Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes is a triumphant adaptation of the legendary 1948 feature film by Micheal Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
New Adventures
Ballet
La Sylphide
The Australian Ballet
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Subscribe NowThe Australian Ballet presents La Sylphide, in a production by Erik Bruhn after August Bournonville’s nineteenth-century original. A ballet in two acts, La Sylphide tells the tale of the Scottish dreamer James, who is fascinated by a woodland sprite and spurns his fiancée to follow her. Intent on capturing the ethereal beauty for his own, he accepts the help of the vengeful witch Madge, who leads him to his downfall.
Cast & Crew
(Choreographer), (Composer), Leanne Stojmenov (La Sylphide), Daniel Gaudiello (James), Olga Tamara (His mother), Vivienne Wong (Effie, his fiancee), Andrew Wright (Gum, his cousin), Heidi Martin (Nancy, Effie's friend), (Director)