La Sylphide

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La Sylphide is a landmark 19th-century Romantic ballet, renowned as one of the oldest surviving works in the classical ballet repertoire.

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instanceOf Romantic ballet
ballet
actCount 2
associatedCompany Royal Danish Ballet
balletForm narrative ballet
basedOn Trilby, ou le Lutin d’Argail
basedOnAuthor Charles Nodier
choreographer August Bournonville
Filippo Taglioni
composer Herman Severin Løvenskiold
Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer
costumeInnovation popularization of the Romantic tutu
countryOfOrigin France
featuresCharacter Effie
James
Madge
the Sylph
linked to: The Sylph
firstPerformanceDate 1832-03-12
genre Romantic ballet
hasFemaleLeadRole the Sylph
hasMaleLeadRole James
hasVersion La Sylphide (Bournonville version)
linked to: La Sylphide
historicalSignificance among the oldest works in the classical ballet repertoire still performed
landmark of 19th-century Romantic ballet
influenced Giselle
linked to: Giselle in Giselle
language French
librettist Adolphe Nourrit
movement Romanticism
notableFor early example of pointe work as expressive device
one of the oldest surviving Romantic ballets
originalBallerina Marie Taglioni
originalProductionCompany Paris Opera Ballet
originalRole the Sylph
linked to: The Sylph
originalRoleCreatedFor Marie Taglioni
originalTitleLanguage French
period 19th century
premiereCity Copenhagen
Paris
premiereCountry Denmark
France
premiereDate 1836-11-28
premiereLocation Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique
premiereTheatre Royal Danish Theatre
setting Scotland
theme betrayal
conflict between fantasy and reality
death
unattainable love

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Salle Le Peletier hostedPremiereOf La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni notableWork La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni firstPerformanceOf La Sylphide
La Sylphide hasVersion La Sylphide (Bournonville version)
linked to: La Sylphide
Les Sylphides influencedBy La Sylphide
Olga Spessivtseva notableRole the Sylph in La Sylphide
linked to: La Sylphide
Fanny Elssler notableWork La Sylphide