#TBT Video: Darci Kistler in the "William Tell" Pas
Dancing peasants in traditional costumes often signal a Romantic ballet. However, they don’t always consist of a three-act narrative. Divertissements are short ballets created to feature a dancer’s technical skill. August Bournonville choreographed many, including this folkloric interpretation of Gioachino Rossini’s opera William Tell. The dancers don’t appear as characters, but rather perform to express the […]