The performances of Play and Paquita scheduled on 20th December are unfortunately cancelled.

The performances of Play and Paquita scheduled on 20th December are unfortunately cancelled.

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Alexander Ekman

Palais Garnier
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Élisabeth Platel will present the Paris Opera Ballet School’s Demonstrations and talk about the importance of teaching a style and a technique at the heart of different traditions, and how the students are making this heritage their own for the annual school performance in April 2025.  

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Paquita's Grand Pas

By Antony Desvaux

On the occasion of the revival of Paquita in Pierre Lacotte's production, Valentine Colasante and Guillaume Diop talk about their leading roles in this ballet created by Joseph Mazilier in 1846. The Étoiles dancers recount the love story between Paquita and Lucien d'Hervilly, and how they work their characters between mischief and romanticism. To guide them through the rehearsals for” Le Grand pas”, Étoile dancer Agnès Letestu shares her experience with them in the studio. In this ballet full of humor and drama, Valentine Colasante and Guillaume Diop emphasize the importance of expression and the balance to be achieved with technical virtuosity.  

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Pierre Lacotte

Opéra Bastille
from 05 Dec 2024 to 04 Jan 2025

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Play or the joy of playing

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Alexander Ekman reworks Play

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Play or the joy of playing

By Antony Desvaux

On the occasion of the revival of Play at the Palais Garnier, Alexander Ekman talks about his work in the studio with the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet.

The choreographer looks back on the creative process that took place in 2017, and explains why the theme of play was chosen.

Alexander Ekman, a lover of large-scale ballets, recalls the games of his childhood and the way he transposes and exacerbates them on stage. He explains the ballet script he conceived with dramaturge Carina Nildalen, and finally shares the changes he is making to Play this season with the dancers' complicity.  

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Alexander Ekman

Palais Garnier
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À L'AFFICHE - Rigoletto, a jester named TRIBOULET?

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Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi

Opéra Bastille
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The Rake's Progress: Stravinsky's homage to opera

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Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress, premiered in 1951, underlines the composer's lyrical and orchestral mastery as well as his great musical culture.

Conductor Susanna Mälkki, currently conducting the work at the Palais Garnier, reflects on the composer's astounding ability to embrace modernity whilst looking back to the great masters who preceded him.  

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Igor Stravinsky

Palais Garnier
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Leoš Janáček

Opéra Bastille
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Igor Stravinsky

Palais Garnier
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Giuseppe Verdi

Opéra Bastille
from 01 Dec 2024 to 12 Jun 2025

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Draw-me Paquita

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Paquita

Pierre Lacotte

Opéra Bastille
from 05 Dec 2024 to 04 Jan 2025

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