Marcos Morau‘s daring rereading of Tchaikovsky’s famous 1890 ballet turns Sleeping Beauty into an allegory of our relationship with time. The Catalan choreographer’s rich visual universe reinterprets the princess’s long sleep as a wild and uninhibited procession. What does the…
Philippe Decouflé offers a new version of Codex, his first great public success, an already legendary piece, originally conceived for seven dancers. Under the title of Tricodex, this third version produced for the Ballet de l’Opéra national de Lyon multiplies…
Swanhilde and Franz are about to get married, but Franz seems to be paying more attention to Coppelia, a mechanic doll created by a solitary and mysterious old man, Coppelius. Attempts to explain to the young man that his recent…
It is with great pomp and with two of its major pieces that the Opera Ballet celebrates the centenary of the birth of the American choreographer Merce Cunningham. First by taking over its Summerspace, then by bringing Exchange to the…
