The Dante Project au Palais Garnier : McGregor dans le texte

Germain Louvet (Dante) et Hannah O'Neill ( Béatrice)

Valentine Colasante

The Dante Project au Palais Garnier

By Jade Larine, 04 May 2023

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“un spectacle syncrétique, intéressant mais désarticulé”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris on 3 May 2023

The Dante Project (Sir Wayne McGregor)

Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor

Tacita Dean, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Ching-Lien Wu, Choirmaster / chorus director

Germain Louvet, Dancer

Guillaume Diop, Dancer

Valentine Colasante, Dancer

Hannah O'Neill, Dancer

Bleuenn Battistoni, Dancer

Théa Katra, Dancer

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Jade Larine

Jade graduated in political sciences then studied Russian civilisation. Conservatoire-trained in classical music in her early years, she also took ballet classes and still stands at the barre in Paris. A devout balletomane, she writes for French ballet medias and carries out researches on Russian ballet and politics. Her interests range from 19th-century Russian ballet to sovietic choregraphy, as well as neoclassical narrative ballets. She particularly enjoys watching ballets at the Bolshoi.

The Dante Project au Palais Garnier : Wayne McGregor dans le texte