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Articles about Ballet

Encounters

The costumes for Raymonda: splendour and refinement

An encounter with Susanne Dangel, production manager of the sewing studios — By Irina Flament
Encounters

Eleonora Abbagnato

Episode 02 — By Vincent Cordier

Series - Progress of an Étoile
Backstage

The Creative Universe of Crystal Pite

Nature as Experience — By Antony Desvaux
Backstage

Body and Soul: between conflict and connexion

In rehearsal with choreograph Crystal Pite — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Backstage

Rick Owens signs the costumes for At the Hawk's Well

Photo report with the couturier — By Octave
Encounters

Hiroshi Sugimoto's graphic ballet

“At The Hawk’s Well”: between poetry and spirituality — By Fisheye Magazine
Perspectives

The literary avatars of Marie Duplessis, the inspiration behind La Traviata

La Dame aux camélias: From real life to legend — By Sylvain Ledda
Backstage

Shanghai 2019

The Opera Ballet on tour — By Octave
Encounters

Behind the Scenes with “Tree of Codes”

Encounter with Etoiles Marie-Agnès Gillot and Jérémie Bélingard — By Octave

Theme - Tree of Codes
Perspectives

The staging of Perception

Olafur Eliasson and Tree of Codes — By Matthieu Poirier

Theme - Tree of Codes
Perspectives

Jamie xx, from nightclub to the Paris Opera

Reflections on “Tree of Codes” — By Trax Magazine

Theme - Tree of Codes
Encounters

Dance: thought in motion

Profile of Wayne McGregor — By Sarah Crompton

Theme - Tree of Codes
Encounters

Dreams, dance and reality

Portrait of Mats Ek — By Anne Le Berre
Backstage

Portfolio | A marriage between opera and ballet

Iolanta/The Nutcracker in rehearsal — By Dmitri Tcherniakov
Backstage

Dance chemistry

In rehearsal with Sol León and Paul Lightfoot — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Encounters

Ludmila Pagliero

Episode 01 — By Vincent Cordier

Series - Progress of an Étoile
Encounters

Two years of reflection

Interview with Léonore Baulac and Germain Louvet — By Cyril Pesenti

Theme - Swan Lake
Perspectives

Nine Leagues From Here

Episode 16 — By Célia Houdart

Series - Literary breaks
Perspectives

Story(ies)

Swan Lake — By Vincent Cordier

Theme - Swan Lake
Perspectives

The symbolism of Swan Lake, from stage to screen

Inner turmoil and artistic perfection — By Paola Dicelli

Theme - Swan Lake
Perspectives

Draw-me Swan Lake

Episode 06 — By Octave

Series - Draw-me
Perspectives

Between magic and poetry

The Opera Ballet in "Swan Lake" — By Ann Ray

Theme - Swan Lake
Perspectives

Podcast Le Lac des cygnes

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique

Theme - Swan Lake
Backstage

The Swans of the "Lake"

Episode 12 — By Clotilde Vayer

Series - A production remembered
Backstage

Nuptials and life cycles

In rehearsal with Pontus Lidberg — By Aliénor de Foucaud and Felipe Sanguinetti
Backstage

TranscenDANSE

In rehearsal with Marco Goecke — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Backstage

Mime in Swan Lake

Episode 01 — By Octave

Series - Dissection of a step
Encounters

A story of duets and duality

Meeting the performers of the new production of Faun — By Elsa Vinet
Perspectives

Podcast Cherkaoui / Goecke / Lidberg

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

La Dame aux Camélias, a cinematic story

Alexandre Dumas fils on stage and screen — By Paola Dicelli
Backstage

The Pumpkin Coach in Cinderella

Episode 18 — By Éric Moreau and Cyril Pesenti

Series - A production remembered
Encounters

Vibrations of the soul

Rehearsing La Dame aux camélias with Eleonora Abbagnato — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

Podcast La Dame aux camélias

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Tribute to Jerome Robbins

Relive the entire show — By Octave
Perspectives

Podcast Cendrillon

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Fancy Free: Jerome Robbins on Broadway

Let the show (and the dancing) go on! — By Paola Dicelli
Backstage

Captivating quietude: A Suite of Dances by Jerome Robbins

Episode 03 — By Octave

Series - Dissection of a step
Perspectives

Podcast Tribute to Jerome Robbins

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Jerome Robbins - tributes and testimony

The dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet remember… — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

Podcast Decadance

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Learning a new language

Gaga technique as seen by three performers from the Paris Opera Ballet — By Elsa Vinet
Backstage

