 Stars on Ice 2013Scottish Ice Dancers John and Sinead Kerr at the 2013 Stars on Ice performing to Coronach by The Porridge Men |  La SylphideLa Sylphide is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet. Only the version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836 survives. It is one of the world's oldest surviving ballets. The ballet begins in the hall of a Scottish farmhouse. James Ruben, a young Scotsman, sleeps in a chair by the fireside. A sylph gazes lovingly upon him and dances about hi and then vanishes when he suddenly wakes. |  "Highland Fling"Matthew Bourne's modern take on "La Sylphide," Highland Fling updates 19th century ballet La Sylphide to modern Glasgow. On their wedding night, James is tempted away from his bride and into an enchanted forest by a Sylph.. Bourne's choreography draws not only on classical ballet but the storytelling body language of slapstick and mime. |
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