GISELLE is acclaimed director Toa Frasers interpretation of the Royal New Zealand Ballets production of Giselle. The classic story of love, erotism and death has been reinterpreted by Fraser to include both the on stage performance of the ballet, and an offstage romanceinterwoven with the balletthat tells of two itinerant dancers, separated by time, distance and their abiding love for each other. Toa Fraser (No. 2, River Queen) has worked with Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborgs staging and choreography to pare back thetraditional elaborations and restore psychological directness to the relationships. These are perfectly expressed by a peerless set of dancers, principally Gillian Murphy as Giselle and Qi Huan as Albrecht.