'We fell in love with the ballet and with her': why 184-year-old Giselle keeps us swooning
The role has inspired the world's best ballerinas and her story is as popular as ever " whether revived, reimagined or deconstructed. Dancers explain the appeal of Giselle 'I thought I looked too healthy to play her," says Miyako Yoshida of her debut in Giselle, back in the 90s, when she was a vibrant, strong young dancer asked to play the part of the sweet village girl with a weak heart. "But from the first time I c…