Monday, January 17, 2011

Giselle



I went to see Giselle at the Royal Opera House last week - Carlos Acosta and Tamara Rojo were dancing the leads. I am no ballet expert but I really like going to see the classic ballets, although this was my first time seeing Giselle. Lots of the reviews say that Acosta is past his best but he looked pretty amazing to me - he is nonchalant and effortless. The star though for me was the staging which was completely beautiful, especially the second act which is set in the forest at night and features the Wilis - a troop of ghostly girls all of whom died after being jilted at the altar. The Wilis costumes for this performance included little stubby wings which I thought at first looked a little strange but were very beautiful on mass. The whole thing was very Karen Kilimnik.

8 comments:

vincenthawkins said...

see more ballet Cathy ! there's nothing like it.
Vincent , studio 7- 1st floor, Deborah House !!

Cathy said...

just been to see Black Swan - wow ballet is where its at! And its as camp as Christmas

vincenthawkins said...

Camper than ....not seen it yet .... am looking forward to it...... but is it really about ballet ?

bluestocking said...

yeah me too went to see it with Cathy
High Camp in the extreme and all the better for it
as to whether it is "about ballet"
cannot say for sure as the director himself says - the world of ballet is a very "closed" world and with not coming from that world would not know but I think what the director was doing was a "heightened" version of how he saw ballet - I mean if you want to see something about ballet maybe see a documentary which this certainly is not - psycho drama - sex - obsession and sparking things it is

CAP said...

Altar, rather than 'alter' I think, Cath.

Cathy said...

spelling has never been my strong point - correction made

CAP said...

So are these 'Wilis' the source of the expression ' to give someone the willies'?

CAP said...

Next you should try opera - for the deluxe camp experience.