Ballet of the Opera National de Bordeaux to perform at Shanghai Oriental Art Center

The Ballet of the Opera National de Bordeaux will present La Sylphide and Don Quichotte (Act III) at Shanghai Oriental Art Center from May 10 to 12.

The original version of La Sylphide, created by Italian choreographer Filippo Taglioni, premiered at the Paris Opera in 1832, where dancing en pointe was showcased for the first time as an aesthetic rationale instead of merely as an acrobatic stunt.