FIAF HD screening of POB

The French Institute Alliance Française in conjunction with the American Friends of the Paris Opera and Ballet will present a Paris Opera Ballet HD screening on Sunday, May 20th at 1pm at Florence Gould Hall (55 E. 59th St). The program will include Robbins' Opus 19/The Dreamer, Millepied's Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward, and Balanchine's Theme and Variations. No info on casting as yet. Nor do we know the date on which the performance was recorded. Tickets are $20 for FIAF members and $30 for non-members. Complimentary tea and madeleines will be served during intermission. Reserve your tickets here.

On Sunday June 24th, Camille Saint-Saëns' opera Samson et Dalila will be screened. There is a small discount for purchasing tickets to both programs.

 

Comments

[Jeannette]

This is likely a recording of the October 1, 2016, livestream (in Europe only?). Many young corps dancers starred in the Millepied. Albisson & Heymann starred in the Robbins. Hecquet & Hoffalt led T&V.

[Jeannette]

Correction: Oct 2015, not 2016. The beginning of the very short Millepied era.

[Haglund]

Thanks, Jeannette. So would you say watching it on film is worth $30 -- considering one also gets the tea and madeleines?

[Jeannette]

Haglund, perhaps the refreshments are worth it? I was grateful just to see the ballets, even though the female stars of the Robbins & Balanchine pieces aren’t my cup of tea. Clear, Loud is one of the better Millepieds, although gimmicky...swinging pendulum-lamps at the end, for ex. If anything, the Millepied is worth a view just to see some of the best young POB dancers, such as Baulac, Marchand, Galloni, Vikinkoski, & the divine Guerineau - now off to Zurich - in one of her rare films. I believe that the dynamic Axel Ivot also danced in Clear, Loud.

[Haglund]

Thanks much!