@giselle

A technology-infused reimagining of the iconic ballet that examines the ways social media is changing the nature of love and relationships.

Award-winning Joshua Beamish brings his innovative choreographic vision to the classic tale featuring an all-star lineup of artists from American Ballet Theatre, The National Ballet of Canada, and Philadelphia Ballet. This undeniably modern take on a beloved classic will explore our understandings of love, sex, and relationships in a world of dating apps, Snapchat stories, and Instagram. Using motion-captured digital projections and bold visual effects, this is Giselle reimagined as you’ve never seen her before.

Production Team

Director/Choreographer: Joshua Beamish

Projections/Animator: Brianna Amore

Lighting Designer/Supervisor: Abigail Hoke-Brady

Stage Manager: Andrea Bejarano

Costume Designer: Janie Taylor

Rehearsal Director: Heather Dotto

Costume Constructor: Christina Sinosich

Principal Artists

Giselle: Betsy McBride, American Ballet Theatre

Albrecht: Harrison James, The National Ballet of Canada

Hilarion: Sterling Baca, Philadelphia Ballet

Bathilde: Fangqi Li, American Ballet Theatre

Myrtha: Yoko Kanomata, Ballet Edmonton

Berthe: Beverley Bagg

“One of the finest productions to appear in New York in 2023...On every level, Beamish’s @giselle is an audacious and remarkably intelligent retelling of Giselle”

— Critical Dance

“A profound pairing of past and future, physicality and absence.. the work inspires a fresh encounter with its topics of love, pursuit, death and grief.”

— The Dance Current

“A contemporary story ballet as audacious in concept as it is in execution... Beamish has created a unique meld of classical form and popular-culture references.”

— The Georgia Straight

“Giselle’s famous mad scene played out powerfully in Beamish’s updated scenario, demonstrating the suffocating pressures of social media on teens and young adults.”

— Fjord Review