• La Sylphide (English: The Sylph; Danish: Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed...
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  • Look up sylphide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sylphide might refer to: La Sylphide, a ballet choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832 and by August...
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    better known, it was Taglioni who was the original choreographer of La Sylphide, in 1832. Born in Milan to father Carlo, he received his dance training...
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  • learned to sing, could perhaps have been a siren". The famous ballet La Sylphide ("The (Female) Sylph", Paris, 1832) is a prominent example of sylph lore...
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    Isaac Hernández (category Prix Benois de la Danse winners)
    repertoire there also includes classical works such as Romeo and Juliet and La Sylphide, as well as contemporary works including Aszure Barton’s Fantastic Beings...
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    Natalia Osipova (category Prix Benois de la Danse winners)
    Tharp's In The Upper Room (2008) and La Sylphide (2009) Special Prize of The Golden Mask jury for Best Duet in La Sylphide (2009) UK National Dance Awards...
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    and London's Royal Ballet. He was best known for his lead roles in La Sylphide, Giselle, Frederick Ashton's Romeo and Juliet, and Swan Lake. John Cranko...
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    Gautier attended the first performance of La Sylphide. His ideas for Giselle would show touches of La Sylphide ten years later. It would be set in a real...
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    performed leading roles in Jewels, The Nutcracker, Raymonda Variations, La Sylphide, Romeo and Juliet, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. Peck...
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  • romantic ballerina was provided by Marie Taglioni in the 1832 ballet La Sylphide. Her fitted décolleté bodice, diaphanous calf-length tulle skirt, and...
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