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'It will always touch your soul': why Giselle still haunts us by Anna Winter

The supernatural story of love, betrayal and death can be seen in three wildly different versions in the UK this autumn There's something special about Giselle. Ever since its gas-lit premiere in 1841 at the Paris Opera, audiences have thrilled to the spectral sights and emotional heights of this romantic ballet. Dancers still covet the so-called Hamlet of ballerina roles " that of a lovestruck peasant girl who goes…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM on September 23, 2019

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