Choreographer

Two Bournonville Ballets—A Celebration of Drama, Romance, and Joy.

La Ventana (“The Window”) and The Kermesse in Bruges are two vastly different ballets by August Bournonville, yet together they demonstrate his remarkable ability to portray drama, romance, comedy, and poetry.

La Ventana and The Kermesse in Bruges

Royal Danish Opera

Harmony and peace are quintessential to Bournonville's ballets, but beneath the idyll of A Folk Tale, there lurks an undercurrent that simmers, bubbles and vibrates with life.

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A Folk Tale

Copenhagen Opera House

Alberta Ballet opens the season with a dramatic first for the company: a debut of La Sylphide in full-length.

La Sylphide

Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

University of Alberta

A beloved masterpiece, La Sylphide contains all the elements of Romantic ballet: a dark setting enshrouded in mist, a melodramatic love story doomed by a mysterious enchantment, and ethereal women in white. The famously specific Bournonville style provides joyful high points in the tragic story of a Scottish nobleman who finds himself in love with a sylph – a fairy-like spirit who is not of his world. Based on the original 1836 Royal Danish Ballet production, La Sylphide is one of the oldest surviving masterworks of classical ballet.

Choreographer

August Bournonville

Events

Past events

Aug 30 - Sep 13, 2025

La Ventana and The Kermesse in Bruges · Royal Danish Opera

Sep 21 - Nov 2, 2024

A Folk Tale · Royal Danish Ballet

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