Les Sylphides
Jan 01, 2011
Overview
This ballet is choreographer Michel Fokine's new reading of his ballet created a few years before, Chopiniana, where he pays a tribute to the old days romantic ballets. The work does not follow a logical narrative progression, as Karsavina says in the introduction, it is a "Romantic reverie." The unique male dancer (John Field in this version) embodies a Poet. The corps de ballet and the three women soloists Alice Markova, Violetta Elvin and Svetlana Beriosova are intimately linked to the Russian Ballet and to Russia as a whole.
Cast of Les Sylphides
About Les Sylphides
What is Les Sylphides about?
This ballet is choreographer Michel Fokine's new reading of his ballet created a few years before, Chopiniana, where he pays a tribute to the old days romantic ballets. The work does not follow a logical narrative progression, as Karsavina says in the introduction, it is a "Romantic reverie." The unique male dancer (John Field in this version) embodies a Poet. The corps de ballet and the three…
When was Les Sylphides released?
Les Sylphides was released on January 1, 2011.
Who is in the cast of Les Sylphides?
The cast of Les Sylphides includes Svetlana Beriosova (Self (archive footage)), Alicia Markova (Self (archive footage)) and Violetta Elvin (Self (archive footage)).