Philadelphia Ballet will conclude its 2024/25 season with a compelling double bill: the timeless Romantic ballet La Sylphide and the exhilarating neoclassical work Études. Performances will run May 8 ...
Fairies flit, witches curse, and peasants race across the Scottish highlands in a colorfully scored romantic intrigue. It's the stuff of high fantasy managed best by the grand ballet, and this weekend ...
His name may not be that familiar to American audiences nowadays, but Bournonville was the Lord Byron of romantic-era ballet, and a master of telling stories in dance. Since he was a dancer as well as ...
Step into a world of enchantment, mystery, and ethereal beauty with La Sylphide. This beloved Scottish tale of love and illusion continues to captivate audiences with themes of forbidden love, nature ...
"La Sylphide" is a ballet about a man who loves the wrong woman and pays for his mistake in blood. It is ripe with some of the dance world's loveliest moments, and it has spawned legions of imitations ...