Archives - Season 2009-2010
March 2010
Wednesday 31 March 2010
The Concert
A tribute to Jerome Robbins at the Palais Garnier
The Concert
A tribute to Jerome Robbins at the Palais Garnier
At the Palais Garnier from April 21 through May 8, this evening of ballets reveals different facets of Jerome Robbins’ art –from the jazzy and elegiacal to the comical. The Concert, an excerpt of which you can see opposite, is in the vein of the rare comic ballets in the history of dance. To music by Chopin, the choreographer of West Side Story uses the pretext of a piano recital to expose human vulnerability with irresistible humour.
