Paris,

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HEN, Johanny Bert

Etc Paris,
“If you allow me the time to exist, everything will be all right,” announces a gregarious gender fluid puppet. Inspired by Sweden’s gender-neutral pronoun, HEN is the latest production from French theatre artist Johanny Bert and his Théâtre de ...
Léonore Baulac in Nureyev's Swan Lake. Paris Opera Ballet. Photo by Julien Benhamou.

Swan Lake, Paris Opera Ballet

Dance Paris,
Following the holiday run of Rudolf Nureyev’s Cinderella in December, the Paris Opera Ballet season offered another classic by its former artistic director in February and March at the Opéra Bastille theatre. First set on the company in 1984, ...
Léonore Baulec. Photo by Svetlana Loboff / Opéra National de Paris.

The Lady of the Camellias

Dance Paris,
"The Lady of the Camellias," currently being performed by the Paris Opera Ballet through January 3, is no stranger to international audiences and is the most widely-known narrative ballet by John Neumeier. Yet, the company has breathed new life into ...
Photo copyright: Yonathan Kellerman/OnP. Nureyev's Cinderella performed by the Paris Opera Ballet.

Cinderella

Dance Paris,
The theme of legacy has dominated the programming this fall at the Paris Opera Ballet, a season that opened with the Martha Graham Company in September and recently celebrated the centenary of Jerome Robbins. Of course, when an institution can ...
Afternoon of a Faun. Mathias Heymann, Myriam Ould-Braham. Photo: Sébastian Mathé/Opéra National de Paris

Homage to Jerome Robbins

Dance Paris,
Between 1974 and 1996, Jerome Robbins personally oversaw the staging of twelve of his ballets for the Paris Opera Ballet. Attracted by the dramatic qualities of the dancers and their technical rigor, the American choreographer is said to have considered ...
PeiJu Chien-Pott (center) in Graham's The Rite of Spring . Photo: Benoîte Fanton/Opéra National de Paris.

Martha Graham Dance Company

Dance Paris,
It’s been nearly thirty years since the Martha Graham Dance Company performed in Paris at the invitation of Rudolf Nureyev, then artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet and a veteran Graham guest artist. Since then, Graham’s company has survived ...
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Félix Ziem

Art & Architecture Paris,
At the Petit Palais, "Félix Ziem, j’ai rêvé le beau" could easily carry the subtitle “How to Make a Great Exhibition for a Mediocre Artist” (as it is, the title is best translated in English as “Félix Ziem, I dreamed ...
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Les Milles et Une Nuits (1001 Nights)

Art & Architecture Paris,
The French have a word, dépaysement. Roughly translated, it means the disorientation one experiences in a new culture away from one’s home country. It is an apt word to describe how I felt after leaving the Institut du Monde Arabe ...