BALANCHINE / MILLEPIED
Alongside Balanchine’s Palais de Cristal, set to music by Bizet, Benjamin Millepied adapts Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. Philippe Jordan will be accompanying the Paris Opera Ballet for the first time.
This encounter between two great French composers and two choreographers from the New York City Ballet, its founder George Balanchine and former student Benjamin Millepied, highlights the similarities and dissonances between them.
In the tradition of Balanchine, Millepied draws his inspiration from the rhythms and colors of Ravel's "choreographic symphony" for chorus and orchestra.
Captured live in Paris June 3
Conductor: Phillipe Jordan
Music: Georges Bizet & Maurice Ravel
Cast: Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Choreography: Georges Balanchine , Benjamin Millepied
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