“Giselle,” composed by Adolphe Adam, is the oldest continuously-performed ballet in the art form’s history. It tells the story of a peasant woman who dies of a broken heart upon learning her beau is a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Originally choreographed by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli to a commissioned score ...

Since its Paris premiere in 1841, Giselle has become one of the most alluring and popular ballets of all time. Through stunning classical dance and music by Adolphe Adam, the ballet takes the audience ...

Here's a selection from a classic recording of Adolphe Adam's Giselle. Decca originally released this recording in the early '60s, and re-released it on CD earlier this year. Herbert von Karajan leads ...

The Grand Kyiv Ballet is taking their performance of ballet classic "Giselle" on the road, coming to Nashville as one of their tour stops. Dancers will leap and twirl on the stage of the Grand Ole ...

"Giselle" could be called one of the most romantic of ballets — albeit "hauntingly" so, as the course of true love certainly doesn't run smooth. There's deception and the broken heart of Giselle, a ...

The story of the 1841 French ballet “Giselle” by French composer Adolphe Adam is the stuff of European fairy tales (and horror movies): vengeful young lady spirits put spells on living young men that ...

Since its premiere in Paris in 1841, Giselle has captured the imagination and torn at the heart with its Romantic tale of love, tragedy, vengeful ghosts, yearning and madness. Adolphe Adam’s exquisite ...