La Sylphide opened in March 2012 at the 2000 seat Convention Centre Dublin – a remarkable achievement and milestone for Irish Ballet led by Ireland’s most well known ballerina, Monica Loughman. Since ...
This story was originally published by ArtsATL. “La Sylphide,” which Atlanta Ballet presented last weekend at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, is a Romantic ballet blanc (white ballet), with all ...
La Slyphide’s human realm of a small Scottish community meets the spiritual realm of the enchanted forest. A winged sylph (fairy) uses her magical charms to lure James away from his fiancée and ...
"La Sylphide" is a ballet about a man who loves the wrong woman and pays for his mistake in blood. It is ripe with some of the dance world's loveliest moments, and it has spawned legions of imitations ...
Fairies flit, witches curse, and peasants race across the Scottish highlands in a colorfully scored romantic intrigue. It's the stuff of high fantasy managed best by the grand ballet, and this weekend ...
His name may not be that familiar to American audiences nowadays, but Bournonville was the Lord Byron of romantic-era ballet, and a master of telling stories in dance. Since he was a dancer as well as ...
San Francisco Ballet will launch its 2025-26 season starting Dec. 5 with programming that includes the world premiere of “Eugene Onegin;” the traditional repertory pieces “Don Quixote,” “La Sylphide” ...