Film Review

A Trip to the Movies: The Royal Ballet’s ‘Giselle’

Perhaps attending a live performance is a better way to experience a ballet than going to a movie theater.
A Trip to the Movies: The Royal Ballet’s ‘Giselle’
Akane Takada and Federico Bonelli perform Swan Lake in 2020. Takata is the principal dancer of the Royal Ballet's filmed performance of "Giselle" which is now available. Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Rebekah Brannan
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In a recent interview with fellow actor Matthew McConaughey, film actor Timothee Chalamet remarked that no one cares about ballet and opera today. This was amid their discussion about the film industry’s growing concern: the movie theater’s dwindling attendance.

If my recent visit to a movie theater for a screening of the Royal Ballet’s latest production of “Giselle” is any indication, cinemas should be far more worried than live performing arts companies.

Rebekah Brannan
Rebekah Brannan
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Rebekah Brannan is a 20-year-old ballerina, opera singer, choreographer, and writer. She danced two seasons with San Diego Ballet and co-founded Cinballera Entertainment with her sister, Tiffany, in June of 2023. In 2016, she and her sister started a blog dedicated to Old Hollywood, the Pure Entertainment Preservation Society, which she co-wrote, and she also enjoys fiction writing and video editing.