Ballet is all interpretation. These dancers are detangling heartbreak. The San Francisco Ballet will bring “Giselle” into 2023.
The word “heartbreak” dates back to the 1570s. While the expression “break heart” is located closer to 1400. One would think it wouldn’t take 170 years to go from breaking hearts to heartbreak, but maybe everyone was healing, or practicing “self-love” as we say now, before naming the feeling.
. The titular character suffers metaphoric heartbreak, then dies from actual heartbreak. Of all the Romantic ballets still performed, “Giselle” is the oldest, and its staying power lies in the romantic grief that has inspired poets, songwriters and storytellers for centuries. Eight dancers are making debuts in the roles of Giselle, the besotted peasant girl, and Albrecht, the prince who woos, deceives and grieves her. This two-act story ballet includes famous high-drama moments ripe for interpretation for any dancer. There is the “mad scene” in which Giselle discovers the true identity of her beloved, requiring a storm of emotions to move the plot forward and meet the demands of the music.
What will these dancers bring to roles that have been performed since 1841? How is the ballet’s heartbreak embodied in 2023? I heard from Sasha de Sola, Esteban Hernandez, Jasmine Jimison, Wona Park, and Wei Wang via email.Sasha De Sola: I find Giselle is a character who is at the crux of two vastly different worlds. In the first act, she knows primarily of her village and the peasants around her. Yet she is not like the rest of them in her physicality or in her way of perceiving the world.
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