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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.

59 minutes

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Mon 26 Nov 2018 01:30
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 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.
  • 00:01

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.
    • Warner Classics.
  • 00:02

    Lamagna, Vincenzo聽

    Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna聽.
  • 00:03

    Hector Berlioz

    Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)聽

    Performer: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.
    • 狈补虫辞蝉听.
  • 00:03

    Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (March to the scaffold)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
  • 00:04

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.
    • Warner Classics.
  • 00:04

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 00:05

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern聽.
    • Warner Classics聽.
  • 00:06

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 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.
  • 00:08

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.
    • Warner Classics.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 00:14

    Lamagna, Vincenzo聽

    Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Performer: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 00:15

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 00:18

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Performer: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.
    • Warner Classics.
  • 00:19

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 00:21

    Adolphe Adam

    Giselle

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.
    • Warner Classics.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 00:24

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra:Adrew Morgelia

    Adolphe Adam: Finale Du 1Er Acte Et Scene De Folie

  • 00:26

    Hector Berlioz

    Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)聽

    Orchestra: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.
    • Naxos.
  • 00:27

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 00:27

    Lamagna, Vincenzo聽

    Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna.
  • 00:30

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 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.
  • 00:36

    Adolphe Adam

    Giselle

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 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.
  • 00:41

    Hector Berlioz

    Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)聽

    Performer: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.
    • Naxos.
  • 00:41

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 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.
  • 00:49

    Lamagna, Vincenzo聽

    Akram Khan - 骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 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.
  • 00:53

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 00:58

    Adolphe Adam

    骋颈蝉别濒濒别听

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.
    • Warner Classics.

Credits

Presenter Tamara Rojo
Producer Dominic Best
Director Dominic Best
Executive Producer Mark Cooper

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