Signes

"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, Charlotte Landru-Chandès (opera) and Jean-Baptiste Urbain (dance), present the works and artists you are going to discover when you attend performances in our theatres.

In 1997, Carolyn Carlson and Olivier Debré created Signes for the Paris Opera Ballet. On the occasion of the revival of this work in 2023, the choreographer recounts her collaboration with the painter, whose colorful paintings form the framework of Signes, and the composer René Aubry.

Carolyn Carlson evokes the smile, one of the signs at the heart of the ballet, and the two characters, the woman in yellow and the man in blue. Finally, she looks back on her relationship with the Paris Opera, and in particular the experience of G.R.T.O.P. (Groupe de Recherches théâtrales de l’Opéra de Paris) between 1974 and 1980.  

In 1997, Carolyn Carlson and Olivier Debré created Signes for the Paris Opera Ballet. On the occasion of the ballet's revival in 2023, Hannah O'Neill recounts her rehearsals with the choreographer at the Opéra Bastille.

The Étoile dancer talks about the ideas of space and time that drive the choreography, and the attention Carolyn Carlson gives to gestures, their thickness and momentum. Finally, Hannah O'Neill explains how Olivier Debré's paintings and René Aubry's music inspire and nourish her interpretation.