La Sylphide

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La Sylphide is a landmark 19th-century Romantic ballet, renowned as one of the oldest surviving works in the classical ballet repertoire.

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instanceOf Romantic ballet ⓘ
ballet ⓘ
actCount 2 ⓘ
associatedCompany Royal Danish Ballet ⓘ
balletForm narrative ballet ⓘ
basedOn Trilby, ou le Lutin d’Argail ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Charles Nodier ⓘ
choreographer August Bournonville ⓘ
Filippo Taglioni ⓘ
composer Herman Severin Løvenskiold ⓘ
Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer ⓘ
costumeInnovation popularization of the Romantic tutu ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
featuresCharacter Effie ⓘ
James ⓘ
Madge ⓘ
the Sylph ⓘ
linked to: The Sylph
firstPerformanceDate 1832-03-12 ⓘ
genre Romantic ballet ⓘ
hasFemaleLeadRole the Sylph ⓘ
hasMaleLeadRole James ⓘ
hasVersion La Sylphide (Bournonville version) ⓘ
linked to: La Sylphide
historicalSignificance among the oldest works in the classical ballet repertoire still performed ⓘ
landmark of 19th-century Romantic ballet ⓘ
influenced Giselle ⓘ
linked to: Giselle in Giselle
language French ⓘ
librettist Adolphe Nourrit ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notableFor early example of pointe work as expressive device ⓘ
one of the oldest surviving Romantic ballets ⓘ
originalBallerina Marie Taglioni ⓘ
originalProductionCompany Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ
originalRole the Sylph ⓘ
linked to: The Sylph
originalRoleCreatedFor Marie Taglioni ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage French ⓘ
period 19th century ⓘ
premiereCity Copenhagen ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
premiereCountry Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
premiereDate 1836-11-28 ⓘ
premiereLocation Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ
premiereTheatre Royal Danish Theatre ⓘ
setting Scotland ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
conflict between fantasy and reality ⓘ
death ⓘ
unattainable love ⓘ

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Salle Le Peletier → hostedPremiereOf → La Sylphide ⓘ
Marie Taglioni → notableWork → La Sylphide ⓘ
Marie Taglioni → firstPerformanceOf → La Sylphide ⓘ
La Sylphide → hasVersion → La Sylphide (Bournonville version) ⓘ
linked to: La Sylphide
Les Sylphides → influencedBy → La Sylphide ⓘ
Olga Spessivtseva → notableRole → the Sylph in La Sylphide ⓘ
linked to: La Sylphide
Fanny Elssler → notableWork → La Sylphide ⓘ