The Paris Opera Ballet Défilé

• Music

  Hector Berlioz
  La Marche, excerpt from "Les Troyens" - act 1

• Conductor

  Mojca Lavrenčič

Rearray

Rearray - William Forsythe

• Choreography

  William Forsythe

• Music

  David Morrow
  (1952)

• Set and costume design

  William Forsythe

• Lighting design

  Tanja Rühl

Blake Works I

Production de 2016 - William Forsythe

• Choreography

  William Forsythe

• Music

  James Blake

• Scenography, costume and lighting design

  William Forsythe

• Costume design

  Dorothée Merg

• Lighting design

  Tanja Rühl

IMPASSE

Impasse - Johan Inger

• Choreography

  Johan Inger

• Music

  Ibrahim Maalouf

• Music

  Amos Ben-Tal

• Scenography

  Johan Inger

• Costume design

  Bregje van Balen

• Lighting design

  Tom Visser

• Video

  Annie Tådne

With both pieces in this programme, William Forsythe stretches the possibilities of academic dance to the limit. Rearray, a duo created in London in 2011, enters the repertoire in a version reworked for the Ballet’s dancers. Blake Works I, triumphantly created in 2016 for the Paris Opera Ballet, is a hymn to classical technique expressed through fractured lines and geometric perfection, to the sound of seven songs by James Blake.

Swedish choreographer Johan Inger, making his Paris Opera debut, also interweaves a classical line with contemporary vocabulary in a manner as energetic as it is dreamlike. Impasse questions the relationship between the group and the individual, seemingly suggesting that we are never as strong as when we are together. All the better illustrating the strength of the collective combined with the pleasure of dancing, three special performances open with the Défilé du Ballet.

The Paris Opera Étoiles, Premières Danseuses, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet
Recorded music

The Paris Opera Ballet Défilé

Rearray

Rearray - William Forsythe

Blake Works I

Production de 2016 - William Forsythe

IMPASSE

Impasse - Johan Inger