A breath of freedom

In rehearsal with the Martha Graham Dance Company — By Octave
Encounters

Decadance : playing with volume and gravity

A rehearsal with Ohad Naharin — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Encounters

Echoing Gestures

Encounter with Nicolas Paul — By Elsa Vinet
Encounters

No, young lady, you shan't go to the ball

An exchange of views on handing down a ballet — By Anna Schauder
Encounters

Becoming Widow Simone

Episode 05 — By Aliénor de Foucaud and Felipe Sanguinetti

Series - Becoming...
Backstage

Colas' variation: a balance between humour and virtuosity

Episode 08 — By Octave

Series - Dissection of a step
Perspectives

Podcast The Wayward Daughter

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" — By France Musique
Encounters

« The Manly Bearing » of the dancer

Interview with Martine Kahane and Roberta Oakey — By Anna Schauder
Perspectives

Recomposed Canon

Episode 11 — By Caroline Broué

Series - Literary breaks
Encounters

Little Black Number and Leather Boots

Quartet no. 4 by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker through the eyes of its performers — By Inès Piovesan
Encounters

Dance as a mother tongue

A portrait of Crystal Pite — By Sarah Crompton
Perspectives

The Timelessness of Romeo and Juliet

From stage to screen — By Paola Dicelli
Perspectives

Waltzing with Berlioz

Romeo and Juliet, between choreography and song — By Valère Etienne / BmO
Encounters

Dance swept along by the current

Interview with the choreographer Sasha Waltz — By Dorian Astor
Encounters

Romeo and Juliet or encountering the Other

Hugo Marchand and Amandine Albisson in rehearsal — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Encounters

Dancing Bartók, Beethoven and Schönberg

Interview with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker — By Felipe Sanguinetti
Encounters

Three Masters in the Ballet School Repertoire

Musical Emotion through Movement — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

Podcast Romeo and Juliet

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" — By France Musique
Encounters

Happy Valentine

A new Étoile at the Opera — By Inès Piovesan
Encounters

Passing on the message

Conversation about Orpheus with Dominique Mercy and Stéphane Bullion — By Isabelle Danto
Backstage

The magic of pointe shoes

From the Ballet School to the Opera Ballet — By Aliénor de Foucaud and Vincent Cordier
Encounters

When Pina Bausch sets the trend

Interview with Pierpaolo Piccioli from Valentino and Pierre Hardy — By Numéro
Perspectives

Marie-Agnès Gillot bids farewell to the stage

A photographic record of an Étoile’s career — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

Podcast Orpheus and Eurydice

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" — By France Musique
Encounters

And Béjart created Bolero

Interview with the Dancer Etoile Mathias Heymann — By Anna Schauder
Perspectives

The Clearing

Episode 10 — By Michel Bernard

Series - Literary breaks
Perspectives

Ravel’s Bolero: from stage to screen

The erotic rite of Bolero at the cinema, inspirations and adaptations — By Paola Dicelli
Backstage

The mirror pas-de-deux from Onegin or the dream of an impossible love

Episode 07 — By Octave

Series - Dissection of a step
Perspectives

Podcast Benjamin Millepied / Maurice Béjart

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Choreographic Symphony

Daphnis and Chloé: Benjamin Millepied and Daniel Buren in conversation with Maurice Ravel — By Philippe Noisette and Sylvie Blin
350 years

Special evening at the Palais Garnier

Presentation of the Paris Opera's 2018/2019 anniversary season — By Octave
Perspectives

The Onegin Mystery or Pushkin and Terpsichore

From verse novel to theatrical ballet — By Tristan Bera
Perspectives

Podcast Onéguine

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

A Master for the present

Maurice Béjart and the Paris Opera — By Gérard Mannoni
Perspectives

Me neither, I love you

Onegin and Tatiana, passionately — By Isabelle Calabre
Encounters

The tutu, queen of dance costumes

An interview with Martine Kahane and Anne-Marie Legrand — By Anna Schauder
Encounters

Becoming Don Quixote

Episode 04 — By Aliénor de Foucaud and Felipe Sanguinetti

Series - Becoming...
Backstage

Kitri’s variation: between folklore and seduction

Episode 06 — By Octave

Series - Dissection of a step
Perspectives

Podcast Don Quichotte

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Backstage

Behind the scenes of Play

Last rehearsals — By T. M. Rives
Backstage

2017: a year of anniversaries

The École de Danse celebrates 30 years since it set up in Nanterre, and the 40th anniversary of its "Demonstrations" — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

From the big screen to the stage

From film adaptations of Don Quixote to Nureyev’s ballet — By Paola Dicelli
Perspectives

Play

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Backstage

Play: Alexander Ekman choreographs play

Photo coverage — By Nicolas Doutey and Ann Ray
Encounters

Conducting Janáček, Stravinsky and Salonen

A conversation with Esa-Pekka Salonen — By Marion Mirande
Perspectives

Podcast Balanchine/Teshigawara/Bausch

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

The Clay Girls

Episode 07 — By Julien Dufresne-Lamy

Series - Literary breaks
Backstage

Happy Birthday Jewels!

