Ballet des sylphes
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Ballet des sylphes is a delicate, ethereal ballet sequence featuring dancing sylphs, best known as one of the most poetic and atmospheric episodes in Hector Berlioz’s dramatic legend *La damnation de Faust*.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ballet des sylphes canonical | 1 |
| Ballet of the Sylphs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6439648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballet des sylphes Context triple: [La damnation de Faust, notableNumber, Ballet des sylphes]
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A.
La Sylphide
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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B.
Le ballet
"Le ballet" is a popular French pop ballad by Canadian singer Céline Dion, featured on her 1995 album "D'eux," the best-selling French-language album of all time.
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C.
Cinderella (ballet)
Cinderella (ballet) is a full-length classical ballet, renowned for Sergei Prokofiev’s lyrical and dramatic score, that retells the traditional Cinderella fairy tale through dance.
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D.
Quartet at the Ballet
"Quartet at the Ballet" is a musical number from the stage adaptation of the animated film Anastasia, typically featuring an ensemble performance set against a ballet backdrop.
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E.
Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a renowned classical ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, telling the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and the enchanted swan princess Odette.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballet des sylphes Target entity description: Ballet des sylphes is a delicate, ethereal ballet sequence featuring dancing sylphs, best known as one of the most poetic and atmospheric episodes in Hector Berlioz’s dramatic legend *La damnation de Faust*.
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A.
La Sylphide
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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B.
Le ballet
"Le ballet" is a popular French pop ballad by Canadian singer Céline Dion, featured on her 1995 album "D'eux," the best-selling French-language album of all time.
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C.
Cinderella (ballet)
Cinderella (ballet) is a full-length classical ballet, renowned for Sergei Prokofiev’s lyrical and dramatic score, that retells the traditional Cinderella fairy tale through dance.
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D.
Quartet at the Ballet
"Quartet at the Ballet" is a musical number from the stage adaptation of the animated film Anastasia, typically featuring an ensemble performance set against a ballet backdrop.
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E.
Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a renowned classical ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, telling the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and the enchanted swan princess Odette.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert piece
ⓘ
orchestral ballet movement ⓘ |
| associatedComposerNationality | French ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
ⓘ
linked to:
La damnation de Faust, complete work
|
| basedOn | Faust legend ⓘ |
| characteristic |
atmospheric
ⓘ
delicate ⓘ ethereal ⓘ poetic ⓘ |
| composer | Hector Berlioz ⓘ |
| features | dancing sylphs ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | concert performance of La damnation de Faust ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
ⓘ
programmatic orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasForm | through-composed scenic piece ⓘ |
| influencedBy | French ballet tradition ⓘ |
| language | instrumental (no sung text) ⓘ |
| movementType | ballet sequence ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of the most poetic episodes in La damnation de Faust ⓘ |
| orchestration | orchestra ⓘ |
| partOf |
La damnation de Faust
ⓘ
linked to:
La damnation de Faust, complete work
|
| performancePractice | often excerpted in orchestral concerts ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Faustian legend in music ⓘ |
| relatedWork | other ballet scenes in 19th-century French music ⓘ |
| setting | fantastical, dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | supernatural spirits (sylphs) ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
Ballet of the Sylphs
ⓘ
linked to:
Ballet des sylphes
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| workNumberInSource | episode within the multi-part dramatic legend ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ballet des sylphes Description of subject: Ballet des sylphes is a delicate, ethereal ballet sequence featuring dancing sylphs, best known as one of the most poetic and atmospheric episodes in Hector Berlioz’s dramatic legend *La damnation de Faust*.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Berlioz La damnation de Faust
linked to: Ballet des sylphes