Giselle

[ ji-zel; French zhee-zel ]

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noun

(italics) a ballet (1841) choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, with musical score by Adolphe Adam.
Also Gisele. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.

Lindsay Ellingson, an “angel” for three years, said she had been inspired by Giselle and Heidi Klum.

"I'm Giselle Prescott," she said, her smile revealing flecks of lipstick on her yellow teeth.

To contemplate La Giselle in all its bearings is a pleasure which is peculiarly appropriate to the season.

And now, having placed La Giselle plainly before your mental vision, I desire to rise to a personal explanation.

La Giselle is a grand ballet in which an elaborate plot is developed by the toes of some fifty young ladies.

The brothers surprise Vivarce on the stairs: was he coming from the room of Giselle or of Léonore?

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