Behind the scenes of Balanchine’s ballet — By Louise Ebel
Encounters

Recollections from the Chosen Ones in The Rite of Spring

Étoile dancers Eleonora Abbagnato and Alice Renavand tell all. — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

Podcast Joyaux

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Music in the blood

Meeting Georges-Elie Octors and Tom De Cock — By Solène Souriau
Backstage

Dreams of other worlds

A report from the costume workshops for La Sylphide — By Octave
Encounters

Dressing for a ballet

An interview with Dries Van Noten — By Numéro
Perspectives

In the forest

Episode 03 — By Astrid Eliard

Series - Literary breaks
Encounters

Under the Skin of Madge the Witch

Episode 02 — By Aliénor de Foucaud, Juliette Puaux and Felipe Sanguinetti

Series - Becoming...
Encounters

Do what you do

Steve Reich on Drumming Live — By Trax Magazine
Perspectives

Draw me La Sylphide

with Hop'éra ! — By Pauline Andrieu
Backstage

The Scottish Pas de deux from La Sylphide

Episode 05 — By Octave

Series - Dissection of a step
Encounters

La Sylphide, a waking dream

Pride of place to the French school — By Rosita Boisseau
Perspectives

Podcast Drumming Live

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By Stéphane Grant
Encounters

A shot of energy

Drumming Live in rehearsal — By Aliénor de Foucaud and Juliette Puaux
Backstage

Drumming Live enters the Paris Opera Ballet’s repertoire

A photo reportage — By Octave
Perspectives

Podcast La Sylphide

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By Stéphane Grant
Perspectives

Podcast Bertaud / Bouché / Paul / Valastro

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By Stéphane Grant
Encounters

As in a Dream

Encounter with Simon Valastro — By Solène Souriau

Theme - Bertaud / Bouché / Paul / Valastro
Encounters

A dialogue between the arts

Encounter with Nicolas Paul — By Solène Souriau

Theme - Bertaud / Bouché / Paul / Valastro
Encounters

Choreography as a means of resistance

Encounter with Bruno Bouché — By Solène Souriau

Theme - Bertaud / Bouché / Paul / Valastro
Encounters

Tradition and creation

Encounter with Sébastien Bertaud — By Solène Souriau

Theme - Bertaud / Bouché / Paul / Valastro
Encounters

Drumming Live: An invitation to dance

Encounter with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker — By Solène Souriau and Simon Hatab
Encounters

Ravel – From movement makes music

An interview with conductor Maxime Pascal — By Marion Mirande
Backstage

Jerome Robbins' jazzy accents

Episode 04 — By Octave

Series - Dissection of a step
Perspectives

Fluidity and Abandon

Bolero by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet seen by Vincent Chaillet, Premier Dancer — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

Podcast Robbins / Balanchine / Cherkaoui, Jalet

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By Stéphane Grant
Backstage

Beyond reference

All about Herman Schmerman — By Ann Ray
Encounters

The Paris Opera pays tribute to Yvette Chauviré

3/3 — By Octave

Theme - The Paris Opera pays tribute to Yvette Chauviré
Encounters

The Paris Opera pays tribute to Yvette Chauviré

1/3 — By Octave

Theme - The Paris Opera pays tribute to Yvette Chauviré
Perspectives

Podcast Merce Cunningham / William Forsythe

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By Octave
Encounters

Rencontre avec Hugo Marchand

Le nouveau danseur Étoile du ballet de l’Opéra de Paris répond à nos questions en live ! — By Octave
Backstage

Taking the right path

In Nureyev steps — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

Podcast Spectacle de l'École de Danse

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" by France Musique — By Stéphane Grant
Encounters

A Story of Two People

Interview with Dimitri Chamblas and Boris Charmatz — By Solène Souriau
Perspectives

Podcast À bras-le-corps

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Podcast Le Songe d'une nuit d'été

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Backstage

A dramaturgy awash with colour

Haute Couture on stage — By Octave
Backstage

Dancing with words

Backstage with Cosi fan tutte — By Octave
Encounters

Two Etoiles Shining in the Firmament

Encounter with Léonore Baulac and Germain Louvet — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

“What masques, what dances shall we have?”

