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'We fell in love with the ballet and with her': why 184-year-old Giselle keeps us swooning by Lyndsey Winship

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:12am on March 13, 2025

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