Coliseum, London: Since its Paris premiere in 1841, Giselle has undergone many changes and makeovers. The Russian version - revised from the original by Perrot and Petipa - offers the most streamlined narrative with all the excesses of pageantry and an illogical happy ending shorn away to reveal a work of great romantic purity. The oldest and shortest classical ballet in existence, its one-two combination of naturali…
SOURCE: The Stage at 08:08AM on March 27, 2013