Gizelle Ballet Story And A Bit Of History

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The Gizelle Ballet Story is one of the oldest ballets that is still performed today, and still very popular. This ballet has always been one of my favorites. As a little girl, I fell in love with the long romantic white sylph costumes, and to me, they were better than traditional tutu’s. Gizelle Ballet Story … Read more

La Sylphide Ballet Story – The Epitome of Romanticism

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La Sylphide ballet story was ballet’s statement ballet in the Age of Romanticism. Marie Taglioni was and always will be the incarnation of its ideal. Her light and graceful dancing and her use of pointe for expressive purposes were fully exploited in the ballet that her father created for her in 1832. La Sylphide became … Read more