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Joffrey Ballet sets aside its modern lines and embraces 'Giselle' by Lauren Warnecke

It's a classic, but not classical. "Giselle" premiered in Paris in 1841, created for the ballerina Carlotta Grisi by choreographers Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot and set to a magnificent score by Adolphe Adam. Considered today as epitomizing the height of ballet's Romantic period, classical king...

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 12:40PM on October 19, 2017

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