Sébastien Mathé / OnP

Ballet

George Balanchine

Opéra Bastille

from 03 February to 01 April 2020

1h45 with 1 interval

COVID-19 : cancellation of the performances

George Balanchine

Opéra Bastille - from 03 February to 01 April 2020

Synopsis

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.

Duration : 1h45 with 1 interval

  • Opening

  • First act 55 min

  • Intermission 20 min

  • Second act 30 min

  • End

Artists

Creative team

Cast

  • 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.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Creative team

Cast

  • 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.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Creative team

  • opera logo
    Paul Hindemith Music Thème avec quatre variations pour orchestre à cordes et piano
  • George Balanchine
    George Balanchine Choreography

Cast

  • 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.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Latest update 06 March 2020, cast is likely to change.

Les Étoiles, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris

Media

  • Pure and feminine energy

    Pure and feminine energy

    Watch the video

  • Searching for light

    Searching for light

    Watch the video

  • "Dance me a blue place"

    "Dance me a blue place"

    Watch the video

  • The Opera is showing off : George Balanchine

    The Opera is showing off : George Balanchine

    Read the article

  • George Balanchine, on ode to femininity

    George Balanchine, on ode to femininity

    Watch the video

  • « The logic of the movements »

    « The logic of the movements »

    Watch the video

© Svetlana Loboff / OnP

Pure and feminine energy

Watch the video

Héloïse Bourdon in Balanchine’s rehearsal

2:29 min

Pure and feminine energy

By Antony Desvaux

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

Searching for light

Watch the video

Marion Barbeau in Balanchine’s rehearsal

01 min

Searching for light

By Antony Desvaux

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

"Dance me a blue place"

Watch the video

In rehearsal with Emilie Cozette

3:47 min

"Dance me a blue place"

By Antony Desvaux

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

The Opera is showing off : George Balanchine

Read the article

When illustrators interpret the19/20 Season their way

01 min

The Opera is showing off : George Balanchine

By Anne-Margot Ramstein

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.

© Anne-Margot Ramstein

© Svetlana Loboff / OnP

George Balanchine, on ode to femininity

Watch the video

In rehearsal with Valentine Colasante

2:25 min

George Balanchine, on ode to femininity

By Aliénor de Foucaud

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

« The logic of the movements »

Watch the video

Silvia Saint-Martin in Balanchine’s rehearsal

2:31 min

« The logic of the movements »

By Antony Desvaux

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. 

  • Sérénade by George Balanchine (Laura Hecquet & Vincent Chaillet)
  • Concerto Barocco by George Balanchine (Valentine Colasante & Stéphane Bullion)
  • Les Quatre Tempéraments by George Balanchine (Héloïse Bourdon & Vincent Chaillet)
  • Les Quatre Tempéraments by George Balanchine (Émilie Cozette)
  • Concerto Barocco, Les quatre tempéraments & Sérénade by G. Balanchine
  • Concerto Barocco - Jean-Sébastien Bach - 2eme Mouvement

  • Sérénade - Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski - 4eme Mouvement

  • Concerto Barocco - Jean-Sébastien Bach - 3eme Mouvement

Access and services

Opéra Bastille

Place de la Bastille

75012 Paris

Public transport

Underground Bastille (lignes 1, 5 et 8), Gare de Lyon (RER)

Bus 29, 69, 76, 86, 87, 91, N01, N02, N11, N16

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Car park

Q-Park Opéra Bastille 34, rue de Lyon 75012 Paris

Book your parking spot

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.

Opéra Bastille
  • Open 1h before performances and until performances end
  • Get in from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 40 01 17 82

Opéra Bastille

Place de la Bastille

75012 Paris

Public transport

Underground Bastille (lignes 1, 5 et 8), Gare de Lyon (RER)

Bus 29, 69, 76, 86, 87, 91, N01, N02, N11, N16

Calculate my route
Car park

Q-Park Opéra Bastille 34, rue de Lyon 75012 Paris

Book your parking spot

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.

Opéra Bastille
  • Open 1h before performances and until performances end
  • Get in from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 40 01 17 82

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