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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les Sylphides canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9006265 — 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: Les Sylphides Context triple: [Michel Fokine, notableWork, Les Sylphides]
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A.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a serene and lyrical orchestral and flute piece from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Orphée et Eurydice*, often performed as a standalone concert work.
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The Dance
The Dance is a painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, known for its dynamic composition and elegant depiction of figures in motion.
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The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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The Dance
"The Dance" is a painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, exemplifying his elegant, theatrical scenes of aristocratic leisure and refined movement.
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La Sylphide
La Sylphide is a landmark 19th-century Romantic ballet, renowned as one of the oldest surviving works in the classical ballet repertoire.
- 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: Les Sylphides Target entity description: 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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A.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a serene and lyrical orchestral and flute piece from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Orphée et Eurydice*, often performed as a standalone concert work.
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B.
The Dance
The Dance is a painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, known for its dynamic composition and elegant depiction of figures in motion.
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C.
The Dance
"The Dance" is a painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, exemplifying his elegant, theatrical scenes of aristocratic leisure and refined movement.
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D.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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E.
La Sylphide
La Sylphide is a landmark 19th-century Romantic ballet, renowned as one of the oldest surviving works in the classical ballet repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet
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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
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mood ⓘ pure dance ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
sylphs
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the Poet ⓘ |
| firstStagedBy | Sergei Diaghilev GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre | ballet blanc ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
atmospheric
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dreamlike ⓘ ethereal ⓘ plotless ⓘ poetic ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
19th-century romantic ballets
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La Sylphide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| musicArrangedBy |
Alexander Glazunov
NERFINISHED
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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
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romantic woodland scene ⓘ |
| style |
lyrical
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romantic ⓘ |
| title | Les Sylphides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMusic |
Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18
NERFINISHED
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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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Subject: Les Sylphides Description of subject: Les Sylphides is a short, plotless romantic ballet set to the music of Frédéric Chopin, celebrated for its ethereal atmosphere and poetic, dreamlike choreography.
Referenced by (2)
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