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GiselleistheclassicballetoftheRomanticera.IttransformedthedanceworldwhenitwasfirstperformedinParisin1841andremainsatthecentreoftheclassicalrepertory.Giselle’sessencehasremainedthesamethroughmanydifferentproductionsinwelloveracenturyofcontinuousperformance.PeterWright’sproductionforTheRoyalBalletisbasedonMariusPetipa’sclassicversion(aftertheoriginal1841choreographybyJulesPerrotandJeanCoralli),whichwasfirststagedinStPetersburgin1884. TheroleofGiselleprovidesthedancerwithmanytechnicalanddramaticchallenges,fromthecharacter’searlylovetoherpoignantdescentintomadnessandherfinalgestureofforgivenessfrombeyondthegrave.Thefirstactoftheballetisfilledwithhistoricaldetailandrusticcolour.Bycontrast,thesecond,‘white’actplungestheaudienceintoaneeriemoonlitforesthauntedbytheetherealWilis.Withitscombinationofmemorablestoryandexquisitechoreography,Giselleistheperfectwaytodiscoverclassicalballet.