Giselle - The National Ballet of Canada / Le Ballet national du Canada

Thu Jan 30 2025 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm UTC-05:00

1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ontario K1P 5W1 | Ottawa

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Giselle - The National Ballet of Canada \/ Le Ballet national du Canada
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A jewel of the classical repertoire, Giselle has continued to captivate audiences since it was first created in Paris in 1841. Sir Peter Wright’s Giselle has been in the National Ballet’s repertoire since 1970; based on Marius Petipa’s choreography, it preserves the essence of Coralli and Perrot’s original Romantic ballet with an immersive journey into human passions and the supernatural. The bright, bucolic scenes of Act I, in which Giselle dances passionately with Albrecht at the harvest festival, give way to the ghostly nighttime scenes of Act II. The spirit world overlays the real world, dance becomes the language of the soul, and the vanishing presence of Giselle seems to defy gravity. It is a night of infinite beauty and grace.
Giselle, a purehearted peasant girl, is seduced by Albrecht, a prince who, unbeknownst to her, is already engaged to another woman. When she learns of Albrecht’s betrayal, she loses her reason and dies. She joins the Wilis, the spirits of betrothed young women who have been betrayed by their lovers and now haunt the forest. Doomed to dance to death, Albrecht can only be saved by Giselle’s intervention as the Wilis flee the coming day.
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Joyau du répertoire classique, Giselle n’a cessé de subjuguer depuis sa création à Paris en 1841. La Giselle de Sir Peter Wright, d’après Marius Petipa, entrée au répertoire du Ballet national en 1970, conserve la quintessence du grand ballet romantique original de Coralli et Perrot, immersion totale au cœur des passions humaines et des forces surnaturelles. Les scènes champêtres et lumineuses de l’Acte I, où Giselle danse passionnément avec Albrecht à la Fête des vendanges, font place aux visions nocturnes et spectrales de l’Acte II. Le monde immatériel se superpose au monde réel. La danse devient le langage de l’âme, et Giselle, présence évanescente, semble triompher de la pesanteur. Une soirée d’une beauté et d’une grâce infinies.
Jeune paysanne au cœur pur, Giselle se laisse séduire par Albrecht, un prince promis à une autre dont elle ignore l’identité. Apprenant la tromperie d’Albrecht, elle perd la raison et meurt. Elle rejoint les willis, les âmes de ces jeunes fiancées trahies par leurs amants, qui hantent la forêt. Condamné à danser jusqu’à la mort, Albrecht ne sera sauvé que par l’intervention de Giselle et du jour naissant entraînant la fuite des willis.
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