We’ll keep this simple: Tulsa Ballet’s opening night performance of “Giselle,” Friday at the Tulsa PAC, was just about perfect.

“Giselle” has been challenging dancers and thrilling audiences for 178 years, with its demanding choreography and its timeless tale of romance, betrayal, death and redemption. And Tulsa Ballet’s production, staged by artistic director Marcello Angelini after the original choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli, brings all those elements together superbly.

The story “Giselle” tells is a simple one. The title character is a delicate young woman, who for some time has been courted by a mysterious visitor to her village. This visitor, Albrecht, is actually a nobleman, and when a jealous rival for Giselle’s affections reveals the secret, Giselle

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