There’s a beautiful peasant girl, a handsome count and a waltz-happy village overflowing with wine. But one fatal lie lurks beneath this Cinderella story.
Posted November 15, 2019Hot on the heels of Halloween, The National Ballet of Canada’s Giselle delivered supernatural chills, youthful exuberance and poignant heartbreak.
Posted November 15, 2019In @giselle, Josh Beamish takes the tragic romance of Giselle, which dates back to 1841, and inserts a third player, social media, to expose its role in modern-day relationships.
Posted September 19, 2019Would Giselle, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty pass the Bechdel Test?
Posted June 13, 2018First staged in 1841, Giselle is often thought of as a straightforward story ballet. Vancouver-based Coastal City Ballet, a repertory company founded in 2011, stuck closely to the very specific and illustrative music by French composer Adolphe Adam, and choreographer Irene Schneider does an impressive job of working with the score to create scenes that challenge the various levels of dance ability within the company.
Posted May 30, 2017
Montréal QC
May 25-27 mai 2017
Ballet
Toronto ON
May 11-13 mai 2017
May 11-13 @ 8:00 | 20:00
Ballet
Before a single dancer appears on stage opening night at The National Ballet of Canada’s production of Giselle, a medley of magic and madness already fills the air.
Posted June 21, 2016An innocent peasant girl, a prince in disguise, and an undead queen. Saccharine leitmotifs and the most enthusiastic use of triangle in any orchestral work. Giselle has it all.
Posted June 21, 2016Traditionally described as ‘the ballerina’s Hamlet’, this production of Giselle by The National Ballet of Canada soundly debunks the adage.
Posted June 21, 2016
Ottawa ON
November 10-12 novembre 2016
8:00 | 20:00
Ballet
Toronto ON
June 15-19 juin 2016
Ballet
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