Le Palais de Cristal

Daphnis et Chloé

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Choreographer: George Balanchine

Both similar and different, two French composers and two choreographers of the New York City Ballet – Georges Balanchine who founded it and Benjamin Millepied who was trained there- are the heart of this evening.Georges Balanchine set his first creation for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947 to an early work by Bizet, Le Palais de cristal, as a tribute to the company and the French ballet tradition.A refine work intrinsically connected to music, this piece is a model of academic virtuosity, unfolding in the wonderful case designed by an artist of colours and lights, Christian Lacroix.With Daphnis and Chloe, Benjamin Millepied offered his third creation to the Paris Opera Ballet, reviving the myth with the help of his friend Daniel Buren.Inspired by Balanchine, the choreographer drew his inspiration on the rhythms and colours of a “chorographical symphony” by Ravel for orchestra and chorus.These masterpieces of French music are conducted by Philippe Jordan who accompanies, for the first time, the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. The Étoiles, the Premiers Danseurs and the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet The Paris Opera Orchestra and ChorusA co-production of the Paris Opera, Telmondis and Mezzo With the participation of France Télévisions - 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 Goetghebeur © Opéra national de Paris – Telmondis - Mezzo - 2014Picture: © Agathe Poupeney / OnP

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George Balanchine / Benjamin Millepied Evening

Both similar and different, two French composers and two choreographers of the New York City Ballet – Georges Balanchine who founded it and Benjamin Millepied who was trained there- are the heart of this evening. Georges Balanchine set his first crea

George Balanchine, Benjamin Millepied

Le Palais de Cristal / Daphnis et Chloé

Born in 1904 in St. Petersburg to Georgian parents, Georgi Balanchivadze was trained at the Imperial Ballet School, and joined the Imperial Dance Company Corps de Ballet eight years later, in 1921. He also studied piano at the St. Petersburg Music Conservatory.&nbsp;When he joined Diaghilev’s Russian Ballets, Balanchine met Stravinsky and opened his mind to modern arts. His first choreographies (Apollo, 1928) are a testimony of his desire to change ballet into an illustration of music, to “transform sound into movement”. In 1934, Lincoln Kirstein invited this “Russian-European” artist in America to found the School of American Ballet that would lead to the creation of the New York City Ballet, headed by Balanchine from 1948 to his death, in 1983.&nbsp;The Paris Opera always maintained close ties with Balanchine. As early as 1929, Jacques Rouché, manager of the Palais Garnier, invited him to stage a ballet. But Balanchine was ill and asked Serge Lifar to replace him. In 1947, the choreographer was asked to come and revive three of his ballets (Apollo, Serenade, and The Fairy’s Kiss); an occasion for which he also created Le Palais de Cristal.&nbsp;Balanchine became a regular guess, teaching his works when they entered the Paris Opera repertoire, such as in 1974 for a Stravinsky programme (Agon, Capriccio, Orpheus) and in 1975 for a Ravel Festival (La Valse, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Tzigane, Sonatine).&nbsp;Since then, many of his works entered the Institution’s repertoire, including Divertimento n° 15, Violin Concerto, Symphony in Three Movements, Themes and Variations, Allegro brillante, Jewels, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Brahms-Schonberg Quartet and Mozartiana.

Born on October 25, 1838 in Paris to a family of musicians, Georges Bizet studied piano at an early age and was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at 10, where he studied with Halévy. His brilliant studies culminated in 1857 when he won the Prix de Rome. The same year, his first stage work, the one-act operetta Le Docteur miracle performed at the Bouffes Parisiens and was awarded a prize by Offenbach, shared with Lecocq. During the next three years that he spent in Rome, he composed an opera buffa, Don Procopio. But his first operas, Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers, 1863) and La Jolie Fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth, 1866) were not successful. Djamileh composed to Musset and performed in 1872 at the Opéra Comique, or his incidental music composed for Daudet’s play L’Arlésienne and staged in October 1st at the Vaudeville, were both failures. However, an orchestral suite derived from L’Arlésienne and performed at the Concerts Pasdeloup in December, was instantly popular. Encouraged by this success, Bizet began composing Carmen, interrupted by the writing of a grand opera based on Corneille, Don Rodrigue, which remained unfinished after the fire that burned the opera house where it was to be performed. Sadly, the premiere of Carmen was another failure that hastened his end. He died on June 3, 1875 in Bougival, at only 37 years old.

