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Scenery, costumes make this a special `Giselle'
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American Ballet Theatre, "Giselle," staged by Mikhail Baryshnikov
after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, music by Adolph
Adam. Thursday night, Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress. Through
Saturday. 922-2110.
The film critics panned "Dancers," the Herbert Ross movie
starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, when it came out last fall. But the
American Ballet Theatre production of "Giselle," the centerpiece of
the film, looked lovely Thursday night in the first of five
performances at th...
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Performers leave stamp on 'Giselle'; Romantic attitude is product of casting change
Chicago Sun-Times
; JOFFREY BALLET IN 'GISELLE' When: Through Oct. 28 Where: Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Tickets: $25-$140 Phone: (312) 902-1500 - - - In ballet, as in theater, a classic is just a grand blueprint. The steps do not change from one performance to the next, yet with each shift in casting, the
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The Joffrey Ballet opens its new season with Giselle
Chicago Defender
; The Jeffrey Ballet launches its 2007-2008 season with their firstever full production staging of the romantic classic, Giselle at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Pkwy., Wednesday. There will be nine performances. According to plans, Giselle will feature the entire
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'Giselle' star puts body, soul in work; Jaiani comes of age in single magical evening of ballet
Chicago Sun-Times
; The joffrey ballet in 'Giselle' HIGHLY RECOMMENDED When: Through Oct. 28 Where: Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Tickets: $25-$140 Phone: (312) 902-1500 It was just four years ago that Victoria Jaiani, an exceedingly willowy, dark-haired beauty with the face of a cameo and the ideal proportions
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Guests shine in `Giselle' // Milwaukee Ballet supplies admirable backup
Chicago Sun-Times
; Milwaukee Ballet, "Giselle," choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, staged by Enrique Martinez, assisted by Basil Thompson. Music by Adolphe Adam, scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Stanley Simmons, lighting by James Leitner. Daniel Forlano, music director. Friday night, Auditorium
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A round robin of leading roles in `Giselle'
The Boston Globe
; Boston Ballet is giving four couples the chance to dance the leading roles in the production of "Giselle" that opens the company's 28th season and runs through Sunday at the Wang Center. Trinidad Sevillano and Patrick Armand, the opening night couple reviewed here previously, tackled the roles of
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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BALLET'S 'GISELLE' FILLED WITH ENCHANTING SPIRITS.(Living)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
; Byline: Jerry Stein Post arts writer In this week when witches walk and the dead seem to dwell near during the observances of Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls' Day, the Cincinnati Ballet plans to give audiences the wilis and a few other dance treats. This weekend, the company opens its
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Harlem's Lifeless 'Creole Giselle'
The Washington Post
; Dance Theatre of Harlem hadn't danced the full-length "Creole Giselle" -- its relocated version of the romantic ballet "Giselle" -- in eight years, and it shows. While there were some nice moments in the company's opening-night performance of the ballet Tuesday at the Kennedy Center Opera House,
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Dance;Bolshoi's Bloodless `Giselle';At Wolf Trap, Heroine Is Unconvincing
The Washington Post
; What good is a "Giselle" without a Giselle, without, that is, a dramatically convincing heroine? The answer is, not much, as we found out the hard way Friday night with the first of the Bolshoi Ballet's three scheduled lead casts at Wolf Trap. Despite more than a century of carefully cultivated
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Romancing 'Giselle'
The Washington Post
; GETTING TO THE CORE of a 19th-century romantic ballet such as "Giselle" is as challenging for a choreographer as finding a fresh point of view for a new production of, say, Shakespeare's "Hamlet." So says Septime Webre, artistic director of the Washington Ballet, who has been doing just that for
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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St Petersburg's Giselle sensitive to its drama.(News)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
; Dymchik Saykeev, whose version of Giselle this is, does something in the role of Hilarion that sums up the diligent subtlety of the production. Giselle, having discovered that the aristocrat Count Albrecht has been, as they used to say, trifling with her affections, goes mad rather than getting mad
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