Backstage - Queensland Ballet's La Sylphide

Hear from ballet legend Peter Schaufuss about his award-winning production being performed by Queensland Ballet at the Playhouse, QPAC from 20 - 31 March, 2015.
Woken on his wedding day morning by a beautiful, winged sylph, the Scotsman James is utterly bewitched.
Elusive and playful, she professes her love for him. James’s obsessive pursuit of the otherworldly creature leads him to abandon his fiancée and follow the sylph into the dangerous realm of the forest sprites. Here, he realises that in reaching for unattainable love, he has lost everything.
La Sylphide by the Danish ballet master August Bournonville premiered in Copenhagen by the Royal Danish Ballet in 1836. It is a captivating work which remains one of the most loved Romantic ballets to this day. This production is the award winning London production by Peter Schaufuss which premiered in 1979, by London Festival Ballet (now known as English National Ballet). It embraces the characteristic Bournonville style of graceful, seemingly effortless dance, performed with great dramatic impact.
For more details visit queenslandballet.com.au
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