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.

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instanceOf Romantic ballet
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
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
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
Paris NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Denmark NERFINISHED
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
conflict between fantasy and reality
death
unattainable love

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Marie Taglioni firstPerformanceOf La Sylphide
Salle Le Peletier hostedPremiereOf La Sylphide
Marie Taglioni notableWork La Sylphide