This past week the A Block Arts in Perspective students have been learning about the 1836 ballet, La Sylphide. After viewing the ballet in class last Thursday they were asked to write poems about the plot. The Arts in Perspective class is made up of students from America, Russia, South Korea and China. Below please find a sampling of their work.
Effie or Sylph
Written By: Aqsa Ahmad & Claren Rong
Living room is where the wedding began
A sylph fairy steals James' heart
Sylph was whom James was searching for
Yet every time he thought he saw her, she would always run away
Listening was Gurn himself who saw the enchanting fairy with James
Potions and herbs were what Old Madge put in her brew
Her fortune telling was what declared that Effie was to marry Gurn
In the living room not everyone knew what was going to happen or if this was going to be true
Day of the wedding was the tragic time
Effie stood there shocked and surprised at what she had seen with her own eyes
The Love Affair
Written By: Kristina Smith & Soyeon Jung
The sylph kissed the groom
then disappeared from the room
he searched far and near
and suddenly she appeared
She snatched the ring from his hand
and put it on as her own wedding band
Then off into the forest she goes
and no one but James knows
James is approached by a witch
who is a big snitch
She tells Effie that her lover
is loved by another
Soon the sylph dies
then James cries
Shortly James is to learn
Effie married Gurn
Poor Man
Written By: Arkadiy Ayvazyan & Michael de Ubl
The poor man that lost his love
now will forever watch her graceful as a dove
While her sisters mourn what they lost
He must pay the cost
Effie and Gurn have gained the prize
James instead met his heart's demise
James was doomed by Old Madge
Now he has nothing but the scarf as his badge
The wedding guests have nothing to attest
But James will still try to protest
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