La Sylphide
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La Sylphide is a landmark 19th-century Romantic ballet, renowned as one of the oldest surviving works in the classical ballet repertoire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Sylphide canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6416937 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Sylphide Context triple: [Salle Le Peletier, hostedPremiereOf, La Sylphide]
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A.
Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a renowned classical ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, telling the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and the enchanted swan princess Odette.
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B.
Le ballet
"Le ballet" is a popular French pop ballad by Canadian singer Céline Dion, featured on her 1995 album "D'eux," the best-selling French-language album of all time.
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C.
Cinderella (ballet)
Cinderella (ballet) is a full-length classical ballet, renowned for Sergei Prokofiev’s lyrical and dramatic score, that retells the traditional Cinderella fairy tale through dance.
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D.
Quartet at the Ballet
"Quartet at the Ballet" is a musical number from the stage adaptation of the animated film Anastasia, typically featuring an ensemble performance set against a ballet backdrop.
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E.
Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre)
Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre) is a famous, tightly synchronized ensemble dance for four ballerinas from Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake, renowned for its precision and charm.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Sylphide Target entity description: La Sylphide is a landmark 19th-century Romantic ballet, renowned as one of the oldest surviving works in the classical ballet repertoire.
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A.
Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a renowned classical ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, telling the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and the enchanted swan princess Odette.
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B.
Le ballet
"Le ballet" is a popular French pop ballad by Canadian singer Céline Dion, featured on her 1995 album "D'eux," the best-selling French-language album of all time.
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C.
Cinderella (ballet)
Cinderella (ballet) is a full-length classical ballet, renowned for Sergei Prokofiev’s lyrical and dramatic score, that retells the traditional Cinderella fairy tale through dance.
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D.
Quartet at the Ballet
"Quartet at the Ballet" is a musical number from the stage adaptation of the animated film Anastasia, typically featuring an ensemble performance set against a ballet backdrop.
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E.
Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre)
Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre) is a famous, tightly synchronized ensemble dance for four ballerinas from Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake, renowned for its precision and charm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic ballet
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ballet ⓘ |
| actCount | 2 ⓘ |
| associatedCompany | Royal Danish Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| balletForm | narrative ballet ⓘ |
| basedOn | Trilby, ou le Lutin d’Argail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Charles Nodier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer |
August Bournonville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Filippo Taglioni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Herman Severin Løvenskiold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeInnovation | popularization of the Romantic tutu ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Effie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James NERFINISHED ⓘ Madge NERFINISHED ⓘ the Sylph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1832-03-12 ⓘ |
| genre | Romantic ballet ⓘ |
| hasFemaleLeadRole | the Sylph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMaleLeadRole | James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVersion | La Sylphide (Bournonville version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
among the oldest works in the classical ballet repertoire still performed
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landmark of 19th-century Romantic ballet ⓘ |
| influenced | Giselle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist | Adolphe Nourrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of pointe work as expressive device
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one of the oldest surviving Romantic ballets ⓘ |
| originalBallerina | Marie Taglioni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionCompany | Paris Opera Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalRole | the Sylph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalRoleCreatedFor | Marie Taglioni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| period | 19th century ⓘ |
| premiereCity |
Copenhagen
NERFINISHED
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Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry |
Denmark
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1836-11-28 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Royal Danish Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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conflict between fantasy and reality ⓘ death ⓘ unattainable love ⓘ |
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Subject: La Sylphide Description of subject: La Sylphide is a landmark 19th-century Romantic ballet, renowned as one of the oldest surviving works in the classical ballet repertoire.
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