Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival

Overview

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!

Directed by Patricia Foy, Charles R. Rogers, Margaret Dale

Top cast

Lucette Aldous

The Sylph

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Flemming Flindt

James Ruben, a Scottish Farmer

Shirley Dixon

Effie, James' fiancee

J

John Chesworth

Gurn, James' friend

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Gillian Martlew

Madge the Witch

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Jennifer Kelly

Effie's friend

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Kenneth Bannerman

Village boy

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John O'Brien

Village boy

Rudolf Nureyev

Paolo, a young man

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Merle Park

Rosa, a young woman

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