1999 : Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.

2006 : Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.

2009 : Promoted to « Coryphée ». Prix du Cercle Carpeaux.

2010 : Promoted to « Sujet ».

2013 : AROP Dance Prize.

2014 : Promoted to « Première Danseuse ». 

2021 : Benois de la Danse Award.

On March 5th 2014, Amandine Albisson is made an "Étoile" following a performance of Onegin (John Cranko) in which she performed the role of Tatiana. 

As part of the Paris Opera Ballet’s official tours, Amandine Albisson has performed in Spain (Madrid, 2019), the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, 2019) and Japan (Tokyo, 2020). 

Amandine Albisson was named Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite.

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1993/1999 : Pursues her studies at the Colón Theatre Superior Institute of Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina.2000 : Joins the Santiago Ballet of Chili.2002 : Promoted to a soloist.2003 : Receives the Igor Youskevitch Award and at the 7th New York International Ballet Competition, she earns the Silver Medal as well as an engagement at the American Ballet Theatre. She joins the Corps de ballet of the Paris Opera Ballet.2007 : Promoted to « Coryphée ».2008 : Promoted to

 « Sujet ». 2009 : The Konex Award (Argentina). 2010 : Promoted to

« Première Danseuse ». 2017 : Prix Benois de la Danse (Moscou)2019 : The Konex Platinium Award (Argentina)2021 : LATFRAN Award of Excellence (France)Ludmila Pagliero was named "Danseuse Étoile" on March 22nd 2012, following a performance of the ballet La Bayadère (Rudolf Nureyev) in which she performed the role of Gamzatti.As part of the Paris Opera Ballet’s official tours, Ludmila Pagliero has performed in Russia (Moscow, 2013; Novosibirsk, 2018), Japan (2017), Spain (Madrid, 2019), France (Brest, 2016; Mulhouse 2020).

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1992 - 1999 : He trains at the École Nationale Supérieure de danse in Marseille, where Roland Petit chooses him for his version of The Nutcracker.1999 : Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.2001 : Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.2003 : Promoted to "Coryphée". 2004 : Promoted to "Sujet".

2005 : Prix Benois de la Danse (Moscou)Mathieu Ganio is made an "Étoile" on May 20th 2004, following the performance of the ballet Don Quichotte (Rudolf Noureev) in which he danced the role of Basilio.As part of the Paris Opera Ballet's official tours, Mathieu Ganio has performed in Switzerland (Geneva, 2009), Japan (Tokyo 2010, 2013 and 2020/ Nagoya, 2013), Australia (Sydney, 2012), the United States (Chicago/ Washington/ New York, 2012), and Malaysia. (Singapore, 2012), United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, 2019). 

Mathieu Ganio was named Officier des Arts et Lettres.

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He has since added to his repertoire: Le Palais de Cristal, Duo Concertant, Violin Concerto, le Cavalier de Titania et le Divertissement dans Le Songe d’une nuit d’été, La Valse (George Balanchine), A-bras-le-corps (Charmatz), the title role of Onegin (John Cranko), Études (Harald Lander), Hippolytus in Phaedra (Serge Lifar), Armand in La Dame aux Camélias (John Neumeier), Tybalt in Romeo and Juliette (Noureev), Don José in Carmen, Quasimodo in Notre-Dame de Paris (Roland Petit), Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj), Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins), Polyphonia (Wheeldon).

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1998 : Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.2006 : Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.2010 : Promoted to « Coryphée ».2011 : Promoted to « Sujet ».2013 : Promoted to « Première danseuse ».Valentine Colasante is made an "Étoile" on January 5th 2018, following the performance of Don Quixote (Rudolf Nureyev), a ballet in which she performed the role of Kitri.As part of the Paris Opera Ballet’s official tours, she has performed in Australia (Sydney, 2007), China (Beijing, 2008), Russia (Novosibirsk, 2010), Malaysia (Singapore, 2011), the United States (New York, 2017) and Spain (Madrid, 2019).

