from the second act Grand Pas de Deux was written by Léon Minkus in 1866 at the behest of Marius Petipa for the Ballerina Adèle Grantzow. Minkus fashioned the variation from Adam's leitmotif for Albrecht and Giselle (also known as the Love Theme or the He Loves me, He loves me not theme). Today this variation is performed in every production of Giselle.

• The famous Pas Seul or Variation of Giselle from the first act was also written by Léon Minkus at the behest of Petipa in 1887 for the Ballerina Emma Bessone. The variation was originally the property of Bessone and was not performed for many years (specially composed variations were often the legal property of the Ballerina they were created for in Imperial Russia). It was resurrected by the Ballerina Olga Spessivtseva in the early 1910s, and is included in every production of the ballet today.

• The so-called Peasant Pas de Deux was interpolated into Act I of Giselle at the last minute right before the ballet's original premiere for the Ballerina Nathalie Fitzjames. As mistress of an influential patron of the Paris Opera, her request to participate in the production was granted, though due to another engagement Adolphe Adam was unable to compose the music for her desired number. Instead, an already existing suite of music known as Souvenirs de Ratisbonne by the composer Friedrich Burgmüller was used (Souvenirs de Ratisbonne translates from French as Memories of Regensburg, interestingly, this is where Burgmüller was born). Also for the original production, the Marche des Vignerons (a number which traditionally occurs before Giselle's famous variation in Act I) was interpolated from another work as well, also to the music of Burgmüller. Both interpolations have been included in every production of Giselle to the present day.

• In 1884 Petipa revived Giselle especially for the ballerina Mariia Gorshenkova, and it is this version which is the definitive staging from which all versions of the ballet are now based. For this revival, Petipa commissioned Ludwig Minkus to score a supplemental Pas de Deux for Act I to be danced by Giselle and Albrecht. Though this Pas was retained in the St. Petersburg productions of Giselle, it did not become part of the traditional score for the ballet and it is no longer performed, largely due to the fact that that the Ballet Russe's production did not include it (the Ballet Russe's production served as the foundation for nearly all western productions). Minkus' music for this Pas can be heard on the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra's recording of Giselle, conducted by Algis Zhuraitis. (This recording was only released onto LP in 1967 and was never re-released. See Melodiya SRB4118 1967, 2 LPs.)

• For Petipa's 1884 revival Minkus reorchestrated and re-edited much of Adolphe Adam's score. This version of the music is still in use by Russian companies, most notably the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet. The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra recorded this version twice. (See Melodiya, SRB4118, 1967, 2 LPs, conducted by Algis Zhuraitis) and (Pilz, 441003-2 and 441004-2 1989, also conducted by Algis Zhuraitis. This recording is also available in the 6 CD boxed-set of famous ballet music titled Original Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.)

• In 1978, the choreographer Gerald Arpino used Minkus's rarely heard Act I Pas de Deux for his ballet L'air d'espirit staged for the Joffrey Ballet.

• The famous conductor Richard Bonynge recorded Adolphe Adam's complete, unedited 1841 score for Giselle in 1987 with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. (See 2 CDs, Decca 425 185-2.)

• The ballet Giselle was one of the main focuses of Angel during the episode "Waiting in the Wings". Summer Glau performed the part of Giselle.

Léon Minkus Léon Fedorovich Minkus (born Ludwig Aloisius Minkus March 23, 1826, Grossmeseritsch (Czech Velké Meziříčí), near Brünn (Czech Brno), Austria-Hungary - 1917, Vienna) was the most popular and performed Ballet Composer of the 19th century. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva (July 18, 1895—September 16, 1991) was a Russian ballerina whose brilliant stage career spanned from 1913 to 1939. ... Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (December 4, 1806 - February 13, 1874) was a German pianist and composer. ... Regensburg (also Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 151. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Léon Bakst: Firebird, Ballerina, 1910 The Ballets Russes was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev and resident first in Théâtre Mogador, Paris; and then in Monte Carlo. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Gerald Arpino (born January 14, 1928) American dancer and choreographer; Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet. ... Joffrey ballet school in NYC The Joffrey Ballet is both a school, founded in 1952, and a dance company, founded in 1956. ... Richard Bonynge (born September 29, 1930) is an Australian conductor. ... This article is about the year 1987. ... For the South Korean TV series of the same name, see Angel (2007 TV series). ... Waiting in the Wings is episode 13 of season 3 of the television show Angel. ... Summer Glau (born July 24, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American dancer and actress, best known for her role as River Tam in the short-lived science fiction series Firefly and follow-up movie Serenity. ...