Shakespeare ballets at the Paris Opera — By Julia Bührle
Perspectives

Podcast Tree of Codes

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique

Theme - Tree of Codes
Perspectives

Podcast Così fan tutte

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Podcast Impressing the Czar (William Forsythe) - Semperoper Ballett, Dresden

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

All the same, men and women alike

Interview with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker — By Wannes Gyselinck
Perspectives

Dessine-moi Le Lac des cygnes

Le strip d’Anouk Ricard — By Anouk Ricard
Encounters

Live-chat with Josua Hoffalt

The Paris Opera Ballet Étoile answers your questions! — By Octave
Perspectives

Podcast Swan Lake

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

The Dancer Stripped Bare

When Bella Figura entered the repertoire of the Paris Opera — By Inès Piovesan
Perspectives

Podcast Jiří Kylián

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Backstage

L’entrechat Balanchine

Episode 02 — By Octave

Series - Dissection of a step
Encounters

Dancing Balanchine

In tune with the music — By Inès Piovesan
Perspectives

Podcast George Balanchine

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

A French touch at the New York City Ballet

A tribute to Violette Verdy — By Octave
Encounters

Ari Benjamin Meyers makes the Paris Opera dance

A new space for new music — By Solène Souriau
Encounters

Shaking the Establishment

Tino Sehgal at the Palais Garnier — By Aliénor de Foucaud
Perspectives

Podcast Peck / Balanchine

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

The Technicolor Ghost

A portrait of James Blake — By Milena Mc Closkey
Perspectives

Eyes Wide Open

A fresh look at “The Sleeping Beauty” — By Stéphane Barsacq
Perspectives

Podcast The Sleeping Beauty - American Ballet Theatre

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Arts and performance

A fresh look at season 15/16 — By Octave
Perspectives

Schönberg, Verdi, Wagner and Berlioz: the commitment to cycles

A fresh look at season 15/16 — By Octave
Perspectives

Podcast William Forsythe

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Podcast Peck / Balanchine

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Original talent

A portrait of Justin Peck — Octave
Backstage

Behind the mask

In the studio with Justin Peck — By Solène Souriau
Perspectives

Podcast Le Corsaire - English National Ballet

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Backstage

Luxury and Voluptuousness

When Balanchine inspires Karl Lagerfeld — By Inès Piovesan
Backstage

Romantic Tutus in Giselle

Episode 09 — By Anne-Marie Legrand

Series - A production remembered
Perspectives

Podcast Giselle

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Live-chat Giselle

Ask Mathieu Ganio your question ! — By Octave
Encounters

Poetic tension

Interview with Maguy Marin — By Felipe Sanguinetti
Perspectives

Podcast Maguy Marin

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Live-chat

Avec les artistes de Maguy Marin — By Octave
Encounters

Bad boy or Tender love?

Romeo today — By Inès Piovesan
Perspectives

Podcast Ratmansky / Balanchine / Robbins / Peck

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Podcast Romeo and Juliet

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Live-chat

Marion Barbeau et Marine Ganio répondent à vos questions — By Octave
Perspectives

Podcast Rosas

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Final pas de deux

Benjamin Pech says farewell to the stage — By Dominique Simonnet
Encounters

One ‘pas de trois’

Listening to The Goldberg Variation — By Solène Souriau
Perspectives

Podcast Bel / Millepied / Robbins

Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Lighting sculptor

A portrait of Haroon Mirza — By Eddy Frankel
Perspectives

Giselle and the Paris Opera

Fellow travellers — By Octave
Encounters

Live-chat with Marie-Agnès Gillot

The Paris Opera Ballet Étoile answers your questions! — By Octave
Perspectives

Boulez. Dance. Rhythm.

From Le Marteau sans maître to Alea sands — By Robert Piencikowski
Backstage

The makeup for the Golden Idol in La Bayadère

Episode 06 — By Jean-Jacques Sempéré

Series - A production remembered
Perspectives

Ballet-testament

La Bayadère — By Jérôme Maurel
Perspectives

Podcast Wheeldon / McGregor / Bausch

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Podcast La Bayadère

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Encounters

Museum of living choreography

An interview with Boris Charmatz — By Christophe Wavelet
Perspectives

Podcast Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

Podcast Balanchine / Millepied / Robbins

Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera - by France Musique — By France Musique
Perspectives

20 danseurs pour le XXe siècle

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique — By France Musique

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