Giselle: Giselle's death (Alina Cojocaru, Manuel Legris)

Giselle: Alina Cojocaru
Albrecht: Manuel Legris
Hilarion: Kazuo Kimura
with the Tokyo Ballet
at the World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, August 15, 2006
original choreography: Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
additional choreography: Vladimir Vassiliev
music: Adolphe Adam

[@julianalisboa23]

In some versions Giselle has a heart condition and because she gets so stressed out when finding out her loved one is marrying someone else that her heart doesn't take it. In other versions she just dies of sadness. But in both of them she hallucinates when realising she has been lied to and, in my opinion, that's what this scene is all about!

[@andreabweek]

Juliana Lisboa you left one out in other variations she takes Albrecht’s sword stabs herself and she bleeds to death

[@morgan8154]

I'm stupid what's she hallucinating

[@stefannydvorak7919]

Andrea Britton Yep. The version where she stabs herself is the version that makes the most of sense for the story. I don’t know why most Opera Houses have stopped staging Giselle’s death as a suicide. The whole second act doesn’t make sense if Giselle doesn’t kill herself.

[@stefannydvorak7919]

morgan She’s hallucinating her first happy moments with Albrecht. Look at this part: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6LOg6Zrop11oas of the ballet, where Giselle is slowly falling for Albrecht’s charm. Notice that she recreates many of the same movements (and the movements in their very first pas de deux, which I have no video to show).

[@jellyfishyishy]

From Marianela's, it's almost like she stabs herself, and eventually just bleeds out

[@emid5726]

One of the saddest yet most beautiful scenes of ballet. I think Giselle’s innocence was her ultimate demise. She grew up in the small village where everyone was her friend and protected by her mother all of her life. She simply didn’t know there were such terrible deception existed out in the world. When she realized she was betrayed by her beloved, her entire being shattered to tiny pieces. She went into panic, didn’t know what to trust, who was real and who wasn’t. That is why this is so scary for her. Then eventually her weak heart gives up and she dies. This is my take of the mad scene of Giselle. I cannot count how many times I’ve watched this ballet but still makes me cry every time.

[@TT-eo1ed]

The ballerina playing giselle was gorgeous. I love these ballets where it's almost like a play.

[@olgankaradeniz1330]

Giselle is played by Alina Cojocaru and she's one of my favourite ballerina's.

[@freespirit5662]

@@olgankaradeniz1330 to be honest, physically she looks underweight for me. But she performs an excellent Giselle madness here, she is touching, has got skills to play as well as to dance it. Most ballerina fake this and I am glad to see this one in the part.

[@laimayumdarshana7305]

Am I the only one who came back here after watching Angle last mission : Love😍😍😍😍

[@jhalinamendoza1978]

Omg i'm with you haha

[@btssgirl7313]

Not girl, I also did it

[@diannafrancisco2914]

Me too!!! 😁😁

[@mlr.9257]

Me tooo, I miss that drama so much :((( I wish they'd do a second season!

[@hianayoo4315]

Omg

[@katherinec2759]

I love the emotions that both she and the guy who did Albrecht have. Some versions have Albrecht as someone who just manipulated her for the fun of it, but some have him really love her, and you can definately tell that he really loves her here.

[@cromulentwords]

"When the Shit Hits the Fan: The Ballet This is one of my favorite scenes in ballet, and Alina Cojocaru is perfect. She's the best for roles that are young and innocent (Princess Aurora, for example. Out of the damn park). I saw Marinela Nunez do this scene and it was almost...too beautiful. Too strong; too mature. She was the best Odette/Odile you're ever likely to see, but Alina is more fragile, and ultimately more heartbreaking. Her facial expressions and deconstructed movements make it cease to be a ballet for a few minutes and simply become a story. Its that kind of ability, emotional as well as physical, that makes a great artist. Also the music is so twisted in that scene. I love the complexity.

[@fionacraig2012]

Liz Buhh Crikey, well said!! I just saw her in Akrham Khan's Giselle and you've described her perfectly! Utterly enchanting, way beyond a 'dancer' :-)

[@cromulentwords]

I am dying to see Arkham Khan's Giselle. Wish I could see more about it online. It looks mindblowing.

