Lacotte - La Sylphide / Aurelie Dupont, Mathieu Ganio, Melanie Hurel, Jean-Marie Didiere, Ermanna Floria, Paris Opera Ballet

Performed at the Palais Garnier by the Opera National de Paris in July 2004, this staging of Philippe Taglioni's classic ballet stars leading ballerina Aurelie Dupont in the title role of Sylphide, which was once played by Marie Taglione, the choreographer's daughter. This revival performance is actually a reconstruction of Pierre Lacotte's well-known 1972 version. In expressing Lacotte's (and Taglioni's) original choreography, Dupont and her male partner Mathieu Ganio recreate the style that defined the romantic ballet.