Show 11 Giselle Makes Your Relationships Re lati Look Easy Trina Irma Fisher Contributing Writer Ballet West and the Capitol Theatre of Salt Lake City are proud to announce the opening of their season with Giselle a tragic tale of love betrayal death and torture Giselle first opened at the Paris Opera in 1840 The author Theopile Gautier wrote the ballet ballet ballet bal bal- bal bal- let in honor of his lover Carlotta Grisi who was the first ballerina to perform Giselle Grisi's common common common com com- mon law husband arranged the choreography and was also her coach however he received no credit for his work In Act I a young and handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some Duke falls in love with Giselle a peasant girl but deceives her into believing that See Ballet I 7 on page 9 I Ballet C- C y continued from page 6 r he too is a villager Giselle soon learns leams of her lovers true identity and of his engagement to the theS ther i r S Princess of Bathilde During a fit fits s r of madness Giselle relives her love for the Duke seizes his sword and then kills herself with it Act II of the ballet opens at Giselle's It is the midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night hour the hour when the Wilis maidens who have died 1 be before re th their ir wedding day and are e L' L buried in III unsacred ground rise nse r. r. r from rom their tombs If any man mani i- i iv encounters encounters these spirits they have the power to dance him to his death When the Duke arrives at Giselle's to give her flowers the Wilis fall vengefully upon him and Myrtha the Queen of Wilis condemns him Giselle pleads with the queen to spare his life but must submit to Myrtha's power and can only comfort her beau throughout the night i L However as dawn breaks the I Wilis lose their power and the i H Dukes Duke's life is spared The story of Giselle was i S inspired by the legend of the x Wilis Gautier felt that this story storyS S would be perfect for his aspiring young ballerina After a tri- tri 16 world premier in Paris versions of Giselle were immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- staged throughout Europe In Russia Marius staged a aversion aversion aversion version version of the ballet and it flourished flourished flourished flour flour- throughout the St. St Petersburg repertoire foe 40 years The score for Giselle is written by Adolphe Adam a popular Century composer There is no published full score of Adams Adam's original orchestration however Ballet West Principal Conductor Terence Kern received a copy of the score that was used at the London Festival Ballet from iTom the Museum of the Paris Opera Ballet Banet West will win hold seven performances performances performances per per- of Giselle in Salt Lake City at the Capitol Theatre running running running run run- ning October 8 5 at Also there will be a matinee performance performance performance per per- held on October 8 at pm p.m. Giselle will also be performed in Logan at the Ellen Eccles Theatre on October 8 and 9 at pm p.m. Ballet West is offering price half-price tickets to students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents who present their student ID at the Capitol Theatre box office one hour prior to the per per- If you have any questions questions questions ques ques- about the play or scheduled times contact Jodie Fisher Public Relations Manager at Ballet West y r 7 J 7 11 I v r m Photo Courtesy of Ballet Wes Ies m. m |