简介：TamaraRojo,dancerandartisticdirectorofEnglishNationalBallet,exploresGiselle-thefirstgreatRomanticballet,andadefiningroleforanyballerina.Throughtworadicallycontrasting2016productions-atraditional19th-centuryrecreation,andagrittyreimaginingoftheworkbycelebratedAnglo-BangladeshichoreographerAkramKhan-Rojoexaminestheculturalandsocialbackgroundtotheballet'sgenesisin1840sParis,andthespiritualthemesthathavefuelleditssuccessoverthelast175years.Giselleisthestoryofayoungpeasantgirlwhopersonifiesallthatisgoodinlife,andultimatelyforgivesthearistocratwhohasseducedandbetrayedher.WithGiselle,thelookandemotionalheartofballetwastransformedforever,frommime-basedstorytellingtoafusionofemotion,musicandmovement,formulatingatraditionthathasinspiredaudiences,dancersandchoreographerseversince.