With the arrival of the dawn, Giselle vanishes back into her grave, and Albrecht is left alone with his sorrow. But his life is saved. You will likely experience issues using this site.
Update your browser to view this website correctly. Update my browser now. Telstra, Principal Partner Cart. She summons the other Wilis to join her in a fantastic ball. The Wilis, including Moyna and Zulma, present themselves to their sovereign, and soon all of the Wilis are waltzing with abandon, gratifying their love for dancing which they were unable to fulfill in life.
Before long, at a sign from the queen, the dance comes to an end, and Myrtha announces the arrival of a new Wili. Giselle appears, rising from her grave, wrapped in a shroud. When Myrtha touches her with her rosemary branch, the shroud falls off and Giselle is transformed into a Wili. She dances with fervor until a sound is heard in the distance. The Wilis disperse and hide themselves.
Some youths are returning from a festival in a neighboring village. The Wilis seek to detain them and try to force them to dance.
However, an old man throws himself in their midst warns them of the danger; they barely escape, with the Wilis in hot pursuit. The grief-stricken Albrecht appears with his faithful squire, Wilfride. Though Wilfride begs his master not to linger near the fatal tomb, Albrecht sends him away. Soon thereafter, Albrecht, in his state of sorrow, believes he sees the ghost of Giselle. He tries to embrace her, but he cannot. She looks at him lovingly and throws him some roses. Giselle disappears back into her tomb.
Albrecht is about to depart the scene when he sees Hilarion. Hiding behind a tree, Albrecht watches as the poor hapless gamekeeper, frightened nearly to death and begging for pity from the Wilis, is forced to dance himself to exhaustion.
The cruel Wilis throw him into the pond and then begin dancing amongst themselves. Desperately, he tries to escape, for he knows what cruel fate awaits him. But Giselle re-appears miraculously, takes him by the hand, and leads him to her tombstone, a marble cross, which holds a power even stronger than that of the Wilis.
Just as Myrtha is about to touch him with her scepter, it breaks in her hands. Myrtha is furious at her loss of power. As a last resort, and seeking revenge on the Wili who robbed her of her prey, Myrtha extends her hand toward Giselle and casts a spell on her. Giselle begins a slow, graceful dance, as though transported by an involuntary delirium. Albrecht is unable to resist the Wili Giselle and he leaves the cross—the only thing that could protect him—and begins dancing ardently with her.
Albrecht becomes exhausted. Just as it seems Albrecht will dance himself to death, the first rays of the sun appear. It is morning! The chimes strike four. Because the Wilis lose their power in daylight, they must withdraw. Giselle, too, must return to her grave. Albrecht kneels by her and gives her a kiss, as if to restore her to life, but Giselle seems to say that she must obey her fate and leave him forever.
Suddenly, loud fanfares are heard; Wilfrid, the faithful squire, arrives on the scene with the Prince and Bathilde, whose efforts, he hopes, will be more effective than his own in persuading Albrecht to leave this place of sadness. Giselle points Albrecht toward Bathilde, as if to tell him it is her last wish that he marry the young noblewoman.
With sorrow, Albrecht gathers up the flowers on her grave and lovingly presses them to his lips and to his heart. As he falls into the arms of those who surround him, he reaches out his hand to Bathilde. The Titus manuscript. Having gone through several restagings — from memory, notations and eventually video — there remains a basic version from which companies worldwide use as a base and place to begin their choreography. In addition, the pointe shoe has changed, in turn changing the style and look of the ballet.
With that being said, the basic outline and storyline have not been altered in the version we will be presenting in May. By the end of the century, reason was being swept away by the violent excesses of the French Revolution and the devastating impact of the Industrial Revolution.
Enter the Romantic Era. Romanticism replaced reason with emotion and individualism. A focus on the historical past eclipsed Greek and Roman mythology. Nature and the common man were glorified, accompanied by a fascination with the supernatural.
Tragic heroes searched for an ideal they could never find. There were no more happy endings. As a work of art, the ballet Giselle embodies these Romantic characteristics. Gautier was determined to create a ballet for Grisi.
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