The opening show of his first season as artistic director with Alberta Ballet is a textbook case of mixing the new with the old. La Sylphide dates back to 1832 and is considered a groundbreaking romantic white tutu ballet, notable for many reasons including the fact that it was the first ballet in which a performer danced on pointe shoes. So it certainly isn't new. But it is new to Alberta Ballet, which has somehow never performed the piece before. The choreography was initially done by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, updated by August Bournonville a few years later and will now include even newer choreography designed by Ventriglia himself.
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