Wright’s much lauded production of Giselle, staged for the National Ballet of Canada in 1970 and often revived, returns this week. “When I first saw Giselle in London, I think it was 1945, I was not very impressed,” Wright explains. Some of Wright’s theories about Giselle cannot easily be staged but do make sense of the ballet’s dramatic conundrums. Giselle is at the Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W., June 15 to 19; national.ballet.ca, 416-345-9595 or 1-866-345-9595. For Wright, staging Giselle marked a significant career shift, away from original choreography toward a series of very successful productions of the great 19th-century classics.

Source: thestar June 15, 2016 12:00 UTC