Giselle *****
English National Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, 20th September 2017
Giselle’s tale of love, betrayal and redemption has been entrancing audiences since 1841, but in Akram Khan’s version for English National Ballet, now receiving a pulsating first revival at Sadler’s Wells, Marius Petipa’s choreography is gone, as is (almost) Adolphe Adam’s original score. Khan provides a contemporary update, setting the story among jobless migrant factory workers. Albrecht is a little rich boy, slumming it so he can be close to his lover, Giselle.
Tamara Rojo (Giselle) and James Streeter (Albrecht)
© Laurent Liotardo
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