Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle
movie
Released January 23, 2011
Overview
Learning that Albrecht, her beloved, is in fact a nobleman engaged to be married to a princess, the naive peasant girl Giselle dies. The Queen of the Wilis—the spirits of deceased young virgins—decides that Albrecht should follow Giselle to the grave, and condemns him to dance until he dies of exhaustion. But Giselle’s spirit dances with him and saves him. With music by Adolphe Adam and a libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, the ballet touches on the great romantic themes: local colour, a pastoral love affair doomed to end in tragedy, a plunge into fantasy and redemption through the power of love.
Cast
Svetlana Lunkina
as
Giselle
Dmitry Gudanov
as
Albrecht
Vitaly Biktimirov
as
Hans
Maria Allash
as
Myrtha
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Elena Bukanova
as
Berthe
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Ekaterina Barykina
as
Bathilde
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Victoria Osipova
as
Two Wilis
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Olga Kishnyova
as
Two Wilis
Alexei Loparevich
as
Duke
Vladislav Lantratov
as
Wilfreed
Chinara Alizade
as
Peasants pas de deux
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Andrei Bolotin
as
Peasants pas de deux
Crew
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Jules Perrot
as
Choreographer
Adolphe Adam
as
Original Music Composer
Marius Petipa
as
Choreographer
Vincent Bataillon
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Director
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Jean Coralli
as
Choreographer
Yuri Grigorovich
as
Choreographer
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Pavel Klinichev
as
Conductor
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Simon Virsaladze
as
Set Designer
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Simon Virsaladze
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Costume Design
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Mikhail Sokolov
as
Lighting Design
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Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
as
Original Story
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Heinrich Heine
as
Original Story