Ceci est mon corps
MC 14/22 “Ceci est mon corps” is a meeting of the spiritual and the carnal, drawing on St Mark’s version of the Last Supper in the Bible: “Take, eat: this is my body”. Created for twelve male dancers – Preljocaj’s…
Tag Palais Garnier
The Palais Garnier (French: [palɛ ɡaʁnje] (listen), Garnier Palace), also known as Opéra Garnier (French: [ɔpeʁa ɡaʁnje] (listen), Garnier Opera), is a 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l’Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III. Initially referred to as le nouvel Opéra de Paris (the new Paris Opera), it soon became known as the Palais Garnier, “in acknowledgment of its extraordinary opulence” and the architect Charles Garnier’s plans and designs, which are representative of the Napoleon III style. It was the primary theatre of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when a new opera house, the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille. The company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet. The theatre has been a monument historique of France since 1923.
Iolanta, The Nutcracker
Presented as a diptych in the historic performance of 1892, Iolanta and The Nutcracker are once again brought together in this Paris Opera production. In Dmitri Tcherniakov‘s staging and sets, they become one and the same work: the opera is the prelude to the…
Siddharta
Inspired by the character of Siddharta, Angelin Preljocaj offered in 2010 a new creation to the Paris Opera Ballet. The choreographer revisits the legend of this prince who became the ‘enlightened one’, or the Buddha, making a personal and free…
Créer aujourd’hui
Firmly entrenching the Paris Opera Ballet in today’s multifaceted world, Aurélie Dupont, Director of Dance, has invited four contemporary choreographers to the Palais Garnier. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet, the two Belgian choreographers who created Boléro in 2013, return…
Brise-Lames
A nine dancers piece created for the Paris Opera ballet in very special circumstances, in close collaboration with renowned visual artist JR, composer and pianist Koki Nakano and dancer Aimilios Arapoglou. In June 2020, Aurelie Dupont, the director of The…
La Fille de neige
Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden) was born in times of old in Tsar Berendey’s mythical kingdom, the fruit of the union between Spring the Beauty and Grandfather Frost. Protected by her parents from the jealousy of the Sun god Yarilo who…
Impressions
Palais Garnier presents “Impressions”, an evening of creations by contemporary choreographers Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple and Marcos Morau, danced by the Paris Opera Ballet. “Arena“, the first Paris Opéra creation by Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple, with music by Mikael…
Satyagraha
What is Gandhi’s influence on the contemporary political world? This is the question explored by Philip Glass’s opera Satyagraha (1980), the second in his trilogy devoted to historical figures, alongside Einstein on the Beach (1976) and Akhnaten (1984). But Satyagraha…
Le Rouge et le Noir
In the 1830s, during the period of the Restauration, Julien Sorel, an irresistible young 18-year‑old, experiences a meteoric rise. A protégé of the abbé Chélan, he gains access to the world of the aristocracy and finds himself at the very…