[@bethanyshouk8212]

Harriet TheShy I

[@lizr7680]

The way Kimura reaches for her at 5:27 right before she dies KILLS me. She’s just out of reach, she always was, and he’s about to lose her forever.

[@remar1213]

this makes romeo and juliet look normal

[@lunaamakura7683]

Remar In my opinion this is better You can’t go wrong with vengeful bride ghosts 👻

[@jenniferl.8111]

Underrated lol

[@olgankaradeniz1330]

Yes, sadly!

[@humanoide7076]

Wow this must be so hard to do, dance and act without speaking, poor Giselle, i came here because of a kdrama but doing like a play with ballet is so interesting

[@slowyourroll1146]

'Angel's Last Mission: Love' right?

[@humanoide7076]

@goodtoby07 I never saw any ballet thats why i find it so interesting, is new for me

[@baysavicious]

Wow she actually made me cry. Alina is an amazing performer

[@suzannederringer1607]

She is pure poetry.

[@fullofdance3732]

It's a shame a good part of the audience was unable to see all the details of her interpretation, as WE can: the expression in her face, her eyes... They probably felt it all the same, though, what she imparted was all over her, A better still interpretation? I doubt it, but I will look it up! An Oscar? Yes, I agree with that! True as life, not a cerebral, learned, interpretation. Manuel Legris is up to her, also a great actor, Their Giselle PDD Act1 you posted is also the most charming and believable interpretation I have seen so far (and I have seen A LOT). Look at his L'Arlesienne final scene! --------- This was posted so many years ago, and I just found it out! Thank you, extra123hermit, whoever you are!

[@elha1562]

Giselle is so extra I love it

[@olgankaradeniz1330]

I love the music's tempo because it adds to the feeling of madness and 'running around quickly'.

[@samis3427]

Hilarion's character is played really well in this!

[@malejandra8576]

I love how the villagers at the start are like: Oh darling... Oh no But how- Why?... Oh dear please don't cry

[@iamhere233]

Amazing interpretation by Ms. Cojocaru! It's not only the dancing, the technique, but the acting! She deserves an Oscar! Beauiful!

[@zmffhfltm91]

some people come here atfer watched Angel's Last Missions..☻

[@karlasantana4028]

Jeje

[@KevinZOMG]

DAT HILARION.

[@Lalegendaire]

KevinZOMG could we say that he is... hilarious?

[@fatovamingus]

its amazing. the presentation is more like a play...she is lovely

[@andreabweek]

It’s so upsetting to see this I love this scene so much but it also breaks my heart poor Giselle

[@marianka7258]

This scene is heartbreaking :'(

[@aquariaplanet3031]

Wonderfull Alina Cojocaru,pride of Romania!we love you!!

[@beccam6229]

Beautifully performed. Absolutely fantastic.

[@milicatehan6666]

Românca, Alina Cojocaru!

[@oopsgingermoment]

She looks like a goddess with messed up hair while I look like crap.

[@romycaverly4087]

This is the best acting ive ever scene of this scene (and ive seen a LOT of them, if not all) Bravo!

[@hannahomura4201]

Angel last mission brought me here hehe

[@sugarpop2941]

me too haha

[@Petitsaule]

Poignant et superbement interprété et dansé... Quel travail !!!!! 👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟

[@lilyyulianti8787]

2:26 angel last mission : love 😊

[@eleanorgribs]

completely and utterly sublime

[@EmEnz1]

A truly poignant death scene. Superb acting from Cojacaru, Legris, Kimura and the Corp de ballet. Brought tears to my eyes.

[@Petitsaule]

In all versions, she dies, she's fragile, cardiac. When she learns the truth, she remembers all what the Prince and her were dancing at morning , becoming crazy, and wants to suicide with the sword that her 1st fiance takes immediately. Then she recognizes her mother, run into her arms, and finally go to the Prince, her heart stops brutally, she falls down. The shock was too hard for an innocent girl, 15 years old... Better look at it COMPLETELY , there's one at Scala danced by Alessandra FERRI, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, and Massimo Murru, Principal Dancer, LIVE . (1996) excellent and poignant. This Masterpiece is called the Ballet of Forgiveness... Link here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4q5o6x3gdBroJo

[@sford557]

Wants to COMMIT suicide 'wants to suicide' is not correct grammar.

