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{ a single dance with you }
Aug. 22nd, 2017 01:49 amlet me in let me in
and dance with me dance
till the longing is past
let me in let me in
and dance with me dance
till the longing is past
This is the how's my driving post for the Sylph from Bournonville's ballet La Sylphide in the Royal Danish Ballet's 2011 staging, currently not in game. I am always open for constructive criticism and even if you're unfamiliar with the canon, please feel free to treat her as an OC and crit her accordingly.
Anon is on and IP logging is off, if that's how you prefer it.
{ permissions }
Apr. 27th, 2016 04:54 am[OOC]
Backtagging: Always!
Threadhopping: Sure!
Fourthwalling: I'd prefer not.
Offensive subjects: Nothing springs to mind, but I'll let you know if something comes up.
[IC]
Hugging this character: Due to her sylph nature, it could possibly kill her, so I'd prefer you talk to me first.
Kissing this character: G - PG, go ahead, if the rating goes beyond that, please talk to me first.
Flirting with this character: Sure, and she's likely to flirt back in her own special sylph way.
Fighting with this character: Talk to me first, please.
Injuring/Killing this character: Could be arranged, but please talk to me first.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Due to her sylph nature, it would probably not go very well, so I'll have to say no.
Backtagging: Always!
Threadhopping: Sure!
Fourthwalling: I'd prefer not.
Offensive subjects: Nothing springs to mind, but I'll let you know if something comes up.
[IC]
Hugging this character: Due to her sylph nature, it could possibly kill her, so I'd prefer you talk to me first.
Kissing this character: G - PG, go ahead, if the rating goes beyond that, please talk to me first.
Flirting with this character: Sure, and she's likely to flirt back in her own special sylph way.
Fighting with this character: Talk to me first, please.
Injuring/Killing this character: Could be arranged, but please talk to me first.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Due to her sylph nature, it would probably not go very well, so I'll have to say no.
{ prompt tables }
Apr. 28th, 2014 11:03 pm| MINI TABLE A - EMOTION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Joy | 002 | Grief | 003 | Anger | 004 | Surprise |
| 005 | Fear | 006 | Amusement | 007 | Love | 008 | Hate |
| MINI TABLE C - SEASONS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Spring | 002 | Summer | 003 | Autumn | 004 | Winter |
| 005 | Rainy | 006 | Dry | 007 | Solstice | 008 | Equinox |
| MINI TABLE D - TIME | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Day | 002 | Night | 003 | Afternoon | 004 | Evening |
| 005 | Early | 006 | Late | 007 | Never | 008 | Forever |
{ official synopsis }
Apr. 26th, 2014 08:49 pmACT I
The action takes place in Scotland. The young James is asleep in his armchair, but in the room is also the Sylph who is in love with James. The Sylph, an airy being with transparent wings, wakes him with a kiss on the forehead and vanishes through the fireplace of the room. Captivated, James searches for the Sylph and confuses everyone and everything around him in his distraction. He hardly notices Effy whom he is supposed to marry that very day. Instead she is wooed by Gurn, another young man.
The wedding preparations can begin, but they are interrupted when Madge, the fortune-teller, appears. Despite James' protests, the young girls at the feast have their fortunes told - including Effy who is told that Gurn, not James is the right man for her. James shows the fortune-teller the door.
The company leaves the room and the Sylph appears to James again. She says that her fate is inextricably bound up with his and she declares her love for him. At first, the young man hesitates, but then he is entranced again by the unearthly, adorable thing.
Gurn has seen James' strange behaviour from a distance and he tells his friends about it. However, they pass it off and the wedding feast continues with dancing. When Effy stands ready for the ceremony, James has disappeared. He has gone off into the woods with the Sylph and Effy is left behind, broken-hearted.
ACT II
In the misty forest, Madge has called a meeting of the witches. They make witches' brew and the witches weave a pink veil. In the forest, the Sylph too has made her realm which she shows to James. The Sylph asks James if he loves her and hesitantly, he declares his feelings to her. The Sylph's many sisters dance for him.
James friends search for him in the forest. Gurn finds his cap, but Madge tells them of James' infidelity. Gurn proposes to Effy who reluctantly gives him her hand.
James is alone in the forest, without the Sylph. He is torn between her and Effy, but Madge promises to get the Sylph back for him. The fortune-teller gives him the pink veil with which he is to catch the Sylph, but when James wraps the cloth around the Sylph, her fate is sealed. She is captured; she has lost her freedom, loses her wings and dies.
