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It is one of the most famous ballets of all: "Giselle". The story of the young woman who loves the nobleman Albrecht and dies of a broken heart when she learns that he is promised to another woman has moved generations of ballet spectators. The youthful passion ends fatally, but Giselle continues to exist: as a ghost in the world of the legendary Wilis.
At night, Giselle rises boldly as one of the restless souls who died before their marriage and who plunge everyone they meet to their doom in a frenzy of dance. Will Albrecht also meet his fate?
Giselle's mad scene at the end of the first act is legendary. Dance theater director Annett Göhre creates her own visual world for the masterpiece, which premiered in Paris in 1841, and questions the emancipatory content of the Wilis, who take revenge on the living - by dancing - for the love betrayal they have suffered. Adolphe Adam's colorful music is played live by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Ulm: a romantic, imaginative dance experience.

30 minutes before each performance there is an introduction by dance theater director Annett Göhre in the upper foyer.

Age recommendation: 12+

Duration approx. 2 hours 10 minutes including one interval


Press reviews
"Pointe dancing is back on the stage of Ulm Theatre. Ballet director Annett Göhre stages Adolphe Adam's classical ballet 'Giselle', which premiered in 1841, in the main auditorium - excellently danced and visually so beautiful in Annett Hunger's design that the audience applauds for minutes at the end."
Dagmar Hub // Neu-Ulmer Zeitung

"The protagonists are excellently cast, the naturally simple story is told clearly and like a fairy tale, as flute-soft and waltzy as the orchestra lays out the dance floor, only to become dramatic with a brass attack. Like a group of porcelain, the figures begin frozen and dissolve into the play."
Jürgen Kanold // Südwest Presse