Ballet is a drama created with music and embodied in choreography. In the middle of the 19th century, ballet chose a new direction - Romanticism. And the whole world fell ill with ballet. 1841. “Giselle” - the pinnacle of ballet romanticism. Music by Adam, libretto by Saint-Georges, Gauthier, Coralli, choreography by Coralli, Perrault. We can talk about the struggle of two worlds in this ballet forever. We will definitely return to this later. But today I want to ask you just one question: What happened in the first act between the first appearance of Giselle and the scene of her complete despair? What made her turn from a piece of total joy into a person who, unable to endure her inner pain, loses her mind?