Giselle is one weird and wonderful ballet. Over 180 years after its Paris premiere, it continues to startle and move audiences with its go-for-broke otherworldliness. It plays like a standard ...

Kellis McSparrin Oldenburg, well-known to the ballet's fans, will dance the technically and artistically demanding title role in "Giselle Deslondes." The rest of the cast includes Marigny Opera Ballet ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a culture maven and arts enthusiast. Aug 02, 2025, 05:09pm EDT Chloe Misseldine as Giselle in Giselle. “Youth is wasted on the ...

The world turns upside down for the peasant girl Giselle when she discovers her lover Albrecht is actually a nobleman promised to another. In despair, she kills herself. Her spirit joins the Wilis, ...