Giselle
March 11-13, 2011
Choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli
Staged by Vera Altunina
Music of Adolphe Adam
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ILLUSIVE. Giselle is the tale of a peasant girl whose true love for a nobleman is not realized until her death. In her final moments, Giselle is transported to the moonlit land of the “Wilis,” vengeful spirits of brides who have died before their wedding day. With its sense of mystery, undying love and redemption, Giselle is the “quintessential romantic ballet.”
The oldest continually-performed ballet in history, Giselle, first premiered on June 28, 1841 at the Theatre de l’Academie Royale de Musique in Paris, with choreography by Coralli and Perrot. Since then, Giselle has become a foundational work of the world’s most prestigious classical ballet companies. Giselle was first presented by IBT in 2004.
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2011 Giselle Guest Soloists
MARA VINSON as Giselle
Ms. Vinson
is from Redondo Beach, California. She trained at Palos
Verdes Ballet, the Kirov Academy, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School.
She
joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 1999. She was
promoted to
corps de ballet in 2000, to soloist in 2004, and was made a principal in
2007. Ms. Vinson danced in the BBC's 1999 film version of PNB's
production of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, filmed at Sadler's
Wells Theatre, London. Ms. Vinson performed the lead in International Ballet Theatre's 2010 Don Quixote.
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LE YIN as Albrecht
Mr. Yin was
born in Nan Chang, China and began his training at the Beijing Dance Academy
and continued his training with the Houston Ballet Academy. Mr. Yin is a former
Principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and a former Principal dancer with
Pacific Northwest Ballet. He performed the lead in International Ballet Theatre's 2010 Don Quixote.
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OLEG GORBOULEV as Halerien
Mr. Gorboulev received his ballet training from the National Ballet
School of Uzbekistan, and originally danced professionally with Moscow
Classical Ballet in Russia, where he toured with the company throughout
Europe, the USA, and Asia. In 1995, Mr. Gorboulev came to the US to
dance with Indianapolis Ballet Theatre; then in 1998 joined Pacific
Northwest Ballet (PNB), rising to Soloist. Mr. Gorboulev was an original
member of Los Angeles Ballet, a newly founded ballet company, where he
performed lead roles in ballets such as Agon, Apollo, Serenade, and Napoli.
He is currently a member of Seattle Dance Project, Seattle, WA and a
highly acclaimed dance instructor in the Seattle area. Mr. Gorboulev
danced the leading roles of Jonathan in IBT’s Dracula (2007) and Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker (2007).
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