Giselle: Belle of the Ballet
Through two radically contrasting 2016 productions, dancer Tamara Rojo explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any ballerina.
Tamara Rojo, dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet, explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any ballerina.
Through two radically contrasting 2016 productions - a traditional 19th-century recreation, and a gritty reimagining of the work by celebrated Anglo-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan - Rojo examines the cultural and social background to the ballet's genesis in 1840s Paris, and the spiritual themes that have fuelled its success over the last 175 years.
Giselle is the story of a young peasant girl who personifies all that is good in life, and ultimately forgives the aristocrat who has seduced and betrayed her.
With Giselle, the look and emotional heart of ballet was transformed forever, from mime-based storytelling to a fusion of emotion, music and movement, formulating a tradition that has inspired audiences, dancers and choreographers ever since.
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Giselle - Opening Sequence
Duration: 02:55
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna聽. -
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00:01Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:02Lamagna, Vincenzo聽
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna聽. -
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00:03Hector Berlioz
Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)聽
Performer: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.- 狈补虫辞蝉听.
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00:03Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (March to the scaffold)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding. -
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00:04Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:04Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:05Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern聽.- Warner Classics聽.
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00:06Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:07痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:08Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:09痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:10痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:12痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:14Lamagna, Vincenzo聽
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:15Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:18Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:19Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:21Adolphe Adam
Giselle
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:23痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:23痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:24Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra:Adrew Morgelia
Adolphe Adam: Finale Du 1Er Acte Et Scene De Folie
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00:26Hector Berlioz
Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)聽
Orchestra: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.- Naxos.
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00:27Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:27Lamagna, Vincenzo聽
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:30Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:35痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:36Adolphe Adam
Giselle
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:38痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:41Hector Berlioz
Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)聽
Performer: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.- Naxos.
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00:41Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:48痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:49Lamagna, Vincenzo聽
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:51础诲辞濒辫丑别听础诲补尘
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: London Festival Ballet Orchestra. Conductor: Terence Kern聽.- Warner Classics.
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00:53Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:55痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:58痴颈苍肠别苍锄辞听尝补尘补驳苍补
Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna聽. -
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00:58Adolphe Adam
骋颈蝉别濒濒别听
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Tamara Rojo |
| Producer | Dominic Best |
| Director | Dominic Best |
| Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
