Les Sylphides

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Les Sylphides is a short, plotless romantic ballet set to the music of Frédéric Chopin, celebrated for its ethereal atmosphere and poetic, dreamlike choreography.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
plotless ballet
romantic ballet
alsoKnownAs Chopiniana NERFINISHED
associatedCompany Ballets Russes NERFINISHED
basedOn piano music by Frédéric Chopin
choreographer Mikhail Fokine NERFINISHED
composerOfMusicUsed Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED
costumeStyle white romantic tutus
emphasis atmosphere
mood
pure dance
featuresCharacter sylphs
the Poet
firstStagedBy Sergei Diaghilev GENERATED
genre ballet blanc
hasCharacteristic atmospheric
dreamlike
ethereal
plotless
poetic
influencedBy 19th-century romantic ballets
La Sylphide NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle French
musicArrangedBy Alexander Glazunov NERFINISHED
Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED
Maurice Keller NERFINISHED
Nikolai Tcherepnin NERFINISHED
Sergei Taneyev NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the first major plotless ballets
premiereCity Paris NERFINISHED
premieredAsVersionOf Chopiniana NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1909
premierePlace Théâtre du Châtelet NERFINISHED
repertoireOf many classical ballet companies worldwide
setting moonlit glade
romantic woodland scene
style lyrical
romantic
title Les Sylphides NERFINISHED
usesMusic Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18 NERFINISHED
Mazurka in C major, Op. 67, No. 3 NERFINISHED
Mazurka in D major, Op. 33, No. 2 NERFINISHED
Mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED
Nocturne in F major, Op. 15, No. 1 NERFINISHED
Nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED
Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 NERFINISHED
Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 NERFINISHED
Waltzes by Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED

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Michel Fokine notableWork Les Sylphides
Irina Baronova notableWork Les Sylphides