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Ballet

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León & Lightfoot /​ Van Manen

Palais Garnier

from 18 April to 23 May 2019

León & Lightfoot /​ Van Manen

Palais Garnier - from 18 April to 23 May 2019

Synopsis

Despite their highly individual artistic universes, these three choreographers from the Nederlands Dans Theater share the same musicality and the same aesthetic quest. A duet with clear, pure lines, Hans van Manen’s Trois Gnossiennes adopts the sonorities of Erik Satie’s score of the same name. First-time guests Paul Lightfoot and Sol León bring two pieces into the Paris Opera Ballet repertoire alternating fixed poses, rapidity of movement and theatrical devices.

Duration :

  • Opening

  • First part 40 min

  • Intermission 20 min

  • Second part 25 min

  • End

Artists

New to the repertoire

Creative team

Creative team

Cast

New to the repertoire

Creative team

Les Étoiles, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet

Media

  • Satie the mystic

    Satie the mystic

    Watch the video

  • Podcast León & Lightfoot / Van Manen

    Podcast León & Lightfoot / Van Manen

    Listen the podcast

  • Dance chemistry

    Dance chemistry

    Watch the video

© Agathe Poupeney / OnP

Satie the mystic

Watch the video

Les Trois Gnossiennes, from music to dance

4:36 min

Satie the mystic

By Octave

In the repertoire of the Ballet of the Paris Opera since 2017, Hans Van Manen's Trois Gnossiennes returns to the Palais Garnier. On stage, a pas de trois brings together two dancers and pianist Elena Bonnay. For Octave she offers us the keys to interpreting Erik Satie's score. Being one with the dancers without betraying the composer and being one with the composer without betraying the dancers: that is the challenge she sets herself as she probes the mysteries of this meditative and hieratic work.  

Podcast León & Lightfoot / Van Manen

Listen the podcast

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

07 min

Podcast León & Lightfoot / Van Manen

By Jean-Baptiste Urbain, France Musique

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" offers original incursions into the season thanks to broadcasts produced by France Musique and the Paris Opera. For each opera or ballet production, Nathalie Moller (opera) and Jean-Baptiste Urbain (dance), present the works and artists you are going to discover when you attend performances in our theatres. 

© Agathe Poupeney / OnP

Dance chemistry

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In rehearsal with Sol León and Paul Lightfoot

5:06 min

Dance chemistry

By Aliénor de Foucaud

Two ballets created by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, resident choreographs at the Nederlands Dans Theater Company, enter the Paris Opera Ballet repertoire. The duo León/Lightfoot, whose choreographic language combines rapid-fire movements and fixed poses, has now created about fifty works. From erratic and dreamlike pictures in Sleight of Hand to spontaneous injunctions in Speak for Yourself, these works tend to reflect each person’s individuality and question the concept of alterity. 

  • Speak for Yourself by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot
  • Lumière sur : Les coulisses de León & Lightfoot / Van Manen #shorts #ParisOpera #ballet

Access and services

Palais Garnier

Place de l'Opéra

75009 Paris

Public transport

Underground Opéra (lignes 3, 7 et 8), Chaussée d’Antin (lignes 7 et 9), Madeleine (lignes 8 et 14), Auber (RER A)

Bus 20, 21, 27, 29, 32, 45, 52, 66, 68, 95, N15, N16

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Car park

Q-Park Edouard VII16 16, rue Bruno Coquatrix 75009 Paris

Book your parking spot

At the Palais Garnier, buy €10 tickets for seats in the 6th category (very limited visibility, two tickets maximum per person) on the day of the performance at the Box offices.

In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:

  • €25 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
  • €40 tickets for senior citizens over 65

Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.

Palais Garnier
  • Every day from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and until performances end
  • Get in from Place de l’Opéra or from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 53 43 03 97

Palais Garnier

Place de l'Opéra

75009 Paris

Public transport

Underground Opéra (lignes 3, 7 et 8), Chaussée d’Antin (lignes 7 et 9), Madeleine (lignes 8 et 14), Auber (RER A)

Bus 20, 21, 27, 29, 32, 45, 52, 66, 68, 95, N15, N16

Calculate my route
Car park

Q-Park Edouard VII16 16, rue Bruno Coquatrix 75009 Paris

Book your parking spot

At the Palais Garnier, buy €10 tickets for seats in the 6th category (very limited visibility, two tickets maximum per person) on the day of the performance at the Box offices.

In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:

  • €25 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
  • €40 tickets for senior citizens over 65

Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.

Palais Garnier
  • Every day from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and until performances end
  • Get in from Place de l’Opéra or from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 53 43 03 97

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