Ballet

La Sylphide

La Sylphide is a ballet choreographed by Filippo Taglioni to music by Jean Schneitzhoeffer, first performed in 1832. La Sylphide ([la sil.fid]; lit. 'The Female Sylph'; Danish: Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts.

La Sylphide
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Choreography
Filippo Taglioni
Music
Jean Schneitzhoeffer
Premiere
1832
First performed at
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About the work

La Sylphide ([la sil.fid]; lit. 'The Female Sylph'; Danish: Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. Bournonville's is the only version known to have survived and is one of the world's oldest surviving ballets.

From the Wikipedia article “La Sylphide”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other works by the same choreographer

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