Ballet is a world where it takes a lot of work to make something seem effortless. To the outside world, Palais Garnier is home to France’s foremost opera and ballet company, a shining jewel of ...

Frederick Wiseman, widely praised for his observational documentary films, has had a long and prolific career. His oeuvre includes Titicut Follies, High School, Basic Training, Public Housing, ...

Frederick Wiseman is the most austere of documentarists so reactions to this profile of the Paris Opera Ballet will depend upon the viewer’s love of dance. Photographed by John Davey in full-figure ...

Last Wednesday, the Paris Opera Ballet hosted its annual opening gala virtually, as is done these days. The event was initially a private one, streamed by invited patrons of the ballet, but now it’s ...

Ludmila Pagliero and Jérémy-Loup Quer in Crystal Pite's "The Seasons' Canon" at the Paris Opera, September 19, 2023. JULIEN BENHAMOU/ONP Are smoke machines becoming the new best friend of contemporary ...

The Paris Opera Ballet remains, as it has been for more than three centuries, one of the world’s most important ballet companies. The history of ballet would not be what it is without it. The company ...

What a parade of dances directed by Thomas Jolly and choreographed by Maud Le Pladec, director of dance for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ceremonies! In tune with the disco-pop soundtrack and current ...

Halfway through our video interview, Lam Chun-wing – Hong Kong-born and bred and the first Chinese member of the Paris Opera Ballet – receives a phone call. It’s someone from France’s social security ...

Last week Benjamin Millepied resigned as head of dance at the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet, criticising the company’s rigid ways. Luke Jennings, who spoke to the choreographer twice in recent weeks, ...

The Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris has supported adventurous ballet productions throughout the past century, and here offers a spirited programme of three iconic works of late-19th/early-20th-century ...