Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
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An overview of the Bournonville method through two legendary ballets of the Danish choreographer: The Sylph in its 1936 choreography and the "Pas de deux" extract from The Flower Festival in Genzano composed in 1858: two pearls of the repertoire!
Director: Patricia Foy
Top Cast
Lucette Aldous
The Sylph
Flemming Flindt
James Ruben, a Scottis
Shirley Dixon
Effie, James' fiancee
John Chesworth
Gurn, James' friend
Gillian Martlew
Madge the Witch
Jennifer Kelly
Effie's friend
Kenneth Bannerman
Village boy
John O'Brien
Village boy
Rudolf Nureyev
Paolo, a young man
Merle Park
Rosa, a young woman