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La Sylphide (English: The Sylph; Danish: Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836.
Ellen Price as La Sylphide. In 1889 - 1895, Price was trained at school of Royal Danish Ballet [1] and joined the theater of Royal Danish Ballet; she debuted on 28 May 1895 with a pas de trois in the ballet Window (La Ventana) written by composer Hans Christian Lumbye and choreographed by August Bournonville.
Due to the strong tradition of the Royal Danish Ballet this version is still being performed in Denmark to this day, and has since been staged throughout the world. In 1972 the ballet master Pierre Lacotte revived Filippo Talgioni's original La Sylphide for the Paris Opera Ballet, with the noted ballerina Ghislaine Thesmar as the Sylph.
Baron Herman Severin Løvenskiold (30 July 1815 – 5 December 1870) was a Norwegian-born Danish composer, most noted for his score for August Bournonville's 1836 version of the ballet La Sylphide for the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen. [1]
Lis Jeppesen (born 1956) is a Danish ballet dancer who began to dance for the Royal Danish Ballet in 1974, becoming a soloist in 1980. She has frequently been acclaimed in the title role of Giselle and has taken leading roles in Bournonville's A Folk Tale, La Sylphide and Napoli. She completed her dancing career in 1998 but has continued to ...
Anna Lærkesen (2 March 1942 – 14 January 2016) was a Danish ballet dancer who was a soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet.She had her debut at the theatre in the Bournonville version of La Sylphide as the first sylph (1959).
The same year, she played the title role in La Sylphide, in 1850 she was Céleste in The Torreador and, in 1851, she became a soloist. Bournonville appreciated the harmony of her movements and considered her lack of sensuality a distinct advantage. Her cool, noble composure matched his idea of a perfect dancer.
In 1836, she created the title role in Bournonville's La Sylphide. [2] She eventually received royal permission to leave; after her departure in 1836, she never returned to Denmark. [3] In 1839, Grahn had overstayed the terms of her formal leave, and was dropped from the Royal Danish Ballet's rolls.