Dance Through the Eternal Night

The story of Giselle transforms into a story about students.

Giselle, an innocent young girl from the countryside, falls in love with Albrecht, a nobleman who disguises himself as an ordinary youth. Hilarion, a local man who is in love with Giselle, reveals the true identity of Albrecht. Giselle learns that Albrecht is engaged to marry a noblewoman and falls into despair, which ultimately kills her. As she has died a brokenhearted virgin, her soul becomes part of the Wilis. When Albrecht visits her grave, he is captured by the Wilis, and their queen Myrtha commands Giselle to tempt him to an early death. Instead, Giselle protects the man she loves.

Giselle, the classical romantic ballet masterpiece, deals with a love that transcends death. But the ending is not entirely satisfactory. Giselle is the one who's been betrayed; why must she also be the one to forgive and turn to reconciliation? Aren't we demanding too much from Giselle, all in the name of love? This is the question asked by The Endless Night, which is set in the dance department of an arts high school that is hard at work preparing for a Giselle performance.

One of the ballet teachers dies in a bizarre accident not too long before. She leaves this message: "Dance until you die. Walk into an endless night." Another teacher, Cho Eunji, is subjected to a similar accident but manages to survive. Post-trauma, she murmurs over and over the phrase, "Giselle said she'll kill me." Cho's older brother Cho Eunho, a journalist, begins covering the events at this arts high school to understand what is really taking place. The students who had been rehearsing for Giselle each give interviews to Eunho and talk about their teachers’ accidents and the mysterious and unknown deaths of other young girls.

예술고등학교 발레 교사인 은지는 어느 날 갑작스러운 사고를 당해 병원 신세를 지게 된다. 동생의 사고 소식에 서둘러 귀국한 은호는 올해 초, 비슷한 사고로 목숨을 잃은 교사가 있다는 사실을 알게 되는데……. 잔뜩 겁을 먹은 은지는 지젤이 자신을 죽이려고 한다는 둥 영문 모를 소리만 할 뿐이다. 은호는 사고의 진상을 파헤치기 위해 학생들의 열정적인 모습을 취재한다는 명목으로 학교에 잠입한다. 하지만 그가 그곳에서 만난 것은 기대한 것과는 전혀 다른 종류의 어둠이었다.