Giselle: Belle of the Ballet
Through two radically contrasting 2016 productions, dancer Tamara Rojo explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any ballerina.
Tamara Rojo, dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet, explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any ballerina.
Through two radically contrasting 2016 productions - a traditional 19th-century recreation, and a gritty reimagining of the work by celebrated Anglo-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan - Rojo examines the cultural and social background to the ballet's genesis in 1840s Paris, and the spiritual themes that have fuelled its success over the last 175 years.
Giselle is the story of a young peasant girl who personifies all that is good in life, and ultimately forgives the aristocrat who has seduced and betrayed her.
With Giselle, the look and emotional heart of ballet was transformed forever, from mime-based storytelling to a fusion of emotion, music and movement, formulating a tradition that has inspired audiences, dancers and choreographers ever since.
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Giselle - Opening Sequence
Duration: 02:55
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna . -
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00:01Adolphe Adam
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Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:02Lamagna, VincenzoÂ
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna . -
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00:03Hector Berlioz
Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)Â
Performer: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.- ±·²¹³æ´Ç²õÌý.
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00:03Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (March to the scaffold)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding. -
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00:04Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:04Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:05Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern .- Warner Classics .
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00:06Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:07³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:08Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:09³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:10³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:12³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:14Lamagna, VincenzoÂ
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:15Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:18Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:19Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:21Adolphe Adam
Giselle
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
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00:23³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:23³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:24Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra:Adrew Morgelia
Adolphe Adam: Finale Du 1Er Acte Et Scene De Folie
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00:26Hector Berlioz
Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)Â
Orchestra: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.- Naxos.
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00:27Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:27Lamagna, VincenzoÂ
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:30Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:35³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:36Adolphe Adam
Giselle
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:38³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:41Hector Berlioz
Marche au Supplice (Symphony Fantastique 4th Movement)Â
Performer: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Yoav Talmi.- Naxos.
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00:41Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:48³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna. -
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00:49Lamagna, VincenzoÂ
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:51´¡»å´Ç±ô±è³ó±ðÌý´¡»å²¹³¾
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: London Festival Ballet Orchestra. Conductor: Terence Kern .- Warner Classics.
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00:53Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:55³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: English National Ballet Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. -
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00:58³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ú´ÇÌý³¢²¹³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹
Akram Khan - ³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Performer: Vincenzo Lamagna . -
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00:58Adolphe Adam
³Ò¾±²õ±ð±ô±ô±ðÌý
Orchestra: Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet. Conductor: Terence Kern.- Warner Classics.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Tamara Rojo |
| Producer | Dominic Best |
| Director | Dominic Best |
| Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
Broadcasts
- Sun 2 Apr 2017 20:00
Wed 20 Sep 2017 23:15Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two except Northern Ireland- Wed 20 Sep 2017 23:45Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two Northern Ireland
- Mon 26 Nov 2018 01:30