The ballet has two Acts and is based around the doomed love between a young farmer, James, and a sylph. James is engaged to Effie, who in turn is loved by James' brother, Gurn. Though the story ends happily for Gurn and Effie, who become engaged in Act 2, the sylph and James eventually die as a result of the witch, Madge's, machinations.
In 1836, Danish balletmaster August Bournville choreographed his own version of the ballet. Taglioni's version has since been lost and the Bournville survives as one of Bournville's greatest works.
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