Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
April 30, 2013•1h 10m
MusicRomance
An overview of the Bournonville method through two legendary ballets of the Danish choreographer: The Sylph in its 1936 choreography and the "Pas de deux" extract from The Flower Festival in Genzano composed in 1858: two pearls of the repertoire!
Director
Patricia FoyWriters
Cast
Lucette Aldous
The Sylph
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Flemming Flindt
James Ruben, a Scottish Farmer
Shirley Dixon
Effie, James' fiancee
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John Chesworth
Gurn, James' friend
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Gillian Martlew
Madge the Witch
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Jennifer Kelly
Effie's friend
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Kenneth Bannerman
Village boy
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John O'Brien
Village boy
Rudolf Nureyev
Paolo, a young man
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Merle Park
Rosa, a young woman