The haunting romantic ballet ballet “Giselle” with music by French composer Adolphe Adam and original choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot was first performed at the Paris Opera in France in 1841. However, “Giselle” has long been sort of unofficially a Russian classic. In 1843, the ballet was performed in Moscow and a year later in St. Petersburg. By 1868 “Giselle” had been dropped from the Paris Opera’s repertory, but Russian dancers, ballet masters and choreographers kept […]