Red Giselle
A ballet by Boris Eifman
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Alfred Sсhnittke, Georges Bizet
Sets and costumes: Vyacheslav Okunev
Premiere: January 28, 1997
Revised: August 26, 2025
Running time: 2 hours, with one interval

The ballet Red Giselle tells us about the fate of the Russian ballerina Olga Spessivtseva. It is a subtle and masterful interpretation by Boris Eifman of the life story of a great dancer who lived through the turmoil of revolutionary events, emigrated from Russia and, after a series of personal dramas and upheavals, ended up in a sanatorium for the insane.