The National Ballet of Bordeaux brings us Giselle, with music by Adolphe Adam, choreography by the company’s director, Charles Jude, and guest performance by the Bilbao-born, highly acclaimed ballet dancer, Igor Yebra.

In the 18th century, dance acquired in Bordeaux a prestigious and creative dimension that persisted throughout the Romantic Age. True to its past throughout its entire existence, the Opera Ballet of Bordeaux has managed to open its classical heritage to modernity –as of the nineties– thanks to its contact with numerous choreographers.
Described by Serge Lifa as “the Apotheosis of romantic ballet,” Giselle continues to be a masterpiece in the art of choreography. Based on a legend told by Heine, the ballet was created in 1841 to a libretto by Théophile Gautier. Fallen into oblivion, it was rediscovered in France thanks to the Russian Ballets of Diaghilev and it has been performed without interruption ever since.

For Charles Jude: “Giselle is the evocation –through the poetry of the bodies– of a fascinating romantic tale, in which the tragedy of reality gives way to fantasy and imagination.” Its sensual and moving choreography is able to extend the history of this immortal ballet.