by Hannah Foster | Feb 10, 2016 | Company Life
Paris Opéra Ballet étoiles have to be more than exquisite dancers: They must have all the poise, authority and elegance it takes to command the Palais Garnier stage. As Aurora in this excerpt from a 2000 taping of The Sleeping Beauty, Aurélie...
by Hannah Foster | Feb 7, 2016 | Company Life
From Paris to Washington, D.C., there seems to be something in the air affecting ballet directors. On the heels of Benjamin Millepied’s startling resignation announcement last week, The Washington Ballet has disclosed the impending departure of Septime Webre;...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Feb 3, 2016 | Company Life
In less than 24 hours, what started as a murmur in the French magazine Paris Match (here, if you read French) became a full-fledged roar throughout the ballet world. Benjamin Millepied is stepping down from his role as director of dance at the Paris Opéra...
by Hannah Foster | Oct 4, 2015 | Company Life
Foyer de la danse I. Photo by Pierre Even via Paris Opéra What do Netflix and the Paris Opéra have in common? Like the popular streaming service that enables our binge watching addiction, the Paris Opéra has released a series of videos all at once...
by Laura Cappelle | Jul 29, 2015 | Career, News
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. Less than a year after taking over the Paris Opéra Ballet, Benjamin Millepied is already making his mark on the venerable company. From the schedule to dancers’ health, the young...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 25, 2015 | Company Life
Mere weeks after her retirement from Pacific Northwest Ballet, former principal Carla Körbes has joined the staff of Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project as associate artistic director. Cörbes, who is serving as artist in residence at the Vail International Dance...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
When I first saw Alexandra Ansanelli, she was darting across the stage with blazing vitality as the Firebird with New York City Ballet. Her fierce, staccato movements possessed all the daring and energy that characterizes the Balanchine style. At that moment, the...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Benjamin Millepied announced his first full season of Paris Opéra Ballet programming on Wednesday with a monumental coup: William Forsythe will join the company as associate choreographer. Lately, Forsythe has been largely absent from the classical...