A Valentine's Day Tale Of Enduring Love

If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a supernatural surprise! Carolina Ballet presents the ethereal beauty of this haunting story of a young peasant girl and the new life she discovers after a fatal case of heartbreak. Evocative, alluring, and seductive, this 1841 ballet remains as timeless as ever at every performance.

What Is The Story?

Giselle is a beautiful and gentle peasant girl who is pursued by a nobleman, disguised as a peasant himself. But the nobleman finds himself a rival for her affections, however, in the form of Hilarion, a fellow villager who is suspicious of him. He has good reason to be distrustful; the nobleman is betrothed to marry another. This comes to light during a brawl between her two suitors, during which Giselle dies of a heart attack. 

The titular damsel then joins a group of ghostly brides, who all perished before being married to their loves... Her nobleman is devastated and tries to kill himself, but can Giselle's spirit and enduring love save him?