Budapest Festival: Royal Danish Ballet

The Royal Danish Ballet will perform two stunning works at the Budapest Spring Festival.

Bournonville: La Sylphide
Choreography: August Bournonville
Music: H.S. Løvenskiold
Set design: Mikael Melbye

A sylph is an ethereal being that has inhabited European mythology since the ancient Greeks. They are born of pure air and retain their ravishing and seductive beauty for more than 300 years. Sylphs are akin to elf girls and mermaids; they are supernatural, mystical beings that pose grave danger to the souls and minds of men. Sylphs cannot be possessed and may never be touched with erotic intent, lest they lose their crystalline wings and perish.

Balanchine: Symphony in C
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staging: Merrill Ashley and Stacey Cadell assisted by Heidi Ryom and Anne Holm Peyk Jensen
Music: George Bizet
Costume Design: Annette Nørgaard

A brilliant and sophisticated rush of classical ballet will bring the evening to a close when the entire company stages Symphony in C, one of the great finale ballets of the international repertoire and among Balanchine’s finest works.