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Sébastien Mathé / OnP

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Sharon Eyal - Mats Ek

Palais Garnier

from 27 March to 18 April 2025

1h50 with 1 interval

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After Faunes, Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal returns for her first “en pointe” ballet at the Paris Opera. The former dancer and artistic collaborator of the Batsheva Dance Company comes to grips with OCD Love, a 2015 piece she proposes in a new version for the Opera’s dancers. Inspired by a text from American poet-slammer Neil Hilborn, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, the work underlines the difficulty of loving.

The complexity of human relationships is also a theme of Mats Ek’s Appartement. Not without humour, the various sketches confront the ballet’s characters with their solitude through everyday objects such as bidets, television sets and stoves. From the armchair solo to the grand pas de deux and the hoover jig, the Swedish choreographer mixes styles in energetic dance set to the percussive music of Fleshquartet.

Duration : 1h50 with 1 interval

  • Opening

  • First part 40 min

  • Intermission 20 min

  • Second part 50 min

  • End

Artists

Creation

Recorded music

Creative team

Cast

  • Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 20:00
  • Thursday 27 March 2025 at 20:00
  • Saturday 29 March 2025 at 20:00
  • Sunday 30 March 2025 at 14:30
  • Monday 31 March 2025 at 20:00
  • Tuesday 01 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Wednesday 02 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Friday 04 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Saturday 05 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Monday 07 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Tuesday 08 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Thursday 10 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Friday 11 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Saturday 12 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Saturday 12 April 2025 at 14:30
  • Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Thursday 17 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Friday 18 April 2025 at 20:00

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Music performed live by Fleshquartet

Creative team

Cast

  • Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 20:00
  • Thursday 27 March 2025 at 20:00
  • Saturday 29 March 2025 at 20:00
  • Sunday 30 March 2025 at 14:30
  • Monday 31 March 2025 at 20:00
  • Tuesday 01 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Wednesday 02 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Friday 04 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Saturday 05 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Monday 07 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Tuesday 08 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Thursday 10 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Friday 11 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Saturday 12 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Saturday 12 April 2025 at 14:30
  • Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Thursday 17 April 2025 at 20:00
  • Friday 18 April 2025 at 20:00

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 24 March 2025, cast is likely to change.

With the Paris Opera Étoiles, Premières Danseuses, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet

Media

  • Ludmila Pagliero bids farewell to the stage

    Ludmila Pagliero bids farewell to the stage

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  • A hypnotic dance

    A hypnotic dance

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  • Mats Ek exhibition - Memories of creations

    Mats Ek exhibition - Memories of creations

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Ludmila Pagliero bids farewell to the stage

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Interview Ludmila Pagliero

5:42 min

Ludmila Pagliero bids farewell to the stage

By Antony Desvaux

For her farewell to the stage, Ludmila Pagliero performs the ballet Appartement. The Étoile dancer rehearses with her partners this grand ballet by Mats Ek, created in 2000 by the Paris Opera Ballet. She discusses the choice of this ballet and her studio work with the choreographer. Finally, she shares the emotions that run through her as this event approaches.  

A hypnotic dance

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Naïs Duboscq in studio with Sharon Eyal

5:45 min

A hypnotic dance

By Antony Desvaux

Ten years after the creation of her emblematic piece OCD Love for her own company L-E-V, Sharon Eyal offers a new version for the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. Naïs Duboscq shares the experience of working with the choreographer in the studio, and discusses her signature language, the ‘demi-pointe’.

She evokes the powerful images that make up the choreography, such as a fountain of tears or the strike of a sword. Finally, she explains how this re-reading of OCD Love, entitled Vers la mort (Towards Death), deploys the theme of obsessive-compulsive disorder both in the gestures and in the use of techno music.  

Mats Ek exhibition - Memories of creations

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6:43 min

Mats Ek exhibition - Memories of creations

By Antony Desvaux

To mark the revival of the ballet Appartement and Mats Ek's 80th birthday, the Palais Garnier is decked out in the colors of this great choreographer.

