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| Composer | Delibes, Léo (1836-1891) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1876 |
| Work type | Dance |
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Of myth and music: American Ballet Theatre’s Sylvia
American Ballet Theatre brings back the Ashton classic Sylvia and offers tremendous central performances.
ABT: Ashton's Sylvia showcases the entire company
The audience walked out of the theater feeling airborne and filled with the kind of joy you only feel after a truly special performance. Sylvia is an absolute treasure.
Beautiful and full of complexity: Hamburg Ballet's Sylvia
John Neumeier's Sylvia is a ballet that, like Greek theatre, speaks for all time and is a joy to watch.
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The jinx and rehabilitation of Sylvia
Thirteen years after its restoration - and at the grand old age of 140 - Sylvia might, at last, be free of her jinx. Discover the complex history of Léo Delibes' ballet, written here by Graham Watts.