On his wedding day, the young Scotsman James is awakened with a kiss from an ethereal winged creature, a Sylph. Entranced by her beauty, James risks everything to pursue an unattainable love. La Sylphide is one of the world’s oldest surviving ballets, and a treasure in Danish ballet master August Bournonville’s style. Staged for the Bolshoi by Bournonville expert Johan Kobborg, this production is the ultimate romantic masterpiece. Captured live from the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
Cast
Vyacheslav Lopatin
James
Ekaterina Krysanova
Slyph
Anna Rebetskaya
Effie
Denis Savin
Gurn
Irina Zibrova
Madge, a witch
Irina Semirechenskaya
Anna, James' mother
Evgeny Golovin
Two Friends
Alexander Vodopetov
Two Friends
Ivan Alexeyev
Pas de six
Klim Efimov
Pas de six
Svetlana Pavlova
Pas de six
Maria Prorvich
Pas de six
Anna Proskurnina
Pas de six
Igor Tsvirko
Pas de six
Andrei Sitnikov
Old man musician
Anna Tikhomirova
The First Sylph
Chinara Alizade
Two Sylphs
Yulia Lunkina
Two Sylphs
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Unknown
Crew
Vincent Bataillon
Director
Adolphe Nourrit
Story
Filippo Taglioni
Story
Peter Farmer
Costume Design, Set Designer
Damir Ismagilov
Lighting Design
Herman Severin Løvenskjold
Original Music Composer
Pavel Klinichev
Music Director
August Bournonville
Choreographer
Johan Kobborg
Choreographer
Charles Nodier
Original Story