Report from the 17 October 2024
Opera in Guyana, 5th edition
The Opéra en Guyane programme continues in the 24/25 season with a new series of performances and workshops devoted to classical and contemporary dance, in November 2024.
A third season is about to begin for L'Opéra en Guyane, a programme launched in 2022 by the Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris, with the aim of promoting its operatic and choreographic heritage throughout France.
From 12 to 22 November 2024, performances, public rehearsals and workshops will take place in several towns in French Guiana, featuring guest dancers and the Paris Opera Ballet.
On 13 and 14 November, the Salle des Trois Fleuves in Cayenne will host two evenings devoted to contemporary dance, featuring pas de deux and solos by choreographers Crystal Pite, Simone Valastro and Julien Guillemard, as well as Étoile Alice Renavand. This evening's dress rehearsal will be reserved for students from the programme's partner dance schools.
Then, from 15 to 22 November, a series of classical and contemporary dance workshops will take place in Cayenne, Kourou and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, given by Alice Renavand, Marion Gautier de Charnacé, Awa Joannais, Simon Le Borgne and Shanti Mouget.
Partners
Conservatoire de musique de danse et de théâtre de Guyane, Adaclam, Plantation des arts, école de Musique et de danse de Matoury, Cubason (Kourou), Cie Les Jeunes sans limite (Saint Laurent du Maroni).
Program
Performances at the Salle des Trois Fleuves, Cayenne
Pas de deux and solos by Crystal Pite, Simone Valastro, Julien Guillemard and Alice Renavand.
- Tuesday 12 November 2024 - 8pm (dress rehearsal - school audience)
- Wednesday 13 November 2024 - 8pm
- Thursday 14 November 2024 - 8pm
Classical and contemporary dance workshops in Cayenne, Kourou, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
The artists
- Alice Renavand, Danseuse Étoile
- Simon Le Borgne, danseur
- Awa Joannais, danseuse
- Marion Gautier de Charnacé, Quadrille du Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris
- Shanti Mouget, danseuse
- Sasha Riva, danseur
- Simone Repele, danseur
- Benjamin Laurent, piano
On POP
Episode 1 – The Arrival
In November 2022, the Paris Opera in French Guiana was inaugurated with a dance performance featuring Étoile and corps de ballet dancers at the Trois Fleuves hall in Cayenne.
Episode 2 – The Encounter
Following the performance, the first classical dance workshops begin with Étoile dancers Stéphane Bullion and Muriel Zusperreguy, along with contemporary dance workshops with dancers Takeru Coste and Marion Gautier de Charnacé.
Episode 3 – Everyone's a Dancer
From Cayenne to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, passing through Kourou, the Ballet company's dancers meet students with diverse stories and backgrounds who share a common passion: dance!
Episode 4 – En voix
For the first time, Paris Opera Etoiles, dancers and opera singers will be gathering on the Three Rivers stage in Cayenne. "The Paris Opera in French Guiana" continues with opera vocal workshops at the Conservatoire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre in French Guiana for those who wish to discover their voice.
Episode 5 – Opérapprentis
The OpérApprentis artistic and cultural education program, currently being implemented in Cayenne and Saint-Laurent du Maroni as part of the Paris Opera in French Guiana, focuses on artistic practice, meetings with professionals from the Paris Opera, and the discovery of lyrical and choreographic performances.
