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A Luminous Evening at the Opera Bastille

The Paris Opera Ballet offers up their exquisitely light, yet deeply moving, production of Kaguyahime, Jiri Kylian’s retelling of the Japanese fable, "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter."

Sex and Marriage in the Gardens of Versailles

"Watching six women weaving their way around the stage with their underwear around their ankles and their private parts blowing in the wind was not particularly uplifting", writes Patricia Boccadoro from the Chateau of Versailles.

Ten Years After, Robbins Still Going Strong in Paris

A fusion of classical and modern dance, with snappy jazz overtones, Robbins still seems ideally suited to the Paris dancers with whom he used to work.

Mucking Through The Profane With Little Sacred Payoff

In Angelin Preljocaj’s Siddartha, the opportunity to contrast the seedier side of the future Buddha’s life with its transcendant conclusion is sadly, and confoundingly, missed.

Made in Siberia

Closed to foreigners by Stalin in the 1930’s, Perm, the gateway to Siberia, didn’t open to outsiders until the 1990’s.

Rudolf Nureyev’s 'Casse-Noisette'

"Choreographically, it is one of Nureyev’s outstanding achievements," writes Patricia Boccadoro in Paris.

Young Choreographers Without Borders

A Frenchman from New York City Ballet, another fom the Paris Opera Ballet and a young Brit who hails from Stockport in the U.K. offer a mixed, star-studded programme at the Palais Garnier.

A Tribute to Jerome Robbins

The Paris Opera Ballet marks the tenth anniversary of the American choreographer's death.

A Week For Rudolf Nureyev

Ten years after Rudolf Nureyev's death, extracts from his dance productions were programmed in galas by ballet companies in Europe and America.

Agnès Letestu and Angelin Preljocaj: "Le Songe de Médée" at the Palais Garnier

Surprisingly the choreographer has recast Médée as a tender, loving mother, and the ballet is actually the dream of Médée, emphasizing the sentiment of injustice because she's a woman who has sacrificed everything for love.