Music ·Romance · Russia · 2012 · 2h 0m

Bolshoi Ballet: La Sylphide

Большой Театр: балет Сильфида

Director

Cast

Vyacheslav Lopatin as James Ekaterina Krysanova as Slyph Anna Rebetskaya as Effie Denis Savin as Gurn Irina Zibrova as Madge, a witch Irina Semirechenskaya as Anna, James' mother

Crew

Herman Severin Løvenskjold — Original Music Composer Filippo Taglioni — Story Adolphe Nourrit — Story Peter Farmer — Costume Design

Synopsis

On his wedding day, the young Scotsman James is awakened with a kiss from an ethereal winged creature, a Sylph. Entranced by her beauty, James risks everything to pursue an unattainable love. La Sylphide is one of the world’s oldest surviving ballets, and a treasure in Danish ballet master August Bournonville’s style. Staged for the Bolshoi by Bournonville expert Johan Kobborg, this production is the ultimate romantic masterpiece. Captured live from the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

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