Hello Gentlemen,
It's Asian Nicole. La Sylphide, the 180-year-old, Romantic era dance-drama that opened the National Ballet of Canada’s almost-spring season on Wednesday. My darling culture professor couldn't wait to take me to see this amazing ballet show right after I came back from a long and restful vacation. I feel deeply honored to have been invited by him
to see it on the opening day.
La Sylphide is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original one choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. Bournonville's is the only version known to have survived and thus is one of the world's oldest surviving ballets.
This narrative ballet is about a sylph, or woodland sprite, and her enticement of a young Scotsman away from his home and ultimately to his demise on his wedding day—was created for Copenhagen’s Royal Danish Ballet in 1836.
The National Ballet was among the first troupes outside Denmark to embrace it in a production staged by Erik Bruhn in 1964. This new version, staged by another outstanding Royal Danish Ballet-trained dancer, Johan Kobborg, is the company’s third. As an attempt to keep a creaky antique alive, it is admirable.
Wednesday’s opening cast was led by the company’s most recently hired principal, Jurgita Dronina, who at times looked as if she’d stepped, pinkie-perfect, from a 19th-century ballet lithograph.
Thank you so much for the wonderful evening, my darling culture professor! This ballet show was spectacular, and I enjoyed it a lot!
It's Asian Nicole. La Sylphide, the 180-year-old, Romantic era dance-drama that opened the National Ballet of Canada’s almost-spring season on Wednesday. My darling culture professor couldn't wait to take me to see this amazing ballet show right after I came back from a long and restful vacation. I feel deeply honored to have been invited by him
to see it on the opening day.
La Sylphide is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original one choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. Bournonville's is the only version known to have survived and thus is one of the world's oldest surviving ballets.
This narrative ballet is about a sylph, or woodland sprite, and her enticement of a young Scotsman away from his home and ultimately to his demise on his wedding day—was created for Copenhagen’s Royal Danish Ballet in 1836.
The National Ballet was among the first troupes outside Denmark to embrace it in a production staged by Erik Bruhn in 1964. This new version, staged by another outstanding Royal Danish Ballet-trained dancer, Johan Kobborg, is the company’s third. As an attempt to keep a creaky antique alive, it is admirable.
Wednesday’s opening cast was led by the company’s most recently hired principal, Jurgita Dronina, who at times looked as if she’d stepped, pinkie-perfect, from a 19th-century ballet lithograph.
Thank you so much for the wonderful evening, my darling culture professor! This ballet show was spectacular, and I enjoyed it a lot!
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