Paris Opera Ballet

The Paris Opera Ballet is the ballet company of the Paris Opera. It's origins can be traced back to 1661 with the foundation of the Académie Royale de Danse and the Dance School of the Opera (1713) by Louis XIV of France.

History

History of the Paris Opera Ballet....

see also: Ballerina

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choreographers

• La fille mal gardée (1789).
• 1790), Psyché (1793), Le jugement de Pâris (1793), La dansomanie (1800)
• La Sylphide (1832)
• Giselle (1842)
• Carlo Blasis
• Coppélia (1870)
• 1929), Icare (1935), Istar (1941), Suite en blanc (1943)
• Rudolf Nureyev: Raymonda (1983), Swan Lake (1985)
• Maurice Béjart: Arepo (1986)
• William Forsythe: In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (1987)

note: works given were created for the Paris opera Ballet

Dancers

• Marie Taglioni
• Sylvie Guillem

See also

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