La Sylphide

Storyline

Solo from 'La sylphide' (1836), ballet by August Bournonville. Performed by Ellen Price (1878-1968), soloist from 1903. Ellen Price's dancing in Hans Beck's ballet 'The Little Mermaid' (1909) was the inspiration for Edvard Eriksen's statue of the same name (1911). (Stumfilm.DK)

• Released

  1903

• Runtime

  1min

• Director

  Peter Elfelt

Genre

Documentary

• Status

  Released

• Language

  Danish

• Production

  Peter Elfelt