Well I don’t share your enthusiasm for Aurélie Dupont’s Giselle. I was there too I found the night more professional than anything else. She is an exceptional technician, the best so far I’ve seen in the role, but she is a poor actress. As a matter of fact, I found her first act too polish and with absolutely no emotion. It was not really possible to believe she was this poor naive girl from de country. The second act lacked of lyricism for the same reason, although it’s less demanding in acting skills and her wonderful technique is less a show off. Nicolas Le Riche was up to me, although quite good, not in his best day, I find he is better when dancing with Laëtitia Pujol’s Giselle( who is in the POB DVD)… Technically speaking, Marie-Agnès Gillot is astonishing, but perhaps lacks too a lyrical involvement…
Up to me the best show in the actual series was danced by Isabelle Ciaravola and Stéphane Bullion, two wonderful actors. They danced in harmony and they matched totally, physically and in the way they portrayed the two heroes. The first act was very fresh and spontaneous until the betrayal scene where she portrayed a very poignant girl and he was a very remorseful Albrecht, nearly as sick as her… The second act was magical because they both show an incredible lyricism. He’s a tall and very impressive in his jumps and he has an incredible ability in the lifts which were quite magical showing most of the time an incredible floating Giselle. Isabelle Ciaravola is a perfect ethereal creature and so much touching… That was a brilliant night.