J060 DVD Ballet Giselle Anna Tsygankova Dutch National Ballet ★★ Opened December 16, 2025, played once. No booklet like an explanatory text, but a separate color pamphlet is included (folded in two as it won't fit in an envelope). ★★ While the four major ballet companies of England, France, and Russia get all the attention, please know that there are even more excellent ballet companies in the world. Especially the Dutch National Ballet. Recorded: February 2009, Amsterdam Music Theatre Time: 112 minutes Subtitles: Japanese, ON/OFF selectable Cast: Anna Tsygankova (Giselle) Joseph Varga (Albrecht) Igone de Jongh (Myrtha) Orchestra: Holland Symfonia, Conductor: Boris Gruzin ★★★ Quoted from web reviews below, please use as a reference. ① First of all, it can be said that this is the best Giselle in terms of overall score. Svetlana Zakharova has the dignity of a queen, so she doesn't look like a village girl in "Giselle"? In that respect, Anna Tsygankova is both refined and can pass as a village girl. However, looking at ballet magazines, while Zakharova's popularity is felt, Tsygankova's presence isn't even mentioned. (What's going on, Japanese ballet fans!?) The Dutch National Ballet, which can do both classical and contemporary, could be said to be (one of) the best ballet companies in the world today, but again, it's hardly mentioned in ballet magazines. This "Giselle" is beautiful and wonderful in terms of the dancers, but the art, costumes, lighting, etc., are all of high quality, and in terms of overall score, it easily surpasses the Royal Ballet and is more fulfilling than the Bolshoi. The combination of the corps de ballet in the second act of the Wilis is also incredibly beautiful! Also, conducting the music here is... ② In the second act, the sight of the veiled spirits arranged in a circle amidst the flowing dry ice smoke was so beautiful it was otherworldly. The staging where Giselle is seen through the tombstone also makes you realize that she is no longer of this world. Addendum: Perhaps due to the world situation of the last three years, Olga Smirnova, a former Bolshoi prima ballerina, left Russia in 2023 and joined the Dutch National Ballet. Her first work is Giselle with the same production and choreography as this work. How wonderful.