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La Sylphide (1832 ballet)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/La_Sylphide_(1832_ballet)
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:ballet
gptkbp:basedOn
Charles Nodier's Trilby, ou Le Lutin d'Argail
gptkbp:BournonvilleVersionCompany
gptkb:Royal_Danish_Ballet
gptkbp:BournonvilleVersionMusicBy
gptkb:Herman_Severin_Løvenskiold
gptkbp:BournonvilleVersionYear
1836
gptkbp:character
gptkb:Gurn
gptkb:James
gptkb:Effie
gptkb:Madge
gptkb:Sylph
gptkbp:choreographer
gptkb:Filippo_Taglioni
gptkbp:composer
gptkb:Jean-Madeleine_Schneitzhoeffer
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:France
gptkbp:genre
romantic ballet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
La Sylphide (1832 ballet)
gptkbp:influenced
ballet blanc tradition
gptkbp:influencedBy
romantic literature
gptkbp:language
gptkb:French
gptkbp:librettist
gptkb:Adolphe_Nourrit
gptkbp:notableFor
introduction of pointe work for expressive purposes
first major romantic ballet
one of the oldest surviving ballets
iconic sylph costume (white tutu)
gptkbp:notablePerformance
Filippo Taglioni as James
Marie Taglioni as Sylph
gptkbp:originalCompany
gptkb:Paris_Opera_Ballet
gptkbp:originalLanguage
gptkb:French
gptkbp:originalScoreLost
yes
gptkbp:originalSylph
gptkb:Marie_Taglioni
gptkbp:premiereDate
gptkb:Théâtre_de_l'Académie_Royale_de_Musique
12 March 1832
gptkbp:revival
gptkb:August_Bournonville
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:survivingVersion
Bournonville version
gptkbp:theme
romance
tragedy
supernatural
unrequited love
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:La_Sylphide_(reconstruction)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7