"An overview of the Bournonville method through two legendary ballets of the Danish choreographer: The Sylph in its 1936 choreography and the "Pas de deux" extract from The Flower Festival in Genzano composed in 1858: two pearls of the repertoire!"
Lucette Aldous
as The Sylph
Flemming Flindt
as James Ruben, a Scottish Farmer
Shirley Dixon
as Effie, James' fiancee
John Chesworth
as Gurn, James' friend
Gillian Martlew
as Madge the Witch
Jennifer Kelly
as Effie's friend
Kenneth Bannerman
as Village boy
John O'Brien
Rudolf Nureyev
as Paolo, a young man
Merle Park
as Rosa, a young woman
Patricia Foy
Director
Charles R. Rogers
Margaret Dale
Herman Severin Løvenskiold
Music
Matthias Strebinger
David Ellenburg
Conductor
Ashley Lawrence
August Bournonville
Writer
Choreographer