Bolshoi Ballet: La Sylphide

Overview

On his wedding day, the young Scotsman James is awakened with a kiss from an ethereal winged creature, a Sylph. Entranced by her beauty, James risks everything to pursue an unattainable love. La Sylphide is one of the world’s oldest surviving ballets, and a treasure in Danish ballet master August Bournonville’s style. Staged for the Bolshoi by Bournonville expert Johan Kobborg, this production is the ultimate romantic masterpiece. Captured live from the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

Top Cast

Vyacheslav Lopatin

James

Ekaterina Krysanova

Slyph

Anna Rebetskaya

Effie

Denis Savin