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Miami City Ballet ` Giselle`

GISELLE

The Miami City Ballet 's Giselle Abstract

Giselle is a ballet created by the renowned French poet and author Theophile Gautier in the mid 1800 's . This romantic ballet epitomizes the elegance of the 19th century and many of the same emotions and story lines run parallel to today 's societies all over the world , which is why the tragic love story of Giselle will continue to be watched by many for years to come . The relevance in modern day ensures that it will never age , and the romance will

never go out of fashion . In fact , this ballet provides many people with the hopeful notion that everlasting , pure love like the love shared between Giselle and her Prince Albrecht can still exist in their lives The Miami City Ballet 's Giselle

Giselle in considered to be the quintessential ballet of the 19th century and has universal themes that run throughout the tragic love story . The Miami City Ballet 's version is one that succeeds in bringing those themes across beautifully , with an excellent Giselle who encourages you to feel with her as she dances gracefully as a peasant girl and then as a Wilis (a doomed spirit of dead girls that have died before their wedding day . The Miami City Ballet 's principal dancers , as well as the corps de ballet , ensure that their movement is precise and in complete harmony to portray the essence of this piece and encourage new audiences as well as regular patrons to keep the romance alive in today 's skeptical world

History of Giselle

Giselle was first conceived by a famous French author , poet , and critique Theophile Gautier in the mid 1800 's . He was moved by a piece of literature written in 1835 by Heinrich Heine called De l 'Allemagne . In a passage of it , Heine describes a scene with spirits in flowing white gowns that wander hopelessly in the night and can be seen as supernatural apparitions in the moonlight . Gautier immediately wrote to Heine and told him that he thought , What a pretty ballet one could make of that (Charles Gautier -Gerard Charles , Ballet Met 2001 ) and imagined the ballerina who he was in love with , Carlotta Grisi to play the role of Giselle

Gautier sent the idea to Marquis de Saint-Georges , Jules-Henri Vernoy who eloquently penned most of the first act , and together with Gautier the second act . The libretto was finished within three days and has remained was made in the ballet arena at this time and how this ballet is often referred to as the perfect romantic ballet

Following the completion of the libretto , Gautier took the ballet to Grisi 's ballet teacher and husband Jules Perrot who was impressed by the work . He in turn showed it to the composer Adolphe Adam who got approval from the Paris Opera Director Leon Pillet to begin work on it . His ethereal and spine chilling composition took only 8 days to sketch and three weeks to complete . Choreography...

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