Guest oncnp Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, SheilaC said: I've now booked to see the new production of Mayerling at Edinburgh. Today the Paris Opera Ballet has announced that they will be mounting Mayerling in the autumn (22 October to to 12 November). They will also be doing Manon as their final ballet (19 June to 15 July) Best of all, they are going to do Balanchine's Ballet Imperial although unfortunately there's only one other Balanchine ballet in that programme, Who Cares (6 February to 10 March). The one classic is Nureyev's Swan Lake. They are doing a very mixed bag of ballets, no Robbins, no Roland Petit, various contemporary choreographers, plus Bejart, Pina Bausch and, as has been posted already, MacGregor's Dante Project. Programme & Tickets - Opéra national de Paris (operadeparis.fr) and no sign of the canceled Raymonda.... Edited March 30, 2022 by oncnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, SheilaC said: I've now booked to see the new production of Mayerling at Edinburgh. Today the Paris Opera Ballet has announced that they will be mounting Mayerling in the autumn (22 October to to 12 November). They will also be doing Manon as their final ballet (19 June to 15 July) Best of all, they are going to do Balanchine's Ballet Imperial although unfortunately there's only one other Balanchine ballet in that programme, Who Cares (6 February to 10 March). The one classic is Nureyev's Swan Lake. They are doing a very mixed bag of ballets, no Robbins, no Roland Petit, various contemporary choreographers, plus Bejart, Pina Bausch and, as has been posted already, MacGregor's Dante Project. Ooh, the lucky POB Rudolfs will be probably be coached by Irek Mukhamedov. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Something else to look forward to in the new POB season, The Dante Project, I wonder how it’ll evolve from what we enjoyed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 20 minutes ago, capybara said: Ooh, the lucky POB Rudolfs will be probably be coached by Irek Mukhamedov. Yes, I imagine that Ed Watson will be too occupied at the ROH to be able to do it this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm365 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Irek is now ballet master in Paris - and was actually prepared in the role by MacMillan himself, so would be the ideal coach. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Ah. I hadn't registered that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliosr Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Based on the announced rep, I would say the Paris Opera Ballet doesn't know what it wants to be - a classical company or a contemporary company. There are five contemporary programs (six if you count the Maurice Bejart evening as contemporary) to three programs with a "white tights and tutus" bent: Rudolf Nureyev's Swan Lake, George Balanchine's Ballet Imperial (Balanchine evening) and Harald Lander's Etudes.(Patrick Dupond tribute). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 This sort of mixed repertoire is entirely normal for today's major companies. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Mayerling was a premiere for POB that was COVID cancelled in May 2020. Now to see if I can get a ticket (again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LACAD Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 16 hours ago, miliosr said: Based on the announced rep, I would say the Paris Opera Ballet doesn't know what it wants to be - a classical company or a contemporary company. I would argue that this has been the case since Lefèvre’s time as director. And imho is what makes the company stand out, that they have the range to successfully perform both very contemporary and very classical repertoire and everything in between. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Wasn't there some talk a while ago that they are effectively two companies in some ways (and IIRC they have a lot of dancers) - they may be making a virtue out of necessity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now