[@Petitsaule]

sford557 speak Russia ?

[@olafzhh]

wow. perfect.

[@sashakeft1]

MAJOR chills!

[@erw165]

amazing!

[@abbeyacosta9932]

We STANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN a good "You here why?"

[@brackthomasfischer6139]

Alina Cojocaru is one of my favorite Giselles!! Could you please upload her Act I variation?!

[@jonardjanet]

She and Zakharova are my favorite actresses and dancers ,, ♡♡

[@littlephlox8255]

Oooh!!! I recognize the ballerina who plays Giselle!! I have a video of Giselle from the Royal Ballet (I think it’s the Royal Ballet) and she’s in that one too.

[@tarantala111]

Very well acted by all. Whoa, so dramatic.

[@tanjirokamado-sm4lj]

2020 and i found myself watching this!!

[@Theyoats]

She is incredible.

[@chihayiyuik5576]

Really good performance. I want to see their hands, legs, feet more. Why this camera focuses on their face?

[@Petitsaule]

Chihay Iyuik because it's a drama, and we can enjoy their perfect acting...

[@pallythelavendermenace]

Everyone’s talking about how they came from Angel’s Last Mission (idk what that is) but I came here cuz of Barbie lmao. And I think the ballet is beautiful

[@user-ic8eq8hq8p]

Angel's Last Mission:Love is a K-Drama (even me I came from there 😆😆)

[@valenschristynaprily8023]

Its cool😍😍😍

[@evangelinapancoteelias3591]

Lindos ❤️

[@AsAtoswitch]

god....she's crying...

[@janethpaul6332]

Angel's last mission having such an effect💥 lol♥️

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Can anyone tell me more about the story? I mean I know that she is heart- broken and she is getting mad. But what’s going on in her mind in this scene, what is she imagining? What do these hand movements mean? And why is the whole village watching her? Alina is incredible! Not many actresses could do this as convincing as her, and she is actually a dancer and has more skills to master... just phenomenal.

[@brennabrodbeck5183]

Mathilde Wesendonck Giselle finds out that her beloved that she wants to marry is marrying someone else and the prince. At first she is really confused until the situation is explained to her. She then goes mad while she dealing the the pain of a literal broken heart( some stories say she has a heart condition) and soon dies from it.

[@nat7767]

Mathilde Wesendonck earlier in the ballet, giselle and the prince dance together a lot, that’s where her reflective moments are from. i remember one moment, when i saw the ballet in person, she was picking petals off of a flower with the prince like the “he loves me, he loves me not” sort of thing, which is where that motion comes from in the mad scene. the movements she makes is her reflecting on her and the princes relationship, before her heart just gives up :(. i think the town is watching her because she is imagining things, and they don’t know what to do. that’s just how i interpreted it :)

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Thank you!! 🙏

[@hi-ve1cw]

The hand movements are mimicking a scene earlier in the ballet where she picks the petals off a flower saying he loves me, he loves me not. The deranged dancing she does also mimics the choreography of earlier in the ballet where giselle and the prince are dancing happily together. When she goes mad she starts hallucinating their happy times together and dies of heartbreak because she realises she has been betrayed and lied to. The whole village is watching because just before this scene there were happy village festivities going on

[@emmad.176]

Hey, sorry I know I'm late to the party but I've just been binge watching Alina Cojacaru videos because I just think she's so talented :) She really gets into this scene acting-wise and it's amazing :) Like others have said, the villagers are there because they were celebrating some kind of festival beforehand. The character who blows the horn has feelings for Giselle and I think maybe knows her love is engaged? Seems like he's had enough of the pretence and wants to expose him. Giselle is in a state of shock here and losing it because the person she loved and who she thought loved her is going to marry someone else. She points to her ring finger because she thought he'd propose to her (or because he's engaged to someone else). She also goes over steps her and her love performed together previously. She's only very young and emotional and I had a thought.... because she's a poor village girl with a heart condition (albeit a beautiful one and with a strong support system), she probably made her peace with the fact she would likely never marry or find love, then was given the hope of it but had it snatched away in front of everyone in her mind (whether they understood everything or not), which would be really heart-breaking. It's clear the gentleman cares for her but he still lead her on and if you've ever been lead on, it is pretty hurtful and mind boggling, even if they did care for you. 😔 Hope this helps :)

[@olgankaradeniz1330]

I think I've watched this about 15 times... No, actually 30. Mmmmm, probably 50.

