Giselle Bolshoi Ballet

Learning that Albrecht her beloved is in fact a nobleman engaged to be married to a princess the naive peasant girl Giselle dies The Queen of the Wilisthe spirits of deceased young virginsdecides that Albrecht should follow Giselle to the grave and condemns him to dance until he dies of exhaustion But Giselles spirit dances with him and saves him With music by Adolphe Adam and a libretto by Théophile Gautier and JulesHenri Vernoy de SaintGeorges the ballet touches on the great romantic themes local colour a pastoral love affair doomed to end in tragedy a plunge into fantasy and redemption through the power of love