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La Sylphide is one of the world’s oldest surviving romantic ballets, dating back to August Bournonville’s 1836 version. The version presented today has been adapted by choreographer Johan Kobborg, and gleams anew at the Bolshoi Ballet. In La Sylphide, the human realm of a small Scottish community – evoked by traditional folk songs in Herman Løvenskiold’s score – meets the spiritual when James, a classic Romantic hero, is utterly bewitched by a beautiful sylph whom he is unable to touch.
The story finds us in a Scottish manor-house, on the morning of his wedding, where James wakes up from a dream to discover a beautiful winged sylph before him. Entranced by the vision, he attempts to capture her but she escapes him and vanishes. During the wedding preparations, James hardly notices Effie; instead she is wooed by Gurn whom she ignores. James joins in the preparations but gradually realizes that his dreams go far beyond the walls of the manor-house and that his obsession with the winged creature risks his own happiness and that of his fiancée Effie.
Tickets are $15 adults and just $5 for youth age 18 and under. Additional information can be found on the theater's website, www.aththelincoln.org. Reservations or ticket purchases can be made by calling the box office at 563-3424 or by stopping by Tuesday through Friday, 1-5 pm, or 1 hour prior to curtain. Don't miss this extraordinary dance event from one of the world's best ballet companies.
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