The most recent of the enduring classical story ballets to enter NYCB’s repertory, Peter Martins’ staging of August Bournonville’s La Sylphide is filled with passion and elusive love
Choreography by: August Bournonville, staged by Peter Martins
Music by: Herman Severin Løvenskjold
A Note from Peter Martins:
August Bournonville, the fountainhead of classical Danish choreography, saw the Paris Opera Ballet perform its production of La Sylphide in 1834, and for two francs and some change, he bought a copy of the libretto and commissioned a new score from Herman Løvenskjold, who happens to be my mother’s sister’s husband’s grandfather. Two years later, the Royal Danish Ballet premiered Bournonville’s version of La Sylphide, and in an unbroken tradition, the work has remained in the company’s repertory ever since.
Over the years several descendants of the Royal Danish Ballet have staged their own versions of La Syphide. In my staging, which was originally created for the Pennsylvania Ballet in 1985, I chose not to change anything, there is virtually nothing of me in the production. I simply went back to the essential La Sylphide. This is the Romantic ballet that I was brought up on; this is Bournonville as I know it. Oh yes, I did contribute something—I eliminated the intermission!
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY FEB 12 @ 8:00 PM
SATURDAY FEB 13 @ 2:00 & 8 PM
SUNDAY FEB 14 @ 3:00 & 7:30 PM
TUESDAY FEB 16 @ 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY FEB 17 @ 7:30 PM
THURSDAY FEB 18, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
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La Sylphide
First Preview: Jan 15, 2016
Opening Date: Feb 12, 2016
Closing Date: Feb 18, 2016
Running Time: 01:10
Playing @
David H. Koch Theater
20 Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 10
Audience Advisory: Valentine' Day Special - added performance @ 7:30 pm
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