Valentine Colasante

Main roles: Emeraudes/Joyaux, Concerto Barocco, Terpsichore/Apollon, Agon (Balanchine), La Mère/La Petite Danseuse de Degas, Swanilda/Coppélia (Bart), Isabelle/Wuthering Heights (Belarbi), pas de deux des paysans and Myrtha / Giselle (after Coralli and Perrot), Orison (Darde), Rhapsody in blue (Duboc), The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe), Pavane (Kelemenis), Bella Figura (Kylián), le pas de trois/Paquita, pas de deux des Ecossais and Effie/ La Sylphide (Lacotte), Suite en blanc, La Chimère / Les Mirages (Lifar), La Danseuse de rue and Kitri/Don Quichotte, pas de trois and Czardas /Lac des cygnes, L’Automne and one of the two sisters/Cendrillon, pas de deux de L’Oiseau bleu/The Sleeping Beauty, Henriette/Raymonda, Clara/The Nutcracker, the second shadow variation and Gamzatti/La Bayadère (Nureyev), L’Arlesienne (Petit).

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Main roles: The Song of the Earth (John Neumeier, 2015), L’Elu / Le Sacre du printemps, L’Oiseau de feu (Béjart), Hilarion / Giselle (after Coralli and Perrot), Lenski / Onéguine (Cranko), Jean / Mademoiselle Julie (Birgit Cullberg), Un Homme / La Maison de Bernarda (Ek), Pas./parts, In the Middle Somewhat elevated (Forsythe), Iñigo / Paquita (Lacotte after Mazilier and Petipa), Études (Harald Lander), Incitatus / Caligula (Le Riche), Lescaut / L’Histoire de Manon (Kenneth MacMillan), Genus (McGregor), Mahler’s Third Symphony (Neumeier), La Danse Espagnole / Swan Lake, one of the four Princes / The Sleeping Beauty, Espada / Don Quichotte, la Danse indienne and l’Esclave / La Bayadère (Nureyev), Morel / Proust ou les intermittences du cœur, Escamillo / Carmen, the title role of Le Loup (Petit), Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins).

1994 Enters the Ballet School.2000 Joins the Corps de ballet, at age 18.2006 He is named "Coryphée".2007 He is named "Sujet".2008 Prix Carpeaux.2013  He is named "Premier danseur".

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Main roles: Le Maître de ballet / La Petite danseuse de Degas (Bart), Le Cerbère / Orphée et Eurydice (Bausch), L’Oiseau de feu, one of the two chiefs / Le Sacre du printemps (Béjart), O zlozony / O composite (Brown), Une Sorte de…, Appartement (Ek), Pas./parts, Approximate Sonata, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Forsythe), Mikado / Kaguyahime, Doux mensonges (Kylián), Iñigo / Paquita (Lacotte after Mazilier and Petipa), James / La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Taglioni), Thésée / Phèdre (Lifar), Lacenaire / Les Enfants du paradis (Martinez), Le Meunier / Le Tricorne (Massine), Le Pasteur / Fall River Legend (Agnes de Mille), Triade (Millepied), Mahler’s Third Symphony, Gaston Rieux / La Dame aux camélias (Neumeier), Danse arabe / The Nutcracker, Le Producteur / Cendrillon, Tybalt / Roméo et Juliette, Basilio / Don Quichotte, Le Prince Désiré / Sleeping Beauty, Drosselmeyer-Le Prince/ The Nutcracker (Nureyev), Répliques (Paul), In The Night (Robbins), Roméo / Roméo et Juliette (Waltz).

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2003 Entre à l’École de Danse de l’Opéra national de Paris.2009 Engagé dans le Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris. Prix « Jeune espoir » de l’AROP.2010 Promu « Coryphée ».2011 Promu « Sujet ». Prix du Cercle Carpeaux.2013 Prix AROP de la Danse. Promu « Premier Danseur ».

