So what would make this more dramatically effective?
Perhaps those Giselles who project a certain manic fragility in their First Act gaiety -- a little too much intensity, perhaps, something subtley off kilter -- are more effective as they collapse into madness than are those who really do appear to be happy peasants.
Maybe portray Giselle as being bi-polar?
Giselle is certainly not dead in my part of the world - St Petersburg Russia. It's one of the most performed and best loved ballets of all here!
I'm an avid ballet goer and fan living in St Petersburg, Russia. I'm lucky that I can go to the Mariinsky, Bolshoi, Boris Eifman ballet quite often and live in a country that adores its ballet!
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Giselle is certainly not dead in my part of the world - St Petersburg Russia. It's one of the most performed and best loved ballets of all here!