why named as missygiselle

beautiful steps with a graceful song.
a perfect match!
She is AMAZING

THE STORY OF GISELLE

Act 1

Giselle, a young peasant girl has fallen in love

with Count Albrecht, who is tired of his life at

court and is disguised as a peasant. Hilarion,

one of the villagers who is in love with Giselle,

tries to warn her that Albrecht is a noble who is

already engaged to Bathilde and can never

marry a simple village girl like Giselle.

Giselle and Hilarion dance at the grape

harvest, where Giselle is crowned the Harvest

Queen. Giselle’s mother Berthe warns her of

the dancing ghosts called Wilis in the nearby

forest that rise from their graves at night and

lure men to their deaths. She wants Giselle to

stop dancing because she is so delicate.

Bathilde and her father arrive in the village and

are welcomed by Giselle and the villagers.

Giselle and Bathilde become friends and

discover they are both in love and engaged to

be married.

Hilarion finds Albrecht’s sword with his real

name on it and uses it to prove to Giselle that

Albrecht is not who she thinks he is. Giselle

rushes over to Bathilde and when she sees

Albrecht’s engagement ring she realises she

has been betrayed! She is completely

overcome and, after wildly dancing her grief

and passion, she dies, her heart broken.

Act 2

Hilarion prays at Giselle’s grave deep in the

forest. He is captured by Queen Myrtha and

her band of Wilis. Wilis are girls who, like

Giselle, have died before their wedding day.

Myrtha forces Hilarion to dance until he

collapses and dies.

When Albrecht arrives, full of sadness for what

he has done, Myrtha decides that Giselle must

dance with him until he dies. Through the

night, they dance a beautiful pas de deux

together. Despite his betrayal, Giselle still loves

Albrecht. She dances with him until dawn when

the power of the Wilis vanishes and they must

return to their graves.

Albrecht is exhausted and near death as day

beaks. Giselle holds Albrecht one last time and

then must return to her tomb, but she has

managed to protect him and save his life.

why I named my blog as missygiselle

simply... I Love Ballet