GISELLE 

THE PUPPET BALLET

Produced and supported by The India Foundation for the Arts, 

CONCEPTUALIZED, DESIGNED, DIRECTED: VARUN NARAIN

CHOREOGRAPHY:  REA KRISHNATRAYE

MUSIC SCORE: CHARLES ADOLPHE ADAMS

AUDIO REARRANGEMENT: GUCCI SINGH RAWAIL

AUDIO REWORK AND MASTERING : MUKUL JAIN

ADDITIONAL TRACKS: SUKHMANI AND HARI

LIGHT DESIGN: GYAN 

visual synopsis:

ACT ONE

 GISELLE IS A SIMPLE VILLAGE GIRL WHO LIVES WITH HER MOTHER

 ON HER WAY TO THE WELL ONE DAY SHE SAW A HANDSOME STRANGER

 THE STRANGER AWOKE IN GISELLE SOMETHING HER CRUEL FIANCE WAS UNABLE TO

 (THE STRANGER WAS ACTUALLY A PRINCE IN DISGUISE - VISITING THE VILLAGE)
GISELLE AND HIM FALL IN LOVE AND DECLAIR THEIR LOVE TO THE UNIVERSE

 THE ROYALS FROM THE PALACE COME SEARCHING FOR THE PRINCE

 A QUEER FORTUNE TELLER GIVES GISELLE A STRANGE SIGN

 REALIZING THAT THE PRINCE IS THE STRANGER - AND THAT HE IS ALREADY  ENGAGED TO A ROYAL - GISELLE'S DREAMS CRASH.

 TO THE REAL WORLD GISELLE DIES - BUT HER STORY CONTINUES

ACT TWO

 IN A REALM BEYOND GISELLE AWAKES TO THE LAWS OF THE AFTER LIFE

 MYRTHA IN OUR PUPPET VERSION IS AN ALL LOVING NURTURING ENERGY

 BUT LOVE DECLARED TO THE UNIVERSE LOOKS FOR ANSWERS
AND ALTHOUGH THE STORY ENDS WITH FORGIVENESS FROM BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF LIFE....IT ALSO BEGINS WITH WHAT IS LIFE AND WHAT IS NOT LIFE.