Classic ballets change over time---sometimes radically. Take “Giselle,” the antique, tragic two-act dance drama about a peasant girl driven mad by a nobleman but who rises from her grave to save his ...

The miraculously-intact 19th-century choreography of the second act is part of the attraction, but so is the character of Giselle, the peasant girl who, seduced and betrayed by a nobleman in disguise, ...

"Giselle" returned to Ballet San Jose Thursday night, after an absence of a dozen years, with a stealth star: Iñaki Urlezaga, of the Royal Ballet of London. Cast opposite Karen Gabay's richly ...

Two productions of Giselle, one faithful to the Romantic tradition, the other the product of a contemporary ballerina’s impatience with what she views as the dated aspects of the work, are among many ...

Emily Dew, left, is Act II Giselle and Isabella Loccisano is Myrtha in Ballet Western Reserve's production of "Giselle." (Submitted photo / Elaine Manusakis) YOUNGSTOWN — Two Giselles. No males.

Early in their romance, the peasant maiden Giselle puts her pursuer’s intentions to an age-old test. She plucks a flower’s petals one by one, saying, “He loves me, he loves me not.” Pulls between ...

San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson set out on one of the dance world’s most significant adventures Thursday evening at the War Memorial Opera House. During the next 10 days, no ...

Among the many fictional characters who can claim Paris as their home, perhaps none is as universally loved as the ballet heroine Giselle. This pure-hearted innocent, who dies betrayed yet returns as ...

Despite the ghostly Wilis, "Giselle" is the most human of the great 19th century ballets. That's the way performed their lovely new version of the tragic tale of the peasant girl who loves dancing and ...

NEW YORK — Between them, Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborg have performed in dozens of “Giselle” productions over the years. Kobborg alone estimates he’s danced in 25 versions of the beloved Romantic ...