05/22/2013

Ballet Can Break Your Heart: Swan Lake and Giselle [Video]

[caption id="attachment_8553" align="aligncenter" width="488" caption="Alessandra Ferri in Giselle - YouTube"][/caption] Are you a "softie" for heart-wrenching sad endings, like the ending of Giselle and Swan Lake? I am... In one, Giselle saves Albrecht from certain death only to return to her own grave. Oh, the bitter sweet good-bye... And in the second, Odette is betrayed by the very man who swore his eternal love for her. Ballet Can Break Your Heart: Swan Lake and Giselle [Pacific

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May 22, 2013 12:36:31 AM

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