For a surprise, it's a surprise.
Thursday evening, Alexander Neef, director of the Paris Opera, named Hannah O'Neill and Marc Moreau stars, on the proposal of José Martinez, director of the ballet.
Two stars at once, at the very end of the dates of this program.
And a nomination in this
Imperial
Ballet
by Balanchine, which the least we can say is that it is too old-fashioned an exercise in style for the Opera ballet to shine there with all its brilliance.
The Balanchine evening, which the dancers have been performing since the beginning of February, consisted of two ballets.
Who cares?
written to the music of songs written by Gershwin primarily for Broadway thrilled the audience: swing, choreographic inventiveness, and a way of dancing that weaves pleasure and desire together with such abandon that it leads to rapture.
In the first part,
Imperial Ballet
is of another stuff.
One of those ballets that Balanchine wrote, it is said, to celebrate Imperial Russia where he was born and particularly Saint…
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