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George Balanchine
Opéra Bastille - from 03 February to 01 April 2020
George Balanchine
Opéra Bastille - from 03 February to 01 April 2020
2h00 with 1 interval
COVID-19 : cancellation of the performances
About
In few words:
This tribute to the art of Balanchine brings together three works of pure dance from the choreographer’s first American period. Three ensemble ballets in which bodies resonate like the instruments of an orchestra. Set to the music of Bach, Concerto Barocco crossfades a succession of forms beckoning to the gaze like the decorative components of a baroque architecture. The Four Temperaments offers a visual counterpoint to Paul Hindemith’s variations. Like the moods that transfuse humans, this fluid and mercurial ballet combines consonance and dissonance in a composition at once rigorous yet unimpeded. In Serenade, Balanchine evokes the Russian heritage of Tchaikovsky his master, and the modern bodies of the young New Yorkers he met on his arrival in the United States. A snapshot of its times, the ballet’s romantic atmosphere also evokes Les Sylphides by Fokine, another master revered by Balanchine.
- Opening
- First act 55 mn
- Intermission 20 mn
- Second act 30 mn
- End
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Sérénade
Concerto Barocco
Les quatre tempéraments
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Monday 03 February 2020 at 19:30
- Monday 03 February 2020 at 19:30
- Thursday 06 February 2020 at 19:30
- Monday 10 February 2020 at 19:30
- Tuesday 18 February 2020 at 19:30
- Saturday 22 February 2020 at 14:30
- Saturday 22 February 2020 at 20:00
- Sunday 23 February 2020 at 14:30
- Tuesday 25 February 2020 at 19:30
- Thursday 27 February 2020 at 19:30
- Friday 28 February 2020 at 19:30
- Sunday 01 March 2020 at 14:30
- Monday 02 March 2020 at 19:30
- Tuesday 03 March 2020 at 19:30
- Thursday 05 March 2020 at 19:30
- Friday 06 March 2020 at 19:30
- Sunday 08 March 2020 at 14:30
- Monday 09 March 2020 at 19:30
- Thursday 12 March 2020 at 19:30
- Saturday 14 March 2020 at 19:30
- Friday 20 March 2020 at 19:30
- Thursday 26 March 2020 at 19:30
- Sunday 29 March 2020 at 14:30
- Wednesday 01 April 2020 at 19:30
Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.
Sérénade
Concerto Barocco
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Gallery
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Audio clips
Concerto Barocco - Jean-Sébastien Bach - 2eme Mouvement
Sérénade - Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski - 4eme Mouvement
Concerto Barocco - Jean-Sébastien Bach - 3eme Mouvement
Backstage
© Svetlana Loboff / OnP
02:29’
Video
Pure and feminine energy
Héloïse Bourdon in Balanchine’s rehearsal
At the occasion of the George Balanchine Special Evening, where dancers of the Ballet will have performed three pieces from the choreographer’s first American period, Octave magazine interviewed Héloïse Bourdon. The Première Danseuse discussed Balanchine’s neo-classical style, her almost carnal duet with Marion Barbeau in Concerto Barocco, and her swift, feminine role in Serenade.
© Svetlana Loboff / OnP
01’
Video
Searching for light
Marion Barbeau in Balanchine’s rehearsal
At the occasion of the George Balanchine Special Evening, where dancers of the Ballet will perform Serenade, Concerto Barocco and The Four Temperaments, three pieces from the choreographer’s first American period, Octave magazine interviewed Marion Barbeau. The Première Danseuse discusses her taste for Bach’s bright music and her work along the Balanchine Trust ballet master Diana White. She evokes the joy of dancing in these feminine ballets, so typical of Balanchine.
© Svetlana Loboff / OnP
03:47’
Video
"Dance me a blue place"
In rehearsal with Emilie Cozette
Serenade, Concerto Barocco and The Four Temperaments: three works by Balanchine, from the choreographer’s first American period, brought together and performed by the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet on the occasion of a tribute evening. Octave Magazine interviews the Etoile Émilie Cozette to learn more about her work in rehearsal.
© Anne-Margot Ramstein
Article
The Opera is showing off : George Balanchine
When illustrators interpret the19/20 Season their way
01’
Octave gives free reins to some illustrators to portray their way the 19/20 Season, by revisiting one show poster of their choice. Anne-Margot Ramstein decided to illustrate the George Balanchine ballets performance.
© Svetlana Loboff / OnP
02:25’
Video
George Balanchine, on ode to femininity
In rehearsal with Valentine Colasante
In an interview by Octave Magazine Valentine Colasante tells us more about the George Balanchine Special Evening, where dancers of the Ballet will perform Serenade, Concerto Barocco and The Four Temperaments, three pieces from choreographer’s first American period. Evoking Balanchine’s abstract and timeless work, a pure blend of delicateness and technique, the Etoile dancer shares with us the joy she feels each time she performs one of his ballets.
© Svetlana Loboff / OnP
02:31’
Video
« The logic of the movements »
Silvia Saint-Martin in Balanchine’s rehearsal
On the occasion of the tribute to George Balanchine, where dancers of the Ballet will perform Serenade, Concerto Barocco and The Four Temperaments, three pieces from the choreographer’s first American period, Octave magazine interviewed Silvia Saint-Martin. She tells us more about the Balanchine’s repertoire and the different roles she’ll perform for the first time as Première Danseuse, roles that she will embody each evening on the Bastille’s stage.
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