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Main roles: Colas / La Fille mal gardée (Ashton), Emeraudes and Rubis / Joyaux, third movement / Symphonie un ut, le Thème / Les Quatre tempéraments, Agon, le Fils prodigue, Le Palais de cristal (Balanchine), Zaël / La Source (Jean-Guillaume Bart), Le Violoniste / La Petite danseuse de Degas (P. Bart), Pas de deux des paysans / Giselle (after Coralli and Perrot), Le Spectre de la rose (Fokine), Bella Figura (Kylián), pas de deux / Papillon, Pas de deux des Écossais / La Sylphide, Pas de trois / Paquita (Lacotte after Mazilier and Petipa), Suite en blanc (Lifar), Puck / Le Songe d’une nuit d’été (Neumeier), L’Idole dorée / La Bayadère, L’Oiseau bleu / The Sleeping Beauty, Pas de trois and Danse napolitaine / Swan Lake, Fritz and Drosselmeyer-Le Prince / The Nutcracker, Professeur de danse and Marâtre / Cendrillon, Basilio and Le Chef des gitans / Don Quichotte, Mercutio / Roméo et Juliette, Béranger / Raymonda (Nureyev), Moves, Le Faune / The Four Seasons, L’Etudiant timide / The Concert, In The Night, Dances at a Gathering (Robbins).

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Coming from an artistic Swiss family, Philippe Jordan’s is regarded as one of the most established and important conductors of our time. He has been appointed Music Director of the Wiener Staatsoper beginning in September 2020. 
Jordan started his career at the age of 20 as musical director at Theater Ulm. In 1998 he became assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin State Opera. From 2001-2004 he was principal conductor of Graz Opera and the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra. During this period he also debuted at several of the world’s leading opera houses and festivals, for example the Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala, Bavarian State Opera, the Wiener Staatsoper and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, and the festivals of Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne and Salzburg. From 2006-2010 Jordan returned to the Berlin State Opera as principal guest conductor. During this time he also appeared regularly in his hometown at the Zurich Opera. In the summer of 2012 Philippe Jordan debuted at the Bayreuth Festival. In Summer 2021, Philippe Jordan will leave his post as musical director of the Opéra national de Paris, which he has helmed since 2009. During his time as musical director in Paris he has conducted numerous premieres and revivals, including Moses und Aaron, La Damnation de Faust, Der Rosenkavalier, Samson et Dalila, Lohengrin, Don Carlos (French original version), Benvenuto Cellini, Bérénice and Les Troyens, Don Giovanni and the new production of Borodin’s Prince Igor. In his last season as musical director at Opéra national de Paris he will conduct Wagner’s “Ring” cycle in a concert version. 
As a symphonic conductor, Philippe Jordan has conducted the world’s most famous orchestras. He has also been principal conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker from 2014 to 2020. Together with the orchestra he has developed complete cycles of Schubert’s symphonies and Beethoven’s symphonies and piano concerti, and a cycle of J. S. Bach’s major masses and oratorios. In a three-part Bruckner project at the Wiener Musikverein, he performed the composer’s seventh, eighth and ninth symphonies in a contrast-filled dialogue with modern classics by Kurtág, Ligeti and Scelsi. For the Beethoven anniversary year, he also performed a reconstruction of the legendary Grand Concert of 22 December 1808 with performances in Paris and Vienna. 
His recording work with the Paris Opera Orchestra includes discs of Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie, Stravinski’s The Rite of Spring, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s and Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies.

