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ENB in Mary Skeaping's Giselle: authentic, exquisite dancing

Erina Takahashi as Giselle and Francesco Gabriele Frola as Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's Giselle
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Erina Takahashi as Giselle and Francesco Gabriele Frola as Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's Giselle
© Photography by ASH
Erina Takahashi as Giselle and Precious Adams as Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis in Giselle
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Erina Takahashi as Giselle in Mary Skeaping's Giselle
© Photography by ASH
English National Ballet in Act 2 of Mary Skeaping's Giselle
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Francesco Gabriele Frola as Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's Giselle
© Photography by ASH
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“Here the focus is on precise, neat work with soft, rounded port de bras”
Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 15 January 2025
Giselle (Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Mary Skeaping)
Gavin Sutherland, Conductor
David Walker, Set Designer
Charles Bristow, Lighting Designer
David Mohr, Lighting Designer
Erina Takahashi, Dancer
Francesco Gabriele Frola, Dancer
Precious Adams, Dancer
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