Giselle or The Wilis (Adaptation)
Illustrator:
Marcia Brown
Violette Verdy
Original title:
Giselle, ou les Wilis
Original author:
Theophile Gautier
Original language:
French
Publication:
1970 by McGraw-Hill Book Company
Genre:
Dance, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales, Performing Arts, Picture Books
Pages:
55
Current state:
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Giselle is possibly the best-loved of the world's ballets. Created over 125 years ago by the French poet Théophile Gautier, its bittersweet story of love, death and the dance has moved audiences of all ages, in every corner of the world.
After Giselle's premiere in 1840, Gautier published its story in narrative form, describing the ballet as only a poet can. It is his text, translated and adapted by a distinguished Giselle of our own day, that is presented in this volume.
Marcia Brown has seen many Giselles, sketching rehearsals, studying the dancers' movements, the decor, the costumes, and even the music. Her unique collaboration with Violette Verdy has produced a haunting evocation of the Romantic age as well as a compelling storybook.
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Violette Verdy
FrenchIn January, 1969, dance critic Clive Barnes wrote the following in The New York Times: "Violette Verdy is special. She is perhaps the most daring an... See more
Marcia Brown
1918 - 2015American
Marcia Brown has twice won the Caldecott Medal (for Cinderella and Once a Mouse...) and six of her books have been Caldecott Hon... See more
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Podcast
Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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