To celebrate his work and the special relationship between Mats Ek and the Paris Opera, a selection of iconic costumes, props and photographs from his great ballets are on display in public spaces from March 27 to August 31, 2025. 

José Martinez, Director of Dance, and Ana Laguna, curator of the exhibition alongside Coralie Cadène, discuss the world of Mats Ek.

  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Ludmila Pagliero)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Hugo Marchand)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Ludmila Pagliero, Hannah O'Neill)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Marc Moreau, Ida Viikinkoski)
  • VERS LA MORT de Sharon Eyal (Naïs Duboscq, Nine Seropian)
  • VERS LA MORT de Sharon Eyal (Nine Seropian)
  • VERS LA MORT de Sharon Eyal (Nine Seropian) #dance #parisopera #palaisgarnier #ballet
  • VERS LA MORT de Sharon Eyal (Naïs Duboscq, Nine Seropian) #dance #parisopera #palaisgarnier #ballet
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Ludmila Pagliero)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Hugo Marchand)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Ludmila Pagliero)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Hugo Marchand)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Ludmila Pagliero, Hannah O'Neill)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Marc Moreau, Ida Viikinkoski)
  • VERS LA MORT de Sharon Eyal (Naïs Duboscq, Nine Seropian)
  • VERS LA MORT de Sharon Eyal (Nine Seropian)
  • VERS LA MORT de Sharon Eyal (Nine Seropian) #dance #parisopera #palaisgarnier #ballet
  • VERS LA MORT de Sharon Eyal (Naïs Duboscq, Nine Seropian) #dance #parisopera #palaisgarnier #ballet
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Ludmila Pagliero)
  • APPARTEMENT de Mats Ek (Hugo Marchand)

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75009 Paris

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Underground Opéra (lignes 3, 7 et 8), Chaussée d’Antin (lignes 7 et 9), Madeleine (lignes 8 et 14), Auber (RER A)

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A special bond exists between the Swedish choreographer and the Paris Opera Ballet. His much-acclaimed Giselle became part of the repertoire in 1993 followed by the world premiere of Appartement in 2000 and the entry of The House of Bernarda and Une sorte de… in 2008. Despite announcing that he no longer wished to choreograph, Mats Ek has returned to the Paris Opera Ballet in 2019 to offer the Company’s dancers two creations, Another Place and Boléro.

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At the Palais Garnier, buy €10 tickets for seats in the 6th category (very limited visibility, two tickets maximum per person) on the day of the performance at the Box offices.

In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:

  • €25 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
  • €40 tickets for senior citizens over 65

Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.

Palais Garnier
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  • Get in from Place de l’Opéra or from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 53 43 03 97

Palais Garnier

Place de l'Opéra

75009 Paris

Public transport

Underground Opéra (lignes 3, 7 et 8), Chaussée d’Antin (lignes 7 et 9), Madeleine (lignes 8 et 14), Auber (RER A)

Bus 20, 21, 27, 29, 32, 45, 52, 66, 68, 95, N15, N16

Calculate my route
Car park

Q-Park Edouard VII16 16, rue Bruno Coquatrix 75009 Paris

Book your parking spot
super alt text
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super alt text
super alt text
super alt text
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A special bond exists between the Swedish choreographer and the Paris Opera Ballet. His much-acclaimed Giselle became part of the repertoire in 1993 followed by the world premiere of Appartement in 2000 and the entry of The House of Bernarda and Une sorte de… in 2008. Despite announcing that he no longer wished to choreograph, Mats Ek has returned to the Paris Opera Ballet in 2019 to offer the Company’s dancers two creations, Another Place and Boléro.

BUY THE PROGRAM

At the Palais Garnier, buy €10 tickets for seats in the 6th category (very limited visibility, two tickets maximum per person) on the day of the performance at the Box offices.

In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:

  • €25 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
  • €40 tickets for senior citizens over 65

Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.

Palais Garnier
  • Every day from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and until performances end
  • Get in from Place de l’Opéra or from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 53 43 03 97

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