Joffrey Ballet sets aside its modern lines and embraces 'Giselle'
It's a classic, but not classical. "Giselle" premiered in Paris in 1841, created for the ballerina Carlotta Grisi by choreographers Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot and set to a magnificent score by Adolphe Adam. Considered today as epitomizing the height of ballet's Romantic period, classical king...