Giselle
Wilis haunt her
Giselle is a female given name of Germanic origin.
It gained cultural prominence from the 1841 Romantic ballet about a peasant girl who dies of heartbreak and becomes a spirit: Have you seen Giselle performed?
The name suggests grace and delicacy, perhaps influenced by the ballet's ethereal imagery.
Intense fond attachment
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
tragedy · deception · forgiveness · doomed romance · peasant girl · nobleman · class divide · broken heart
Germanic masculine given name
- pas de deuxBallet for two dancers
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- pointeBallet's tiptoe technique
- tutuShort projecting dance skirt
pirouette · grand jeté · adagio · allegro · variation · corps de ballet · ballerina · romantic ballet
Apparition of the dead
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
haunting · midnight · moonlit · ethereal · otherworldly · undead · enchantment · curse
Title given to females
- French nameIdentity from Paris's nation
- German originFrom the Deutschland region
- PledgeFormal binding commitment
- hostageCaptive held as security
nobility · elegance · Gigi · namesake · romantic heroine
love
Intense fond attachment
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
innocence · tragedy · deception · forgiveness · doomed romance · peasant girl · nobleman · class divide · broken heart · redemption
Albrecht
Germanic masculine given name
- pas de deuxBallet for two dancers
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- pointeBallet's tiptoe technique
tutu · pirouette · grand jeté · adagio · allegro · variation · corps de ballet · ballerina · romantic ballet
ghost
Apparition of the dead
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
specter · haunting · midnight · moonlit · ethereal · otherworldly · undead · enchantment · curse · graveyard
feminine name
Title given to females
- French nameIdentity from Paris's nation
- German originFrom the Deutschland region
- PledgeFormal binding commitment
hostage · nobility · elegance · Gigi · namesake · romantic heroine
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- Fictional RoyaltyCinderella, Ariel, Princess Zelda, Princess Leia, Anastasia
- Stage Danceballet, choreography, dance number, dance routine, dance solo
- elegant namesVictoria, Arabella, Genevieve, Josephine, Evangeline
- balletballet, ballerina, ballet dancer, ballet shoes, tutus
- BalletsSwan Lake, The Nutcracker, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet
GiselleDon Quixote
Delusional self-proclaimed knight-errant
The Nutcracker · Napoli · Cinderella · Swan Lake · Romeo and Juliet