Madge gloats over her revenge and while Gurn leads Effy to the altar, the sisters of the Sylph carry her away through the air. James swoons helplessly to the ground.
The action takes place in Scotland. The young James is asleep in his armchair, but in the room is also the Sylph who is in love with James. The Sylph, an airy being with transparent wings, wakes him with a kiss on the forehead and vanishes through the fireplace of the room. Captivated, James searches for the Sylph and confuses everyone and everything around him in his distraction. He hardly notices Effy whom he is supposed to marry that very day. Instead she is wooed by Gurn, another young man.
The wedding preparations can begin, but they are interrupted when Madge, the fortune-teller, appears. Despite James' protests, the young girls at the feast have their fortunes told - including Effy who is told that Gurn, not James is the right man for her. James shows the fortune-teller the door.
The company leaves the room and the Sylph appears to James again. She says that her fate is inextricably bound up with his and she declares her love for him. At first, the young man hesitates, but then he is entranced again by the unearthly, adorable thing.
Gurn has seen James' strange behaviour from a distance and he tells his friends about it. However, they pass it off and the wedding feast continues with dancing. When Effy stands ready for the ceremony, James has disappeared. He has gone off into the woods with the Sylph and Effy is left behind, broken-hearted.
ACT II
In the misty forest, Madge has called a meeting of the witches. They make witches' brew and the witches weave a pink veil. In the forest, the Sylph too has made her realm which she shows to James. The Sylph asks James if he loves her and hesitantly, he declares his feelings to her. The Sylph's many sisters dance for him.
James friends search for him in the forest. Gurn finds his cap, but Madge tells them of James' infidelity. Gurn proposes to Effy who reluctantly gives him her hand.
James is alone in the forest, without the Sylph. He is torn between her and Effy, but Madge promises to get the Sylph back for him. The fortune-teller gives him the pink veil with which he is to catch the Sylph, but when James wraps the cloth around the Sylph, her fate is sealed. She is captured; she has lost her freedom, loses her wings and dies.
Madge gloats over her revenge and while Gurn leads Effy to the altar, the sisters of the Sylph carry her away through the air. James swoons helplessly to the ground.
{ history }
Aug. 22nd, 2013 01:44 amDo not cry! You whom I have loved so dearly, I was blissful at your tenderness, but I could not belong to you, could not bestow upon you the happiness you desired. I must die! Take here your engagement ring, hurry, bring it back; you can still marry her, the one you loved before me. Farewell! I die in hope of your future happiness...
- La Sylphide, August Bournonville, 1836. Page 15, l. 17 - 22.
The story of James’ sylph goes like this: James was getting married to Effy, his fiancee. On the morning of his wedding, however, a sylph who had watched him for such a long time and loved him since she first laid eyes on him visited him in his house, finding him sleeping in an armchair. In his sleep, he looked so handsome that she couldn’t help herself; she simply had to kiss him. At her kiss, he woke up and saw her. Enthralled by her presence, he asked her why she was there, but she didn’t answer. Didn't dare. Instead she fled the scene and left him to wonder whether she had been just a dream. Nevertheless, James’ sylph couldn’t stay away. After having watched him with Effy from afar, observing their mortal happiness, she came to him once again when he found himself alone for a spell. Crying, she told him the truth - that she had loved him forever, that her very heart was ceasing to beat in her chest at the thought of him marrying someone else. However great her allure and however heartfelt her pleas, he wouldn’t come with her out into the woods. She had to retreat again, without success. Watching them dance, James and Effy, James’ sylph decided to appear before him one last time. When everyone was preoccupied with wedding preparations, she kneeled before him. Threw down his hat before his feet, spread out her arms and bared herself entirely to his will. And he came! When she turned to leave, he followed. Left everyone behind, but not her. Oh, once in the forest, they danced. They ate of its bounty, drank only the clearest of its water. They played hide-and-seek and when he found her, he brought a gift with him. A scarf, pink in the brightness of the daylight – a gift that she didn’t know was from the witch originally. From old Madge. So she knelt down before him again when he asked it of her and he wrapped the scarf around her shoulders, so tightly, so tight. That her wings fell right off. He killed her, James. James’ sylph. He killed her.
