Opéra national de Paris

from 03 July to 15 July

An affirmation of the close-knit relationship between painting, music and dance, the origins of Signes lie in artist Olivier Debré’s desire to translate into a series of paintings the feeling elicited in him by a smile. Inspired by these flamboyant paintings, Carolyn Carlson sets her dancers in motion to an original score by Réné Aubry.

Ballet | Palais Garnier

La Sylphide

Pierre Lacotte

from 22 June to 15 July

Philippe Taglioni’s La Sylphide heralded the advent of romanticism. Pierre Lacotte presents this emblematic ballet, lost to the repertoire for a long time, in a faithful recreation.

Dix mois d'École
et d'Opéra

The 1,2,3,Opéra! festival enables classes in the Ten Months of School and Opera programme to present their projects and their productions at the Amphitheatre and the Studio Bastille. Supported by educational and artistic teams, the students use the stage to reveal their own personal development. Through performances and exhibitions, each spectator discovers the different aspects of the journey.

"Convergences" | Amphithéâtre

Festival de l'Imaginaire

CÉRÉMONIE SOUFIE DES MEVLEVI
DE TURQUIE

from 28 June to 29 June

The Mevlevi played a major role in the development of the arts and classical Ottoman music. Numerous dervishes also composed erudite secular music for the sultan's court including sema mevlevi which is organized like a true oratorio-ballet. As part of the Festival of the Imagination, the Amphitheatre is playing host to these songs and instrumental music, along with the famous dance of the whirling dervishes.

Exhibition | Palais Garnier

The Opera Ballet

Exhibition

Du 5 juin au 1 septembre 2013
On the occasion of the Tercentenary of the École Française de Danse, the Opéra National de Paris and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France are retracing the history of the Ballet de l'Opéra, from Louis XIV to the present day.

Opéra Vidéo

Signes

Presented by Brigitte Lefèvre
An affirmation of the close-knit relationship between painting, music and dance, the origins of Signes lie in artist Olivier Debré's desire to translate into a series of paintings the feeling elicited in him by a smile. Inspired by these flamboyant paintings, Carolyn Carlson sets her dancers in motion to an original score by Réné Aubry.
Performed at the Palais Garnier from July 03rd to 15th 2013.