American Ballet Theatre returns with Giselle after a decade

NCPANovember/10/2023
The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) returned to the NCPA Opera House after a lapse of ten years, appearing at the NCPA Dance Festival 2023. The ABT excited the audience with their superb dancing skills, giving a gripping interpretation of the poignant love depicted in one of the greatest ballet Giselle.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

Premiered in 1987, this version of ABT is produced by Kevin McKenzie, former Artistic Director of the ABT, based on the classic choreographies by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. It still retains exquisite and elegant details, with its stage scenery featuring the temper of the times. The storytelling and dramatic acting are more conspicuous in this version.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

Giselle, played by Principal Dancer Skylar Brandt, danced lightly with her body rotating and jumping in a dance skirt, looking so artless, young and lovely.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

When in love with Albrecht, portrayed by the principal Herman Cornejo, Giselle dances niftily with him.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

With hard-to-master skills and tender, true feelings, Skylar Brandt vividly acted out Giselle’s grief at being deceived and her death with a broken heart, sounding so heart-wrenching.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

In a gloomy and tragic atmosphere, a group of young girls in the same boat as Giselle were turned into ghosts that harbour resentment in their hearts.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

Under the Wilis Queen Myrta, portrayed by the Principal Dancer Catherine Hurlin, the ghosts danced in unison in white, skirt fluttering, taking the audience to the harsh and cold world of wilies.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

Giselle spares no effort to protect her lover, and Albrecht feels bitterly remorseful all his life. The two dancers acted out love and pain, betrayal and forgiveness with their fantastically tender bodies.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

The ballet will continue to be staged until November 12th. The star-studded cast will continue to show the ABT’s extraordinary strength.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

  • The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) returned to the NCPA Opera House after a lapse of ten years, appearing at the NCPA Dance Festival 2023. The ABT excited the audience with their superb dancing skills, giving a gripping interpretation of the poignant love depicted in one of the greatest ballet Giselle.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

  • Premiered in 1987, this version of ABT is produced by Kevin McKenzie, former Artistic Director of the ABT, based on the classic choreographies by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. It still retains exquisite and elegant details, with its stage scenery featuring the temper of the times. The storytelling and dramatic acting are more conspicuous in this version.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

  • Giselle, played by Principal Dancer Skylar Brandt, danced lightly with her body rotating and jumping in a dance skirt, looking so artless, young and lovely.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

  • When in love with Albrecht, portrayed by the principal Herman Cornejo, Giselle dances niftily with him.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

  • With hard-to-master skills and tender, true feelings, Skylar Brandt vividly acted out Giselle’s grief at being deceived and her death with a broken heart, sounding so heart-wrenching.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

  • In a gloomy and tragic atmosphere, a group of young girls in the same boat as Giselle were turned into ghosts that harbour resentment in their hearts.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

  • Under the Wilis Queen Myrta, portrayed by the Principal Dancer Catherine Hurlin, the ghosts danced in unison in white, skirt fluttering, taking the audience to the harsh and cold world of wilies.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

  • Giselle spares no effort to protect her lover, and Albrecht feels bitterly remorseful all his life. The two dancers acted out love and pain, betrayal and forgiveness with their fantastically tender bodies.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

  • The ballet will continue to be staged until November 12th. The star-studded cast will continue to show the ABT’s extraordinary strength.

    Photo by WANG XiaojingLearn more

The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) returned to the NCPA Opera House after a lapse of ten years, appearing at the NCPA Dance Festival 2023. The ABT excited the audience with their superb dancing skills, giving a gripping interpretation of the poignant love depicted in one of the greatest ballet Giselle.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

Premiered in 1987, this version of ABT is produced by Kevin McKenzie, former Artistic Director of the ABT, based on the classic choreographies by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. It still retains exquisite and elegant details, with its stage scenery featuring the temper of the times. The storytelling and dramatic acting are more conspicuous in this version.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

Giselle, played by Principal Dancer Skylar Brandt, danced lightly with her body rotating and jumping in a dance skirt, looking so artless, young and lovely.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

When in love with Albrecht, portrayed by the principal Herman Cornejo, Giselle dances niftily with him.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

With hard-to-master skills and tender, true feelings, Skylar Brandt vividly acted out Giselle’s grief at being deceived and her death with a broken heart, sounding so heart-wrenching.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

In a gloomy and tragic atmosphere, a group of young girls in the same boat as Giselle were turned into ghosts that harbour resentment in their hearts.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

Under the Wilis Queen Myrta, portrayed by the Principal Dancer Catherine Hurlin, the ghosts danced in unison in white, skirt fluttering, taking the audience to the harsh and cold world of wilies.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

Giselle spares no effort to protect her lover, and Albrecht feels bitterly remorseful all his life. The two dancers acted out love and pain, betrayal and forgiveness with their fantastically tender bodies.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

The ballet will continue to be staged until November 12th. The star-studded cast will continue to show the ABT’s extraordinary strength.

Photo by WANG Xiaojing

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