Born in Bordeaux in 1977, Benjamin Millepied spent part of his childhood in Senegal. Introduced to dance by his mother, a teacher of African and contemporary dance, he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Lyon at the age of thirteen where he studied with Michel Rahn. In summer 1992 he followed a course at the School of American Ballet which he subsequently joined in 1993 after obtaining a grant from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.In 1994 he won the Prix de Lausanne and the same year Jerome Robbins chose him to play the main role in 2 & 3 Part Inventions created for the students of the School of American Ballet. After joining the New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet in 1995, he was promoted to soloist in 1998 and became principal dancer in 2002. At New York City Ballet, Benjamin Millepied performed the principal roles in ballets by George Balanchine (including Agon, Coppélia, The Nutcracker, Rubies, A Midsummer Night's Dream…), Jerome Robbins (Dances at a Gathering, Fancy free, A Suite of Dances, The Goldberg Variations, West Side Story Suite…), Peter Martins (Hallelujah Junction, Swan Lake), and appeared in new works by Angelin Preljocaj (La Stravaganza), Mauro Bigonzetti (Vespro, In Vento) , Alexei Ratmanski (Concerto DSCH) and Christopher Wheeldon (Mercurial Manoeuvres…).Meanwhile, Benjamin Millepied made his debuts as a choreographer with Passages created for the students of the CNSMD in Lyon in 2001. The following year he presented Triple Duet at Sadler’s Wells in London, with his ensemble Danses Concertantes, then directed the film Chaconne with Olivier Simola (2003). He returned to Sadler’s Wells in 2004 with Circular Motion and the same year devised the choreography for On the Other Side at the Maison de la danse in Lyon. There followed Double Aria for New York City Ballet to an original score by Daniel Ott (2005), 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini for the NYCB School (2005), The Nutcracker for the Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève (2005),Closer at the Joyce Theater in New York (2006), Capriccio for the American Ballet Theater’s Studio Company (2006), Years Later, a solo for Mikhail Baryshnikov, in collaboration with Olivier Simola (2006), From here on out (2007) to original music by Nico Muhly for ABT, Petrouchka (2007) for the Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, 3 Movements (2008) for the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Without (2008) for Danses Concertantes, Quasi una Fantasia (2009) for New York City Ballet, Everything doesn’t happen at once (2009) for the American Ballet Theatre, Sarabande (2009) for Danses Concertantes, Why Am I Not Where You Are and Plainspoken (2010) for the New York City Ballet, One thing leads to another (2010) for the Dutch National Ballet, The Bartered Bride (2011) for the Metropolitan Opera, This part in Darkness (2011) for the Pennsylvania Ballet, Without (2011) for the Mariinsky Ballet, Les Sylphides and Le Spectre de la rose (2011) for the Ballet de Genève, Khovanschina (2012) for the Metropolitan Opera and Two Hearts (2012) for New York City Ballet.At the Paris Opera, he wrote the choreography to the ballet Amoveo, in 2006, to an original adaptation of musical excerpts from Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass, Triade, in 2008, to an original score by Nico Muhly, Daphnis et Chloé in 2014 to Maurice Ravel's score of the same name and Together Alone in 2015, a pas de deux to Philip Glass's Piano Etude N°20.Benjamin Millepied has also been the artistic director of the Morris Center Dance Institute in Bridgehampton (New York, 2004-2005,) and ”choreographer in residence” at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (New York, 2006-2007).In 2010, he was choreographer and advisor for the Oscar-winning film Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofsky.In 2011, he left New York City Ballet and made five short dance films to cello pieces by Philip Glass and founded his own company in Los Angeles, “L.A. Dance Project”, a creative collective seeking to present dance in all its forms. Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Benjamin Millepied was awarded the United States Artists Wynn Fellowship in 2007.

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), born in Ciboure, France, near Saint-Jean-de-Luz, began studying the piano at an early age. He joined the composition class taught by Gabriel Fauré in 1897. His early works composed in 1898 (Sites auriculaires, Schéhérazade) were poorly received, whereas the Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899) and Jeux d’eau (1901) brought him a certain fame. His cantata Myrrha was awarded with the second Prix de Rome in 1901, while Sonatine and Miroirs (1905), two essential pieces for piano, were a step forward in his research of harmonic. In 1909, Maurice Ravel and Gabriel Fauré founded with other artists the Independent Musical Society to promote contemporary music, a movement that was hardly supported by the National Music Society. Following World War I, Ravel started a triumphant career as a conductor and pianist, touring in Europe and the United-States. Among his most famous compositions are Rapsodie espagnole (1907), Ma mère l’Oye and Gaspard de la nuit (1908), Valses nobles et sentimentales (1912), Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917), the Concerto pour la main gauche (1931). Maurice Ravel also wrote works specifically for dance: Daphnis et Chloé (1912), commissioned by Serge Diaghilev; Boléro (1928), commissioned for the dance company of Ida Rubinstein; La Valse (1920), initially commissioned then rejected by Diaghilev, and used in 1929 by Bronislava Nijinska for the Rubinstein Company. Two pieces were later adapted for dance: Ma mère l’Oye (Théâtre des Arts, 1912) and Adélaïde ou le Langage des fleurs (an adaptation of Valses nobles et sentimentales, 1912). Throughout the 20th century, many choreographers drew on his scores. Maurice Ravel also composed chamber music, melodies (Histoires naturelles, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée) and two operas: The Spanish Hour (1907) and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (1919-1925).

