In 2008, the Opéra national de Paris honored the legendary Jerome Robbins. Though the general public may remember him primarily for his staging and choreography of Bernstein’s West Side Story, Robbins was also a brilliant ballet choreographer. In this production, we discover three of his works of classical ballet—En sol, In the Night, and The Concert—paired with Benjamin Millepied’s Triade.
El Ballet de la Ópera de París es una de las mejores compañías de ballet del mundo. Frederick Wiseman ha filmado todos los aspectos de la vida y obra de este monumento cultural institucional. Grabando todos los días los cursos, las repeticiones y ensayos, Wiseman pone de relieve cómo la escuela francesa de ballet presta una rigurosa atención a la perfección de la técnica y a la precisión del movimiento.
An adaptation of Charles Perrault's fairy tale by Rudolf Nureyev, putting Cinderella beneath the spotlight. When Rudolf Nureyev asked set designer Petrika Ionesco to work on his forthcoming ballet, he did not expect him to give such an innovative arrangement of Perrault's or Petipa's Cinderella. Still, after a hostile reaction, the choreographer was seduced by the idea. Because in essence, the "topic" was preserved, although modernized. A young woman is victimized by a morbid family, and her only wish is to escape the oppressive world in which she lives. One day, her kindness is rewarded: while she runs to help a person who needs help, she changes her destiny forever. This character, who embodies the fairy in Perrault's tale, is a Hollywood producer... And this is how Nureyev turns the film star into a modern prince charming.
¡Giselle, el ballet romántico por excelencia! Revive la historia del inocente amor de una joven campesina por el duque Albrecht. Cuando se entera de que él ya está comprometido para casarse con una princesa, Giselle sufre violentas alucinaciones y luego muere. En venganza, la Reina de las Willis, los fantasmas de las jóvenes que mueren antes de tiempo, condena a Albrecht a bailar hasta morir de agotamiento...
Jewels, ballet in three parts choreographed by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet, recorded in October / November 2005 at the Opéra National de Paris.
