Giselle

Last Sunday I was fortunate enough to go and see my first live ballet performance, Giselle.
Giselle is the story of a beautiful peasant girl name Giselle who falls madly in  love with a Albrecht a nobleman in disguise.  Along with Albrecht the Huntsman, also is in love with Giselle, suspects Albrecht is not what he seems and searches his house finding proof of his treachery. Reveling his true identity at the harvest festival Giselle goes mad an dies of a broken heart.
In Act 2 Albrecht visits Giselle's grave only to be trapped by the Willies, women who have been deceived by former fiances, and force him to dance to his death. But Giselle still in love with Albrecht dances with him through the night until the Willies lose there power saving him and forgiving Albrecht Giselle is free and able to rest in peace.
It was a beautiful performance,with the dancers graceful movements making them look weightless as they floated across the floor. Being close enough to see the sweat dip on their bodies I gained a new respect for the art of ballet having only seen past performances on the television I wasn't able to grasp the true extent of their physical endurance and amazing acting abilities one needs to posses to be a ballerina.
Indeed my favorite part of the whole performance was when Giselle when mad with grief. She was able to express this without seeming wild and crazy and really gaining sympathy and empathy from the audience for what she was going through.
Having only a month and half left here I've already decided I must see one more Ballet before I leave which fortunately will be The Nutcracker! I'm so excited to my next visit to the Benedum Theater and highly recommend anyone in the area try and catch a performance there soon.