AROP evening — Ballet

The Dante Project

10 May. 2023

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  • 2h45 with 2 intermissions
  • Palais Garnier
  • Cocktail attire

The Dante Project

The Dante Project 2023

  • Conductor

    Thomas Adès; Courtney Lewis; Uzma Hameed; Tacita Dean; Lucy Carter; Simon Bennison; Ching-Lien Wu

  • Choreography

    Wayne McGregor
    (1970)

  • Music

    Thomas Adès
    (1971)

The Dante Project, which premiered in London in December 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.

Les Étoiles, les Premières Danseuses, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Coproduction Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House

The Dante Project

The Dante Project 2023

  • Dante

    Paul Marque

  • Béatrice

    Léonore Baulac

  • Virgil

    Arthus Raveau

  • Dancer

    Alexandre Boccara

  • Takeru Coste

  • Roxane Stojanov

  • 19:30

    First part

  • 20:15

    Intermission cocktail

  • 20:45

    Second part

  • 21:10

    Intermission cocktail

  • 21:40

    Third part

  • 22:15

    End of the performance

  • 22:30

    Supper

[EXTRAIT] THE DANTE PROJECT by Wayne McGregor

1 video

[EXTRAIT] THE DANTE PROJECT by Wayne McGregor (Germain Louvet, Hannah O'Neill)

1 video

[INTERVIEW] Wayne McGregor about THE DANTE PROJECT

1 video

[INTERVIEW] Gustavo Dudamel about THE DANTE PROJECT

1 video

[TRAILER] THE DANTE PROJECT by Wayne McGregor

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