In homage to Patrick Dupond, who passed away in 2021, the Paris Opera Ballet celebrates the artist who, throughout a dazzling and luminous career, embodied the face of the Company on every continent. Internationally renowned, trained at the Opera’s Ballet School, dancer Étoile in 1980, then Director of Dance at the Paris Opera from 1990 to 1995, Patrick Dupond danced and shone for the major choreographers of his time. Études is a virtuoso synthesis of classical technique: with this ballet, dear to his heart, and which he often programmed as the Company’s director, the Paris Opera pays tribute to this immense figure of dance.Béjart’s Le Chant du compagnon errant (Song of the Wandering Companion) is a moving “pas de deux” that Patrick Dupond danced with his great friend Jean‑Marie Didière as well as with Nureyev. Neumeier’s Vaslaw, a work constructed around Patrick Dupond, celebrates the memory of another great dancer, Nijinsky.  With the Paris Opera Étoiles, Premières Danseuses, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de BalletDirector: Isabelle Julien © Opéra national de Paris - Bel Air Media - 2023

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Tribute to Patrick Dupond

In homage to Patrick Dupond, who passed away in 2021, the Paris Opera Ballet celebrates the artist who, throughout a dazzling and luminous career, embodied the face of the Company on every continent.  Internationally renowned, trained at the Opera’s 

Études / Le Chant du compagnon errant / Vaslaw

Scaramouche, was created in 2005 by José Martinez for the School’s youngest pupils. The work, conveyed by the imagination of the children, joyfully revives the troubadour spirit of the Commedia dell’arte.The film director created a mix of fiction and recorded performances.A co-production ARTE France, Opéra national de Paris and François Roussillon et Associés With the support of the Orange Foundation, patron of the Paris Opera's audiovisual broadcasts and with the assistance of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animéeDirector: François Roussillon © ARTE France - Opéra national de Paris - François Roussillon et Associés - 2014Picture: © Francette Levieux / OnP

Les Enfants de Scaramouche

Scaramouche, was created in 2005 by José Martinez for the School’s youngest pupils. The work, conveyed by the imagination of the children, joyfully revives the troubadour spirit of the Commedia dell’arte. The film director created a mix of fiction an

José Martinez

Watch online a selection of ballets performed by Guillaume Diop, Étoile dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet company.

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Watch online a selection of ballets performed by Guillaume Diop, Étoile dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet company. 