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The Mikhailovsky Ballet and a tale of two Giselles by Judith Mackrell

One romantic, the other demonic " the two very different Giselles danced by Olesya Novikova and Natalia Osipova make for a fascinating up-close comparisonReading this on mobile? Click here to view videoThe Mikhailovsky Ballet opens its London season this week with the most perfect of all romantic ballets, Giselle. With its title role pivoted between peasant girl and moonlit ghost, this 1841 work also offers ballerina…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15AM on March 25, 2013

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