Giselle: Belle of the Ballet (2017)

ALL 04/02/2017 (en) Music, Drama 59 Min
  • Release
    04/02/2017
  • Production
    BBC Studios, English National Ballet
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  • Original title
    Giselle: Belle of the Ballet
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

Tamara Rojo, dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet, explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any ballerina. Through two radically contrasting 2016 productions - a traditional 19th-century recreation, and a gritty reimagining of the work by celebrated Anglo-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan - Rojo examines the cultural and social background to the ballet’s genesis in 1840s Paris, and the spiritual themes that have fuelled its success over the last 175 years. Giselle is the story of a young peasant girl who personifies all that is good in life, and ultimately forgives the aristocrat who has seduced and betrayed her. With Giselle, the look and emotional heart of ballet was transformed forever, from mime-based storytelling to a fusion of emotion, music and movement, formulating a tradition that has inspired audiences, dancers and choreographers ever since.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Ged Murphy

    Editor

  4. Producer



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Giselle: Belle of the Ballet (2017) 59 Min

ALL 04/02/2017 (en)
Music, Drama
  • Release 04/02/2017
  • Production
    BBC Studios, English National Ballet
  • Original title Giselle: Belle of the Ballet
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Tamara Rojo, dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet, explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any ballerina. Through two radically contrasting 2016 productions - a traditional 19th-century recreation, and a gritty reimagining of the work by celebrated Anglo-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan - Rojo examines the cultural and social background to the ballet’s genesis in 1840s Paris, and the spiritual themes that have fuelled its success over the last 175 years. Giselle is the story of a young peasant girl who personifies all that is good in life, and ultimately forgives the aristocrat who has seduced and betrayed her. With Giselle, the look and emotional heart of ballet was transformed forever, from mime-based storytelling to a fusion of emotion, music and movement, formulating a tradition that has inspired audiences, dancers and choreographers ever since.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Ged Murphy

    Editor

  4. Producer