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GISELLE

Compañía Nacional de Danza

 
June 23rd to 27th 2021
Sala Principal
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GISELLE

Ballet in two acts
Music by Adolphe Adam
(version by Joaquín De Luz and Óliver Díaz)

 
A Giselle viewed through the lens of Spanish romanticism and inspired by the poems of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.


“In 1841, the Ópera de París held the premier of the ballet Giselle, in which the poet Théophile Gautier is inspired by the German legends of Heinrich Heine, creating romantic myths that would come to mark the history of dance: innocent peasant girls in love, grape harvest fiestas, handsome seductive princes, apparitions of the ghostly spirits of the woods …

The previous year, Gautier had visited Spain. Subsequently, his book, Le voyage en Espagne, spurred the romantic fashion among European travellers to experience the country, its society sets and traditions and its folkloric dances.

In 1863, the Spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer retired to the Veruela Monastery, in the Moncayo mountains and, there, surrounded by woodland and nature, he wrote his rhymes of forlorn love and legends of sad fates.

For this new version offered by the Compañía Nacional de Danza our wish was to envisage a Giselle viewed through the lens of Spanish romanticism: inspired by Bécquer’s poetry, we will dance the story of this maiden in love with the handsome foreign traveller whom she will love even beyond death.

Without dropping any of the elements that have placed this piece among the summits of classical ballet, our Giselle also includes Spanish traditions and the bolera school of dance. And in the woods, inhabited by the Willis—those spirits of maidens who died befote marriage—the wind’s voices whisper Bécquer’s verses.

The end of Giselle sees the forces of love and the forces of dance beat both death and darkness. That is the hope that guides us throughout the performance.”

Joaquín de Luz
Borja Ortiz de Gondra

June 2021
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Creative Team

Music
Adolphe Adam (version Joaquín De Luz and Óliver Díaz)
Choreographer and Stage Director
Joaquín De Luz
Set Designer
Ana Garay
Costume Designer
Rosa García Andújar
Lighting Designer and Video
Pedro CHamizo
Dramaturgy
Borja Ortiz de Gondra

Cast

Compañía Nacional de Danza
Director
Joaquín De Luz
 
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Conductor
Óliver Díaz
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