Opening Gala: lost in the daydream of Fitzgerald
· Season 23/24, opening gala of Opéra de Paris ·
Since that night, in the glow of the stars, the enchantment resides eternally in the soul.
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Since that night, in the glow of the stars, the enchantment resides eternally in the soul.
In Béjart’s creations, it is the shifting of the group of dancers, body movements, particularly the arms, and the lighting design that establish the illusion of animality and the wildness within humans.
Dance is a kind of language without a voice. Up in the box seat on the fourth floor, the facial expressions of dancers are unclear unless with binoculars. Nonetheless, these dancers on stage have delivered us strong emotions of the characters in Mayerling.
“Bravo! Stéphane!” The auditorium room sparkled while glitter fell down endlessly on stage. The standing ovation lasted for almost twenty minutes because audiences were not prepared to say goodbye to this marvellous étoile.
Rudolf’s choreography performed by Ballet Opera de Paris is so far, the one that shows the most childlike and impish air of the characters in this tragic love story.
Moreover, I can finally be a half classical ballet pupil again.
After a year of the closing-door of theatres, the first ballet production Opéra de Paris produced to welcome their audiences back into the auditorium room is a beautiful work paying homage to Roland Petit, the respectful French choreographer.
At that time, I was proud of myself and felt like I was a real professional who treated the “career” sincerely.
His existence is defined and interpreted by others; yet, the one who is going to endure the interpretation is he.
But Peter paid no attention to his grandfather’s words. Boys like him are not afraid of wolves.