Cultural event — Rehearsal

PRE-DRESS REHEARSAL : Bobbi Jene Smith

15 Mar. 2023

  • Palais Garnier

Enter the heart of the creation and discover the artists at work!

The Paris National Opera offers Arop members the privilege of observing the work of the artists and the genesis of a production at different times: work sessions, pre-dress rehearsals and dress rehearsals.

BOBBI JENE SMITH

The young American choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith is invited for the first time to the Paris Opera to create a work in her sensual, tribal and theatrical style. Born in Iowa, she joined the Batsheva Dance Company in 2009 where she danced for nine years under the direction of Ohad Naharin. In 2014, at the age of 30, she felt the need to create and took the risk of leaving Batsheva to try her luck as a choreographer. She returned to the United States and taught Gaga Dance classes at several universities and conservatories. In the course of her creations, she builds her language from grounded movements of enormous intensity, set in a contemporary and figurative scenography. Her dramatic approach and search for authentic movement explores the masculine and the feminine and portrays characters who tell moving stories with their bodies.

Access requirements:

The pre-dress rehearsals are booked in priority for members who couldn’t get seats for the dress rehearsals of the same performances.

Download the details of the reservation conditions and the access conditions.

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[INTERVIEW] BOBBI JENE SMITH

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Pit (season 22/23)

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