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Signes
Opéra Bastille - from 21 June to 16 July 2023
Signes
Carolyn Carlson
Opéra Bastille - from 21 June to 16 July 2023
1h25 no interval
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Pre‑opening for the young : 19 juin 2023 à 20:00
Opening night : 21 juin 2023 à 20:00
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Created in 1997 for the Paris Opera Ballet, this work was born out of the painter Olivier Debré’s desire to paint a series of abstract tableaux: evocations of that primordial sign, the smile. Taking these flamboyant painted scenes as her starting point, representing different places in the world like so many different emotional states and humours, the choreographer Carolyn Carlson sets her dancers in motion to an original score by René Aubry and gives life to a dreamlike piece. A ballet that has since become a cult work in the Paris Opera repertoire, Signes embodies the links between painting, music and dance and extends them to the stage.
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Signes
Registered music
Sur une idée originale de Olivier Debré
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Choreography
Carolyn Carlson -
Music
René Aubry -
Set design and Costume design
Olivier Debré -
Lighting design
Patrice Besombes
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Monday 19 June 2023 at 20:00
- Monday 19 June 2023 at 20:00
- Wednesday 21 June 2023 at 20:00
- Thursday 22 June 2023 at 20:00
- Saturday 24 June 2023 at 20:00
- Sunday 25 June 2023 at 16:00
- Wednesday 28 June 2023 at 20:00
- Saturday 01 July 2023 at 20:00
- Sunday 02 July 2023 at 16:00
- Wednesday 05 July 2023 at 20:00
- Saturday 08 July 2023 at 20:00
- Thursday 13 July 2023 at 20:00
- Friday 14 July 2023 at 14:30
- Sunday 16 July 2023 at 16:00
Latest update 08 June 2023, cast is likely to change.
Performances
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Videos clips
Backstage
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Podcast
Podcast Signes
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Video
Carolyn Carlson about Signes: Smiles, gestures and colors
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Video
Hannah O’Neill rehearses Signes: a spiritual approach to movement
© Agathe Poupeney / OnP
Podcast
Podcast 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.
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07:14’
Video
Carolyn Carlson about Signes: Smiles, gestures and colors
Carolyn Carlson about Signes
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.
04:59’
Video
Hannah O’Neill rehearses Signes: a spiritual approach to movement
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.
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Last-minute tickets
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