Sorella Englund

Experimental ballet film with choreography by Eske Holm.

Lis Jepessen dances the lead role of La Sylphide -- a beautiful forest sprite who entrances Scottish farmer James (Nikolaj Hubbe) with her radiance -- in this memorable stage adaptation of August Bournonville's most enduring work, a piece he created for the Royal Danish Ballet in 1836. Sorella Englund co-stars as Madge, a vengeful witch and fortune-teller who, after being spurned by James, resolves to destroy his future.

A ballet abstraction shaped as a combination of cartoon and trick film, where the dancers move behind, in front of and between the animated. The eternal pair experiences dangers and joys and finally disappears as it arose. (DFI)