This is a milestone season for Julien Chauvin as he prepares to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his ensemble, Le Concert de la Loge. The talented baroque conductor and violinist approaches Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons from a fresh perspective, offering a stage production choreographed by Mourad Merzouki. The renowned choreographer brings the dancers of his […]

Their December 2022 visit to Paris brought spectators at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées to tears. This winter, the ballet and orchestra of the National Opera of Ukraine are returning for 17 exceptional performances from December 21, 2024, to January 5, 2025, on the Avenue Montaigne stage. Despite enduring extremely difficult living and working conditions for […]

The Ballets de Monte-Carlo are giving pride of place to creation for this new 2024-2025 season. The company will be offering no less than three world premieres at the Grimaldi Forum. In the spring of 2025, the German choreographer Marco Goecke will present his new work Transfigured Night. This will be followed in the summer […]

‘Without others, I don’t exist… or so little’ writes Jean-Christophe Maillot in Dance Feast. The famous director and choreographer of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo tells the story of his life in his biography illustrated by 300 photos. Following the watchwords of transmission and openness, he reveals himself with sensitivity and emotion to show the world […]

Reinoud Van Mechelen and his ensemble a nocte temporis have already demonstrated their affinity with the repertoire of Rameau. A new project brings them closer once again to the great French composer of the 17th century with the famous Pygmalion, a one-act ballet created in 1748. In collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de […]

A renowned choreographer from the 1980s to the present day, Hervé Robbe is the subject of an exhibition entitled (RE)collection “Chemins dansants”. From 27 February to 16 March 2024, the Centre national de la danse (CND) and Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse are devoting a major exhibition around his artistic approach and his […]

Audrey Hepburn, the unforgettable performer of My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Funny Face and Charade, Sabrina and many others, loved Paris and Paris continues to pay her tribute. In a show entitled Dans les yeux d’Audrey, choreographer François Mauduit pays tribute to her with a ballet freely inspired by her life when she dreamed […]

The brilliant choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has added another string to his bow by also directing opera. His arrival at the helm of the Grand Théâtre de Genève ballet in 2022 naturally led him to propose a new production in which all the performing arts will be brought together. From 21 February to 2 March […]

The Cannes Dance Festival is offering the first edition of MOV’IN Cannes, its dance film competition. For its twenty-fourth edition, the event is breaking new ground while forging a natural link with cinema, an art form that is in the DNA of the city of Cannes. Seven professional judges from the two artistic fields, including […]

Hot topings at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. As Verdi’s Don Carlo, the big event of the season opening, is being rehearsed, we learn of the defection of René Pape in the role of Filippo II. He is replaced by Michele Pertusi (as is Ekaterina Semenchuk in the role of Eboli by Veronica Simeoni on 30 […]