PHOTO: © Bayerisches Staatsballett

LA SYLPHIDE

Name: LA SYLPHIDE
Start: 2024-11-29T19:30
End: 2024-11-29T22:00
Location: Nationaltheater München - Bayerische Staatsoper

Theater theater klassik ballett

In the organizer's words:

Choreography Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni. Music by Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer, Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer.

Ballet in two acts
recommended from 8 years

Duration:
Act 1 approx. 60 minutes
35 minutes intermission
Act 2 approx. 50 minutes

Description:
La Sylphide is considered the romantic ballet classic par excellence. With this two-act work by Filippo Taglioni, in which the dancers embodied the illusion of weightlessness as aerial spirits, not only did pointe dancing achieve its breakthrough in the 1830s; together with the white tutus of the ghostly creatures, an image of this art form was created that is still emblematic of classical dance today. In 1972, Pierre Lacotte, who died in 2023, staged his reconstruction of the work at the Paris Opera. In order to come as close as possible to the traditional Romantic ideals and the style of Filippo Taglioni, the choreographic "inventor" of Sylphide, Lacotte studied historical images and records intensively. Lacotte's version differs from August Bournonville's version, which is better known today and was performed by the Bayerisches Staatsballett until the 1990s, in that it is characterized by a movement language influenced by the French school. In addition, Lacotte's version is musically based on the original score by Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer.

The set design by Pierre Ciceri was created for the Bayerisches Staatsballett under the direction of Andrea Hajek and produced in the workshops of the Bayerische Staatsoper. The costumes were also made in the workshops of the Bavarian State Opera.

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