The Royal Ballet has posted a clip from its production of Giselle, currently streaming on demand online. In the clip, watch principal dancer Marianela Nuñez as she performs the Myrtha Queen of the ...

All credit to Lamb and Golding; considering the short practice time they must have had together, they both turned in very clean performances, with only the biggest lifts in Act II showing signs of ...

When better than Valentine’s Day for a reminder that love is serious stuff? Giselle is a heartbreak of a ballet – its heroine is beguiled and betrayed, but her love stays steadfast, even beyond the ...

Last night's Giselle was Marinela Nuñez, impeccable in every respect, but particularly charming as the merry, hopeful peasant girl of the first scenes (pictured below), and the loving spirit of the ...

Giselle is pretty much the oldest ballet in the repertoire. First seen in 1841, it set the template for the artform: a broken-hearted love story which dives into the supernatural. Sharp storytelling, ...

I must admit to being a little sceptical about the prospect of yet another revival of Giselle. It’s not long since they last performed it, I thought. The production is getting long in the tooth, I ...