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Louise Levene on dance
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James loves Effie. Effie loves James. Enter the Sylph and this
happy Scottish menage is destroyed in the twinkling of a toe shoe,
as the young Scot turns his back on bourgeois bliss in the reckless
pursuit of his light-footed lady-love. La Sylphide is considered
the archetypal romantic ballet. First created in 1832 for the
legendary ballerina Marie Taglioni, the ballet exploited the
popular taste for Walter Scottish romanticism. Taglioni, her shoes
bravely stuffed with cotton wool, turned da...
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Boston Ballet kicks off with the fantastical The company brings a road-tested `La Sylphide' to the fall lineup
The Boston Globe
; SEASON TICKET / FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2007 / DANCE It's too bad local dance fans couldn't have tagged along on Boston Ballet's recent six-week tour of Spain. In the company's first overseas venture in more than 16 years, it garnered sold-out houses and standing ovations at international festivals
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Chasing the Evanescent Spirit of 'La Sylphide'
The Washington Post
; Hear the word "sylph" and you'll probably think of an ethereal young woman. In folklore, a sylph is a creature of the air, a fairy. In ballet, she's the embodiment of romanticism. Dainty and demure, she lures men away from their world and into hers. Even if you don't know her story, you've learned
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Bewitching sylph
The Spectator
; La Sylphide; The Lesson; Les Rendezvous The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House It was with the 1832 ballet La Sylphide that Marie Taglioni acquired international repute and legendary status. Her angel-like, gravity-defying dancing earned her the affectionate appellation 'Christian' dancer, which sits
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NEW YEAR ECSTASY Dance
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Royal Ballet: La Sylphide, Rhapsody, Napoli divertissements English National Ballet: Giselle The Royal and English National Ballets have composted the remains of the Christmas cake, picked the last pine needle from the carpet and swapped their Nutcrackers for La Sylphide and Giselle. August
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Crossing the border
The Spectator
; Dance Scottish Ballet (Sadler's Wells) Crossing the border Giannandrea Poesio The success and the popularity of companies such as Scottish Ballet depend greatly on a tailor-made repertoire that exploits the skills and talents of the dancers. It is the well thought out combination of suitable modern
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Airy magic and earthy passions ; Dance ++ NAPOLI DIVERTISSEMENTS/ LA SYLPHIDE ++ Royal Opera House LONDON
The Independent - London
; When the curtain goes up, they're already dancing, darting and whirling through Bournonville's speedy footwork. These are festive dances, taken from the 19th-century ballet Napoli. The new Royal Ballet staging starts with speed, style and a sense of celebration. Danced with La Sylphide, the Napoli
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High-spirited Danes at KenCen.(ARTS & CULTURE)(DANCE)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Jean Battey Lewis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Quite an antidote for a gloomy winter season, the Royal Danish Ballet is in town, bringing its appealing mix of sunny dancing, charmingly old-fashioned plots and overall joie de vivre. At its opening performance Tuesday, the company danced Napoli,
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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La Sylphide best forgotten; Philip Key Arts Diary BALLET.(Arts)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; Byline: Malcolm Handley La Sylphide The Lowry WHAT is it about the Scots and witches? From Macbeth on, you can almost guarantee the old hag will be wheeled on stage, offered the opportunity to read fortunes, only for her to repay the favour by predicting doom and gloom. Still, if they are
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Hamilton: La Sylphide a landmark as Moore reaches 700.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: David Carr George Moore stole the show by landing the 700th winner of his career when La Sylphide took the nine-furlong handicap. And he did it in style as his mare made all to follow up her recent course-and-distance win by five lengths under apprentice Tom Eaves. She is a grand little
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BALLET REVIEW; Triumph of evil inevitable in 'La Sylphide'; Boston Ballet gives its rendition of classic tale a true Danish flavor
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; If "La Sylphide" is not the quintessential classical ballet, it was certainly the first full-length story ballet about the yearnings of ordinary human beings for an unobtainable ideal, symbolized by other-worldly beings like sylphs, fairies, or swan princesses who came out to dance in moonlit
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