NAC Review: Les Grands Ballets delivers bold new take on Giselle

Giselle
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
Reviewed Thursday
It’s not often we’re the first to see a bold new adaptation of a ballet that’s more than a century old. First performed in 1841, Giselle is one of the most popular full-length story ballets, a timeless tale of love, betrayal and redemption that begins in a country village and ends in a supernatural world of ghostly spirits.
Ivan Cavallari, the recently appointed artistic