Structure

Act I

• no.1 Introduction
• no.2 Scène première
• no.3 Entrée d'Albrecht
• no.4 Entrée de Giselle
• no.5 Scène d'amour
• interpolation - Pas de deux pour Mlle. Maria Gorshenkova (Ludwig Minkus; 1884; this piece was only included in Imperial-era productions)
• no.6 Scène d'Hilarion
• no.7 Entrée de la vendageurs
• interpolation - Pas de cinq pour Mlle. Carlotta Grisi (Cesare Pugni; 1850; only included for Grisi's performance)
• no.8 Valse
• no.9 Scène dansante
• no.10 Le récit de Berthe
• no.11 Le chasse royale et scène
• no.12 Scène d'Hilarion
• no.13 Marche des vignerons
• interpolation - Variaton pour Mme. Emma Bessone (aka Pas seul) (Ludwig Minkus; 1887)
• interpolation - Pas de deux pour Mlle. Nathalie Fitzjames (aka Peasant pas de deux)

Fashioned from Souvenirs de Ratisbonne by Friedrich Burgmüller, c.1841 –

a. Entrée

b. Andante

c. Variation

d. Variation

interpolation - supplemental female variation (Mariinsky Theatre staging) (Cesare Pugni; from the ballet Cupid's Prank; 1890.)

e. Variation

f. Coda

• no.14 Galop générale
• no.15 Grand scène dramatique: La folie et la mort de Giselle

Act II

• no.16 Introduction et scène
• no.17 Entrée et danse de Myrthe
• no.18 Entrée des Wilis
• no.19 Grand pas des Wilis
• no.20 Entrée de Giselle
• no.21 Entrée d'Albrecht
• no.22 L'apparition de Giselle
• no.23 La mort d'Hilarion
• no.24 Scène des Wilis
• no.25 Grand pas d'action —

a. Grand adage

b. Variation de Giselle

c. Variation d'Albert

interpolation - Variation pour Mlle. Adèle Grantzow (Ludwig Minkus; 1867)

d. Coda

• no.26 Scène finale

Gallery

Carlotta Grisi as Giselle (1841)	Anna Pavlova as Giselle in Act I (ca. 1900)	Ballerina Xiomara Reyes as Giselle in Act II (2006) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the Olympic gymnast, see Anna Pavlova (gymnast). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Xiomara_reyes_Giselle06. ... Ballerina Xiomara Reyes in Giselle, Act II, 2006 Xiomara Reyes is a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre. ...	Adèle Dumilâtre as Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis. Colored lithograph, 1843 Image File history File links Myrta. ...
Famous Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova, as Giselle Image File history File links Galina Ulanova as Giselle. ...	English ballerina Beryl Goldwyn, as Giselle Image File history File links Size of this preview: 461 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (600 × 780 pixel, file size: 80 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Beryl Goldwyn in Giselle Act 1 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	Oxana Kuzmenko

External links

• The Earliest Russian Giselles - discusses the first interpretors of the role of Giselle in Imperial Russia

• Some dance history of Giselle by Suzanne McCarthy for the Royal Ballet

• Giselle Rudolf Nureyev dancing Albrecht in Giselle

Video:

• Short video of excerpts from the Act II pas de deux of Giselle
• Giselle, Act II - Myrtha and the wilis (Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet, 2001)
• (Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis - Act II variation from Giselle (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal)