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Bolshoi Ballet: La Sylphide

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.

Top Cast

  • Vyacheslav Lopatin

    Vyacheslav Lopatin

    James

  • Ekaterina Krysanova

    Ekaterina Krysanova

    Slyph

  • Anna Rebetskaya

    Anna Rebetskaya

    Effie

  • Denis Savin

    Denis Savin

    Gurn

  • Irina Ziborova

    Irina Ziborova

    Madge, a witch

  • Irina Semirechenskaya

    Irina Semirechenskaya

    Anna, James' mother

  • Evgeny Golovin

    Evgeny Golovin

    Two Friends

  • Alexander Vodopetov

    Alexander Vodopetov

    Two Friends

  • Ivan Alexeyev

    Ivan Alexeyev

    Pas de six

Overview

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.

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