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Pari réussi à l'Opéra Comique pour cette réjouissante réhabilitation de l'opéra d'Adolphe Adam. Mise en scène luxuriante et interprètes de choix : une production à ne pas manquer.

L’Église Saint-Bonaventure s’est remplie des mystères vocaux de l’Avent, de Bach à Rutter.

L'Opéra de Toulon a pris le risque de programmer en ouverture de saison Le Chalet d'Adolphe Adam. Malgré une salle à moitié remplie, le talent des artistes et l'entrain de la partition ont sucité l'adhésion. 

Giselle, emblème du répertoire romantique du Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, brille de nouveau à l’Opéra Garnier, magnifiquement interprété par les étoiles Dorothée Gilbert et Mathieu Ganio et un corps de ballet d’une grande sensibilité.

The welcome return of a thoughtful interpretation of this much-loved ballet  

Ako Kondo dances a gorgeous Giselle in this restaging of a much-loved production.

Based on a story published by Heinrich Heine in 1834, Giselle has long stood as a front runner in the classical ballet canon.

Pennsylvania Ballet kicks off the season with its first Giselle since Angel Corella took over the artistic directorship five years ago. A cast dominated by soloists and corps more than did it justice.

La Scala Ballet delights with a beautifully-danced Giselle for the company's first Australian visit.

Top tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres dared to duel at the Concertgebouw. Both emerged victorious, and not just because of the volley of sensational top notes.

Organised by Berlin State Ballet audience’s darling, the principal dancer Polina Semionova, the gala Polina & Friends and its stellar cast literally left the house roaring from enthusiasm.

Peter Wright's evergreen production continues to delight led by a defining performance by Marianela Nuñez in the title role .

Anette Delgado and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba’s corps de ballet boost Giselle in Madrid.

Washington Ballet's Giselle under the new directorship of Julie Kent

A first-class, five-star evening made even more exceptional by the extra gift of Cojocaru’s masterclass

Giselle is a story of love and loss, words left unspoken and the pain of regret. The Australian Ballet's tragedy is a beautifully poignant representation of human emotion.

International Ballet stars come together on stage in London to honour the late legendary Russian ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya.

The Royal Ballet's Giselle is classical ballet at its best, paying deep reverence to the original with some of the heavier elements refreshed. Excellently performed by Sarah Lamb and Matthew Golding. 

Die Göteborger Symphoniker gaben mit dem Symphonischen Chor ein besinnliches Konzert für die Adventzeit.

Unlike some contemporary Giselle being performed in the West, National Ballet of China’s version harks back to the delicacy and romance of the 1841 original. The choreography performed at Beijing’s NCPA last Friday was strikingly beautiful, wonderfully capturing the profound emotion of the piece. 

San Francisco Ballet's Giselle brought enthusiastic Beijingers out in hordes to see Yuan Yuan Tan in the title role at the National Center for the Performing Arts on Friday night. 

Rebranded Silicon Valley Ballet, the former Ballet San Jose makes history with its première of Alicia Alonso's Giselle, a US première from National Ballet of Cuba that seduces and enthralls.

Michael Pink's Giselle for Milwaukee Ballet is set in a 1940’s Jewish ghetto, policed by armed guards. This moving production is supported by Gavin Sutherland's modernist updating of the score, and Lez Brotherston's striking, muted designs. 

Helgi Tomasson's Giselle for San Francisco Ballet makes a powerful feminist statement, despite any reservations which our reviewer may have had about lead casting. Act II is a resounding triumph for the corps de ballet, for leads Maria Kochetkova, Sofiane Sylve, Vitor Luiz, and Pascal Molat, and soloists Sasha De Sola and Dores André.

The National Ballet of Cuba performs Dame Alicia Alonso's Giselle at the 24th International Festival of Ballet in Havana.

In an all French language opera progromme, Juan Diego Flórez shines in his Dublin leg of Tour l'Amour 

Despite the recent unrest in Ukraine, the greatest emotion to pour forth in the city of Odessa came from the stage of the charming Opera and Ballet Theatre in Giselle.

American Ballet Theatre’s second program of their tour is the All Star Gala, not just a star-studded pas de deux evening but with two brilliant works, Balanchine's Theme and Variations and Ratmansky's Piano Concerto no. 1.

The opening dance programme of this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival was Giselle, performed by La Scala Ballet, who made a welcome return to Hong Kong after seven years. Reviewed by Kevin Ng at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

The San Francisco Ballet delivers a memorable Giselle with the finesse and classicism the ballet demands, at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House.

The Scottish Concert Orchestra and Russian State Ballet of Siberia keep the Christmas spirit alive with Music and Dance at the Ballet at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

They’re finally here, back in London to wow audiences once again with their scintillating dancing. The darlings of the ballet world, Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev last appeared together in the capital two summers ago, and a few months later sent shock waves like the aftermath of an earthquake around the dance community when they announced that they were leaving their alma mater, the Bolshoi Ba

It would be hard to find someone who has not heard of Anna Pavlova. The name alone conjures up words such as elegant, visionary, iconic. Her acclaim results from a career in ballet spanning over 30 years, in which she had a tremendous influence over the world of classical dance and earned her place as one of the finest Russian ballerinas in history.

If you’re a regular theatergoer you may notice a discreet sign in the lobby when you show your ticket at the door. A slip of paper inserted in your program catches your eye, “In this evening’s performance of Giselle, the role of...” Your heart sinks: an understudy.No one wants to hear that a cast member in any production is unable to perform, especially not when it’s due to injury.

The Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova is a true legend in the world of classical ballet. Her dramatic interpretations plumbed deep into the human soul and revealed its full gamut of emotion and poetic beauty.