The Dutch National Ballet are playing "Giselle" at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on October 30 and 31, 2014. [Photo: Agencies]

The Dutch National Ballet are playing "Giselle" today and tomorrow night at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

Giselle is the highlight of the Romantic era and sometimes called the "Hamlet of Ballet". It was composed by Adolphe Adam in 1841.

The Dutch National Ballet revitalized the choreography and presented a new version of this play in 2009.

It features themes of love, deception, revenge and forgiveness between Count Albrecht and Giselle.

Dutch media hail it as "a ballet of immortal beauty, combining a spellbinding story with magical ballet technique".

The new production is headed by Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante, with sets and costumes by Dutch designer Toer van Schayk.