Giselle: the famous classical ballet at the Folies Bergère for a unique evening

Attention ballet lovers! The famous classical ballet Giselle arrives at the Folies Bergère for a unique evening on March 25, 2025. Composed in Paris in 1841 by Adolphe Adam, Giselle is one of the most emblematic ballets in the classical repertoire. If it continues to fascinate today, it's because of its perfect illustration of impossible love and its ability to evoke universal sentiments.

Giselle tells the tragic story of a heartbroken peasant girl, deceived by a nobleman disguised as a simple villager. Wracked by grief, she succumbs and joins the Wilis, the vengeful spirits of young girls who have died before marriage. The ethereal choreography, supported byAdolphe Adam's spellbinding music, finely conveys the fragility and passion that drive the heroine. This classical ballet, to be discovered at the Folies Bergère for an exceptional evening, illustrates the themes ofimpossible love, cruel fate and redemption.

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Forty dancers from classical dance from Japan, the USA, Europe and the Ukraine come together to bring to life a timeless ballet of striking beauty. In Adolphe Adam'sGiselle , grace mingles with tragedy: young women, shattered by the betrayal of their lovers, succumb to grief before being reborn as vengeful spirits. From then on, they drag their betrayers into a nocturnal dance as bewitching as it is fatal. This unique evening at the Folies Bergère is choreographed by Marius Petipa, Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli. Libretto by Théophile Gautier, Jules-Henri Saint-Georges and Jean Coralli, based on the legend by Heinrich Heine.

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Adolphe Adam, a French composer best known for his lyric works and ballets, trained at the Paris Conservatoire and quickly became a key figure in 19thᵉ century music. His style, blending expressive melodies and refined orchestrations, made a profound mark on the Romantic repertoire. He is most famous for the classical dance ballet Giselle, which can be seen today on March 25, 2025 at the Folies Bergère .

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