Courtesy Pacific Northwest Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal’s radiant, historically informed production of "Giselle" drew international accolades when it premiered in 2011.
PNB’s production marked the first time an American ballet company had based a production on Stepanov notation as well as the first use in modern times of the rare French sources for Giselle.
PNB is thrilled to bring Giselle back to the stage for eight performances, Feb. 3-12 at Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. Tickets start at just $37. The program will also stream digitally from Feb. 16-20. Tickets for the digital access are $35.
For tickets and additional information, contact the PNB Box Office at 206-441-2424, in person at 301 Mercer St., or online at PNB.org.
Widely acknowledged as the greatest ballet of the Romantic era, Giselle tells the story of a peasant girl who dies of a broken heart after her fiancé is revealed to be a nobleman in disguise. In death, she joins the ranks of the Wilis, supernatural maidens who died before their wedding days and are doomed to take their revenge on men for eternity. In a miraculous display of love beyond the grave, Giselle saves her betrothed from certain death at the hands of her ghostly sisters.
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production of Giselle has been staged by PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal, utilizing primary sources from Paris and St. Petersburg, with the assistance of dance historians Marian Smith and Doug Fullington, and drawing on the rich tradition of Giselle performances throughout the 20th century and to the present day.
For additional information about PNB’s unique production of Giselle, including extensive program notes and a full synopsis by Marian Smith and Doug Fullington, visit PNB.org/Giselle.