Giselle is pretty much the oldest ballet in the repertoire. First seen in 1841, it set the template for the artform: a broken-hearted love story which dives into the supernatural. Sharp storytelling, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. GISELLE was the first ballet to feature dancers "en-pointe" and was done to ...

3 Sarasota Opera’s DaCapo Society and Palm Avenue Fine Art Host Masquerade Reception on Opening Night of COSÌ FAN TUTTE Giselle captures the title as the crowning masterwork of the romantic ballet It ...

This production, itself more than 50 years old, offers the closest possible experience of a Romantic ballet as it might have been in the mid-1800s – minus the gas lighting and noisy stage machinery.

Costume designer Roberta Guidi di Bagno scrunched her eyes to get a better look at the nearly finished medieval-style jacket on a standing form in Houston Ballet's wardrobe studio. She wanted to see a ...

How does a choreographer approach reconfiguring one of the foundation story ballets? If you’re Stanton Welch, it’s by making the narrative stronger than it already is. Such is the case with his ...

San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson set out on one of the dance world’s most significant adventures Thursday evening at the War Memorial Opera House. During the next 10 days, no ...

We’ll keep this simple: Tulsa Ballet’s opening night performance of “Giselle,” Friday at the Tulsa PAC, was just about perfect. “Giselle” has been challenging dancers and thrilling audiences for 178 ...

SAN ANTONIO — Ballet San Antonio is preparing for the ambitious and epic debut of its fall production, Giselle, a story of romance, grief and betrayal. Giselle will be performed over multiple shows ...

It’s one of the lesser-known fairy tales in all the land. But lovers of ballet know “Giselle” as a beloved classic, and one that is still performed on stages around the world after it premiered in ...