Aurélie Dupont joined the Paris Opera’s Ballet School in 1983. She attended all its classes and participated in performances and official tours.After entering the Paris Opera’s Corps de Ballet in 1989, she was promoted to “Coryphée” in 1991 and “Sujet” in 1992. The same year, she won the Gold Medal (in the junior category) at the Varna International Ballet Competition. She received the Prix AROP (Association pour le Rayonnement de l’Opéra de Paris) in 1993 and the Prix du Cercle Carpeaux in 1994. After entering the Company, Aurélie Dupont performed in all the major productions from the classical and the contemporary repertoires. She was also cast in solo roles in Pierre Lacotte’s Giselle and La Sylphide, George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Roland Petit’s world premiere production of Rythme de Valses (1994), Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère, Roland Petit’s Le Loup, Angelin Preljocaj’s Annonciation, Rudolf Nureyev’s The Nutcracker, and Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring (“The Chosen One”).Promoted to “Première Danseuse” in 1996, she danced the principal roles in Soir de fête (Léo Staats), Raymonda, Don Quichotte and La Bayadère – three productions by Rudolf Nureyev, Manon (Kenneth MacMillan) and Casanova in Angelin Preljocaj’s world premiere production at the Paris Opera (1998). At the end of the performance of Don Quichotte (Rudolf Nureyev) - on December 31 1998 – she was made an “Étoile”.Since then, she has added numerous roles and works to her repertoire, including: Capriccio/Rubies, Symphony in C, Violin Concerto, Concerto Barocco, Agon, Le Palais de Cristal ( George Balanchine), Boléro ( Maurice Béjart), Giselle (Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot, as well as the version by Mats Ek), Tatiana in Onegin (John Cranko), Woundwork 1 (William Forsythe), La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Taglioni), Paquita (Pierre Lacotte after Mazilier and Petipa), Suite en Blanc, Les Mirages (Serge Lifar), Sylvia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (John Neumeier), The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Nikiya / La Bayadère, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake (Rudolf Nureyev), Carmen (Roland Petit), Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj), In The Night, En Sol, and Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins)... . She was also chosen to dance in numerous first productions at the Opera, including Musings (James Kudelka, 1997), Le Concours – the role of Ada (Maurice Béjart, 1999), Perpetuum (Ohad Naharin, 2000), Stepping Stones, Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián, 2001), Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine, 2003), La Dame aux Camélias (John Neumeier, 2006), Mademoiselle Julie – the title role (Birgit Cullberg, 2014). She has also danced in several world premieres, including Rythme de valses (Roland Petit, 1994), Casanova (Angelin Preljocaj, 1998), Il faut qu’une porte (Jiří Kylián, 2004), O zlozony/O composite (Trisha Brown, 2004), Amoveo (Benjamin Millepied, 2006), Romeo and Juliet (Sasha Waltz, 2007), Siddharta – the role of the Spiritual Awakening (Angelin Preljocaj, 2010), L'anatomie de la sensation (Wayne McGregor, 2011), Psyché – the title role (Alexeï Ratmansky, 2011), Boléro (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Damien Jalet, 2013), Darkness is Hiding Black Horses (Saburo Teshigawara, 2013), Daphnis et Chloé – the role of Chloé (Benjamin Millepied, 2014) and Together Alone (Benjamin Millepied, 2015). Étoile dancer Aurélie Dupont made her official farewell to the stage of the Paris Opera on Monday, May18, 2015, after a performance of Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon. In 2001, Aurélie Dupont, received the Prix Benois de la Danse for her interpretation of the roles of Nikiya in La Bayadère (choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev) and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (choreographed by John Neumeier). She is a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres and a member of the Ordre National du Mérite. Appointed by the Paris Opera’s Director Stéphane Lissner on February 4 2016, Aurélie Dupont officially took over as the Paris Opera’s Director of Dance on August 1 2016. She succeeds Benjamin Millepied.

