My thesis work is a remaking of the romantic-era ballet Giselle (1841) into a performance series and video trilogy. The trilogy is structured as a sonata: the brisk Exposition [Allegro] being The Mad Scene, the Development [Lento] being The Wilis, and the rousing, Recapitulation [Rondo] finale being The Wandering Womb.
Development: The Wilis is part II. The Wilis are supernatural ghost-like females who died from their lovers' betrayals. By turning their graceful movements into actions of constraint, I reinterpret the characters and portray their ritual awakening. Performers move in and out of sync as different layers of video haunt the screen. Alluring and siren-like, they wait to lure wanderers into their deathly grasp.