[@manunajjar]

I like Kazuo Kimura.

[@mihaelatudor2417]

Heartbreaking……

[@danceaholic150305]

alina is so passionate! and petite :)

[@msbeejones]

her GORGEOUS face at 2:40!!! so beautiful!

[@masterzen5567]

yeah i think you´re right i can´t get the feels

[@user-zm9rk3oz8d]

Alina is the best Giselle ever.(that, what I thought when I saw this performance in 2011). So now is 2023: Still the best🎉

[@firlin.5978]

There are some things I don't understand, what exactly is happening here? Wa she heart broken? Why does in one moment she looks super happy and in another she cries (or smiles randomly while crying in a scene) is she supposed to play a crazy character or something? I haven't watched the full play and I don't know much about ballet but I really like watching short videos like this so if someone could please explain me this, I'd be awesome. Thank you for your time, bye!~

[@aspenpoulin9009]

Also, in some variations she has a heart condition and dances till she dies

[@aspenpoulin9009]

Or in others the heartbreak was too much

[@firlin.5978]

@@evapaiz596 thanks for explaining it! It really helps me a lot to understand the situation here, bye! 💜

[@ritawood3448]

Wait so in this version she died of a broken heart?

[@Petitsaule]

Fir Lin. Read the history of the Ballet, you'll understand.

[@IIChobitsII]

Heartbreak, pretty much. I think it was stated somewhere that she danced herself to death from her heartbreak.

[@andreabweek]

IIChobitsII yeah, and then in some other variations she has a heart attack and dies or she takes albrecht’s sword and stabs herself so she bleeds to death

[@user-tz8ix5rt5w]

1:06 バチルド姫「何でこんなところにいるの？」 1:08アルブレヒト「か、狩りをしていたんだよ…」 1:26 ジゼル「ちょっと！どういうこと！！」 7:11 7:18 アルブレヒトをどかすベルタ

[@brackthomasfischer6139]

Is this on DVD

[@eseffaim]

waiiitt, sorry I'm confused. Is this the version where she killed herself with the sword, or is this the one where she dances to her death?

[@eseffaim]

is it that she danced and danced until her heart becomes really week and then died in the arms of Albrecht?

[@Petitsaule]

fatima mahdan in all versions, she dies, she's fragile, cardiac. When she learn the truth, she remember all that the Prince and her were dancing at morning , becoming crazy, and try to suicide with the sword that her 1st fiance takes immediately, then she recognizes her mother, run into her arms, and finally go to the Prince, her heart stops brutally, she falls down. The shock was too hard for an innocent girl, 15 years old... Better look at it completely, there's one at Scala danced by Alessandra Ferri and Massimo Murru, live. (1996) excellent and poignant. This Masterpiece is called the Ballet of Forgiveness.

[@reygoco5175]

I laugh at the extras whenever she ran

[@katiehickey4539]

Knowing he had neither the time to hide, nor the choice, but to greet his real fiance, Loys tried to pretend his disguise was a joke, hoping to protect his true love.

[@nadiiaheckman4213]

Alina is Giselle!

[@jinisworldwidehandsomeukno4758]

Crying

[@EliLee]

jajajaj hilarion xD nice

[@beverlythebird5040]

I hate to be that person...Alina is a wonderful actress but something about Natalia’s performance makes me be on the edge of my seat all the way through

[@singaporegirl16]

@2:50 she has makeup on her sleeve, but it looks a little like blood. very dramatic, even if it wasn't meant to be there.

[@fionacraig2012]

singaporegirl16 ha ,after seeing Akrham Khan's tonight, I just figured that was supposed to be there :-D (they were all a little on the 'grubby' side).

[@eyadmohammad1296]

Am I wrong or the music sounds the same from la bayadere when nikiya death?

