234. Giselle: Act II Grave Scene 1946
Adolphe Adam (produced 1841)
Dimitri Romanoff, with contributions by George Balanchine and Antony Tudor
Scenery and costumes by Eugene Berman
October 15, 1946, Ballet Theatre, Broadway Theatre, New York. Conductor: Max Goberman
Giselle, Alicia Alonso; Albrecht, Igor Youskevitch; Hilarion, Stanley Herbert; Myrtha, Nora Kaye; and others
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Balanchine, working with Romanoff, arranged the traditional Maryinsky staging of Giselle’s grave scene in Act II: Albrecht prevents Giselle from disappearing into her grave and lays her on a bed of flowers; but Giselle sinks away, and only the flowers remain. This interpolation lasted in repertory for only a brief time.
Balanchine; Charles Payne, American Ballet Theatre, p. 148