The Dante Project - Ballet - Season 22/23 Programming - Opéra national de Paris

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    The Dante Project

    Wayne McGregor

    Palais Garnier - from 03 to 31 May 2023

    2021 ROH. Photo : Andrej Uspenski

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The Dante Project

Palais Garnier - from 03 to 31 May 2023

Ballet

The Dante Project

Wayne McGregor

Palais Garnier - from 03 to 31 May 2023

2h45 with 2 intervals

  • Opening night : 3 May 2023

About

In few words:

The Dante Project, which premiered in London in October 2021, is today entering the Paris Opera’s repertoire. To a colourful orchestral score by Thomas Adès, British choreographer Wayne McGregor presents a three‑act ballet inspired by the alternately chilling and sunlit landscapes of the Divine Comedy. Written in the 14th century by Dante, this seminal poem of the Italian language recounts an initiatory journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. McGregor brings this medieval Christian fantasy to life through dance: a young woman, Beatrice, embodies a promise of love and hope as the chorepgrapher reconstructs a narrative arc taking the audience on a nonstop journey where sound, movement and light form the substance of a mysterious and changing constellation.

  • Opening
  • First part 45 mn
  • Intermission 30 mn
  • Second part 25 mn
  • Intermission 30 mn
  • Third part 35 mn
  • End

Media coverage

  • The choreographer’s latest epic follows the poet’s journey from the inferno to the light - and it’s heavenly.

    Emma Byrne / Evening Standard
  • A dreamlike and virtuoso dive into the poetic spheres of The Divine Comedy.

    Marie-Valentine Chaudon / La Croix (2023)
  • An astonishing three-act ballet that concludes in an apotheosis. Sublime.

    Emmanuelle Bouchez / Télérama (2023)

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  • The world of The Divine Comedy

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    The world of The Divine Comedy

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The world of The Divine Comedy

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The world of The Divine Comedy

Germain Louvet rehearses The Dante Project

By Antony Desvaux

On the occasion of the repertory debut of The Dante Project, a ballet by Wayne McGregor with an original score by Thomas Adès, Germain Louvet talks about his work in the rehearsal studio with the choreographer.

The Étoile dancer discusses the role of Dante that he interprets and the meaning for him of this universe, which combines the Christian imagination and the new media of the artist Tacita Dean.

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