[@katiedenlinger]

I literally just watched both death scenes because the music is great in both 😂

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

Maybe the creators of La Bayadere took inspo from the creators of Giselle

[@katiehickey4539]

Wait a minute, New Dream Giselle Character; German Accent, Classical Peasant Tutu, Romantic Noble Tutu, Classical Wili Tutu, Pointe Shoes, Harvest Queen Head Wreath, Wili Bride Veil, and Countess Tiara.

[@katiehickey4539]

But Giselle, understanding the truth could see that Albrecht was stuck in the middle of a love triangle between her and Bathilde, just as she was stuck in the middle of a love triangle between Loys and Hilarion.

[@XiaoSunJing]

why tf am I looking at his hoo-haa all the time. LIKE LOOK HOW BIG THAT BULGE IS!!!

[@bethkrager6529]

They wear padding to hide a sharper outline. It does make them look bigger, but its all in order to show off the power of their legs without giving a full Monty.

[@Mushberrys]

From what I read Giselle really didn’t deserve him like why deceive her why lie. She went mad because of it until her heart stop. You can tell when she dies he blames the other dude and the other dude is like no it was you you did this. How could he not see that it was him.

[@stefannydvorak7919]

You mean HE didn’t deserve HER.

[@astrologia9266]

Completely unrelated, but Hilarion was one of the OG r/niceguy(s) wasn't he lmao,,, tho I can't rlly say Albrecht was correct either. Poor Giselle. Anyways, stan Queen Myrtha

[@mvlfoyedits.7379]

Well its kinda true that hilarion was not the baddie,but albrecht bec he betrayed giselle and marry (im not sure if it really is) another girl

[@annyyaa]

Ugh, men, am I right?

[@marlenevonbulow6591]

jeg synge danser godte,somme balledte danser-Marlene V.B.

[@mme_noir3489]

Ainda acho que a Giselle deveria ter ficado com a Batilda e cancelado esses 2 Chernoboys

[@doristohahtuan2645]

Poor Giselle the men that loved her ultimately killed her 1 jealously got in the way but her lover ultimately killed her he seduce another when he already has a fiance he had no courage to reject choose and devoted himself to only 1 and be faithful to them and hurt both woman and kill Giselle with his betrayal and seduction

[@ILuV-eDiTs13]

I fouth that Manuel was kissing alina in the scene when she was dead

[@mariaconstantinescu5294]

A.Cojocaru and N.Osipova-BEST GISELLES EVER !

[@iamnel3141]

I needed to see the original play of giselle because I watched it first from Angel's last mission..

[@s02229]

Where are the dancing bits? I like her acting but without the dancing, the music is wasted and the scene is disjoint

[@andreabweek]

Ho Yan Law that’s the point she’s falling into the brink of madness so that’s why they are trying to make it very dramatic

[@Petitsaule]

Ho Yan Law read the story...

[@sumaoo9877]

ジゼル役の人、顔小さっっ 手のひらにおさまりそう

[@soccergenius3509]

This is the Fast and the Furious! lol

[@erincrossley2686]

Well she died with a pointed foot…

[@olgankaradeniz1330]

lol

[@chantelletay1523]

Ballet is honestly so confusing

[@FlughafenBetch]

I love this ballerina, but you will never see anyone do this part of Giselle as Svetlana Zakharova!

[@nezumi_no_owno_shiren]

婚約者の父親まで登場wwww 言い逃れ不可能www w

[@kstone1131]

Not the best mad scene I have scene. Not much emotion.

[@Petitsaule]

In all versions, she dies, she's fragile, cardiac. When she learns the truth, she remembers all what the Prince and her were dancing at morning , becoming crazy, and wants to suicide with the sword that her 1st fiance takes immediately. Then she recognizes her mother, run into her arms, and finally go to the Prince, her heart stops brutally, she falls down. The shock was too hard for an innocent girl, 15 years old... Better look at it COMPLETELY , there's one at Scala danced by Alessandra Ferri and Massimo Murru, live. (1996) excellent and poignant. This Masterpiece is called the Ballet of Forgiveness.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4q5o6x3gdBroJo