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He has since added to his repertoire: Agon, Serenade, Le Palais de Cristal (GeorgeBalanchine), Signs (Carolyn Carlson), Un Jour ou Deux (Merce Cunningham), Woundwork 1 (William Forsythe), Mikado in Kaguyahime (Jiří Kylián), Lucien in Paquita (Pierre Lacotte after Joseph Mazilier and Marius Petipa), Les Mirages (Serge Lifar), Armand in La Dame aux Camélias, Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler (John Neumeier), Saint-Loup in Proust ou les Intermittences du Cœur (Roland Petit), Afternoon of a Faun (Jerome Robbins).

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She has since added to her repertoire: : Emeraudes and Rubis / Joyaux (Balanchine, 2000), the title role of Mademoiselle Julie (Birgit Cullberg), Manon in L’Histoire de Manon (Kenneth MacMillan).

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2004 :&nbsp;Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.
2010 :&nbsp;Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.2012 :&nbsp;Promoted to « Coryphée ». AROP Dance Prize, Prix du Cercle Carpeaux, Danza &amp; Danza award (Italy).
2013 :&nbsp;Promoted to « Sujet ».
2014 :&nbsp;« Premier danseur ».

François Alu&nbsp; is made an "Étoile" on Saturday April 23th 2022, following a performance of La Bayadère (Rudolf Nureyev) on the stage of the Opéra Bastille, in which he danced the role of Solor.As part of the Paris Opera Ballet's&nbsp;official tours, François Alu has performed in Spain (Madrid, 2019), Russia (Novosibirsk, 2018), Japan (Tokyo, 2017), Denmark (Copenhagen, 2015), Quebec (Montreal, 2014)...François Alu was named Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite.

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1999: Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.2004: Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.2009: Promoted to "Coryphée".2010: AROP Dance Prize.2011 : Promoted to "Sujet".2019: Promoted to "Premier danseur".2023: Marc Moreau is named "Danseur Étoile" on March 2nd 2023, following the performance of Ballet impérial (George Balanchine) in which he performed the principal soloist.

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After studying Piano and Composition at the G.B. Martini Conservatoire in Bologna, Alessandro Di Stefano began his career as a concert pianist. Awarded a grant by the G. Verdi Conservatoire of Milan, he specialised in chamber music and operatic repertoire and took part in numerous recitals.&nbsp;Discovering an increasing interest in choral conducting, he continued his studies with Franco Monego at the Milan Conservatoire where he obtained first prize for conducting and choir training and took part in master classes with Aldo Ceccato and Piero Bellugi.&nbsp;In 2000, whilst continuing to pursue his career as a concert pianist and accompanist, he joined the Nice Opera company as vocal coach and was appointed assistant chorus master. He also worked as vocal coach for Traviata at the Antibes Festival and participated in a number of operatic productions for the Chorégies d’Orange. He conducted the Nice Opera Orchestra on numerous occasions, notably during the Nice Baroque Festival. In 2004, he joined the Paris Opera as Assistant Chorus master, since when he has worked alongside a number of prestigious conductors including Philippe Jordan, Daniel Oren, Evelino Pido, Renato Palumbo, Jiří Bělohlávek, Semyon Bychkov, Gustav Kuhn, Michail Jurowski and Kent Nagano. From 2007 to 2009, he was Chorus master and in 2008 accompanied the Opera Chorus to Japan on a tour featuring Tristan and Isolde and Ariane et Barbe-Bleue conducted by Semyon Bychkov and Lylvain Cambreling.Alessandro Di Stefano has now participated in over 50 Paris Opera productions and numerous radio broadcasts for France Musique and Radio Classique as well as various audiovisual recordings.&nbsp;He is currently Assistant Chorus master at the Paris Opera.&nbsp;In 2015, he was appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin.

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Choreographer: George Balanchine