The TelstraClear Season of Giselle
Presented by: Royal New Zealand Ballet A new staging of this
quintessential ballet is co-produced by Ethan Stiefel and Johan
Kobborg, internationally acclaimed principal dancer of the Royal
Ballet.
Gillian Murphy, RNZB Principal Guest Artist and star of American
Ballet Theatre, dances Giselle, one of the most dramatic roles in
the classical ballet repertoire.
Disguise and revelation, love and jealousy combine in this
tragic tale. A love story unfolds against the ghostly backdrop of a
Rhineland forest haunted by the fearful presence of the "Wilis" -
vengeful spirits of abandoned brides. The beautiful peasant girl,
Giselle, falls for Albrecht who conceals his identity to win her.
The discovery of her lover's deception shatters Giselle's innocence
and causes her to die of a broken heart. Albrecht is thrown into
the hands of the merciless Wilis, but Giselle cannot bear to watch
him die and returns as a ghost to save him.
Giselle is the most dramatic and beautiful of ballets and RNZB's
brand new production is a must see in 2012.
CHOREOGRAPHY Johann Kobborg and Ethan Stiefel after Marius
Petipa
PRODUCTION Johan Kobborg and Ethan Stiefel
MUSIC Adolphe Adam
DESIGN TBC LIGHTING TBC