Bolshoi Ballet: Les Sylphides (2009)

Inspiried by the 1905 visit of Isadora Duncan to Russia, Michael Fokine took the timeless music of Frederic Chopin and created Chopinlana (later renamed Les Sylphides). This ballet celebrates the lyrical and poetic qualities of Romantic Ballet Blanc to express the sublime nature of dance. Les Sylphides is one of the revolutionary ballets of the 20th Century. Firstly, to choreograph to the works of the great masters, such as Chopin, was unheard of. Secondly, there was virtually no abstract, plotless work in the Russian repertoire, which was characterized by Petipa's large scale full-length productions