Noé
In choosing the myth of Noé as inspiration, Thierry Malandain again looks at the themes which are dear to him: Humanity and its future, destiny, the environment. Water, by turns a destructive or life-giving element, is envisaged here as that…
Roman Makena
La Ronde
La Ronde, wrote by Arthur Schnitzler tells the story about couples inextricably linked to each other at the same time as when the Grand Palais was under construction. In 1900, the venue opened its doors. Two opposites are at work…
The Sleeping Beauty
In this interpretation, Sleeping Beauty lives in isolation in a world shaped by hedonism, in which he creates a social panorama in a kind of chamber play. Only through a fall does she land on the ground of facts. She…
Wild Cursive
“Wild Cursive” is the third piece of Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Lin Hwai-min‘s Cursive trilogy, a captivating series translating the development of the fascinating art form of Chinese calligraphy into dance. As Lin says himself, the final part marks the…
The Nutcracker
This story is happening in someone’s head. Let’s call him Drosselmeier. I can almost see him right here. Yes him, the guy who’s waving his arms with the music, that could be Drosselmeier. Or someone else. Or you. Or me.…
Like Water for Chocolate
Christopher Wheeldon‘s Like Water for Chocolate stars Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé as the leading lovers, while Alondra de la Parra conducts Joby Talbot’s original score. Tita lives with her family on a ranch in Mexico. She falls in love…
Peaky Blinders
Inspired by the TV series and specially filmed on the Birmingham Hippodrome stage, Rambert‘s exhilarating performance of their hit stage show Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby. Adapted for the stage by Steven Knight and choreographed and directed by…
Creature (film)
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Based on the acclaimed English National Ballet production, choreographed by Akram Khan and directed by Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy, The Warrior), Creature is a genre-busting collaboration that fuses film and contemporary dance. Following English National Ballet‘s 2021…
TWOOLS 16
Between 1999 and 2018, Scapino presented 18 editions of TWOOLS, the programme in which young choreographic talents are given the opportunity to create work for the main stage. More than sixty choreographers have created work for TWOOLS. For many choreographers…
Tchaikovsky Overtures
Alexei Ratmansky is known for his intensive examination of the traditional repertoire of classical ballet and his creative approach to that from the 19th century. After Paquita and Pictures of an Exhibition, he works out a world premiere on music…