Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival

Margaret Dale
2013-04-30


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70 min

An overview of the Bournonville method through two legendary ballets of the Danish choreographer: The Sylph in its 1936 choreography and the "Pas de deux" extract from The Flower Festival in Genzano composed in 1858: two pearls of the repertoire!

Cast

Name Character Team
Lucette Aldous The Sylph Unowned
Flemming Flindt James Ruben, a Scottish Farmer Unowned
Shirley Dixon Effie, James' fiancee Unowned
John Chesworth Gurn, James' friend Unowned
Gillian Martlew Madge the Witch Unowned
Jennifer Kelly Effie's friend Unowned
Kenneth Bannerman Village boy Unowned
John O'Brien Village boy Unowned
Rudolf Nureyev Paolo, a young man Unowned
Merle Park Rosa, a young woman Unowned