Roman Makena

Roman Makena

Altro Canto 1

Halfway between the statuary of cathedrals and the twilight zone of a Georges de La Tour, Altro Canto is a work which uplifts the androgynous bodies following the dramatic accents of the Monteverdi Magnificat. Though Jean-Christophe Maillot does not necessarily…

Les saisons de la danse

In 2012, Max Richter recomposed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, in order to revive this mythical score that he considered worn out by too many listening and commercial covers. On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the work, four choreographers seized…

Puro Juego

Sheer Play is not a filmic approach that portrays an artist. It’s a retrospective of a way of life, combining art as a whole, dance, and a human profile that fully reflects that playful, unstructured, free, and irrefutably beautiful cosmos.…

Appartement

Legendary Swedish choreographer Mats Ek‘s ballet was created for the dancers of the Opera National de Paris and is here danced by star names including Nicolas Le Riche and Marie-Agnes Gillot.  The name “Appartement” comes both from the word for…

Victoria

Passion, tragedy, fierce devotion. Queen Victoria’s diaries revealed a life so fascinating that her daughter Beatrice tried to rewrite history. Her irrepressible love for Albert sparked a royal dynasty. But his untimely death brought the world’s most powerful woman to…

Le sacre du printemps

Among the choreographers who staged “Le sacre du printemps” were Leonid Myasin, Mary Wigman, John Neumeier, Glen Tetley, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen, Angelin Preljocaj. In 1957, the author’s version of “Le sacre du printemps” was presented by Mary Wigman,…

Dialogues II

Five duets, four dialogues between two dancers on stage – between the dancers and the audience. For its second edition, Dialogues promises a dreamy evening of Pas de deux by four choreographers who define both the present and the future…

Forellenquintett

The film by Roger Bisson is the result of an elaborate ZDF television production, which was recorded in September 2012 at the Theater Duisburg: The Ballet on the Rhine danced only for the cameras that moved with the dancers on…

Sleeping Beauty

Christian Spuck (Romeo and Juliet, Messa da Requiem, The Nutcracker and The Mouse King) presents a fresh and captivating take on the beloved ballet. This enchanting adaptation follows the journey of sheltered Aurora, beautifully portrayed by Michelle Willems, as she…

Les Quatre Saisons

In collaboration with Concert de la Loge Driven by the desire to resize Vivaldi’s “hit”, Julien Chauvin – concertmaster of the Concert de la Loge orchestra – reintegrates the narrative and theatrical content of the Four Seasons with its musical…