American Ballet Theatre's 'Giselle': As Haunting as Can Be From: The Washington Post | Date: February 5, 2005| Author: | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

"Giselle," ballet's grand romantic ghost story from 1841, is a tale of love, betrayal, madness and, above all, passion. In its second and third performances of the ballet this season, American Ballet Theatre showed that passion comes in several flavors.

On Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center, Amanda McKerrow, as the peasant girl whose love endures beyond the grave, was simple and sincere in her feelings for Albrecht (the equally sincere Ethan Stiefel), the count who courts her but forgets to tell her he's betrothed. Her mad scene afterward was in the same quiet key: Her world imploded, and ...

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