Giselle captures the title as the crowning masterwork of the romantic ballet It is presented in two acts and was first performed in Paris is 1841. It became an immediate success, with staging of ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perfection is a goal rarely, if ever, reached in ballet. Los Angeles Ballet’s production of “Giselle,” which opens its 10th season, strives for perfection and momentarily nears it, though not in all ...

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 ...

Maina Gielgud’s Giselle opened to a standing ovation on 13 November at the Baxter Theatre. Performed to a recording of the ...

"Giselle" returned to Ballet San Jose Thursday night, after an absence of a dozen years, with a stealth star: Iñaki Urlezaga, of the Royal Ballet of London. Cast opposite Karen Gabay's richly ...