Dorothée Gilbert

Et maintenant? (2023)

Julien Meyzindi is a "Subject" dancer at the Paris Opera. He joined at the age of 12. Today, he is 42 years old and must leave. ...

Femminile singolare (2022)

Opéra de Paris, une saison (très) particulière (2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic kept dancers from the Paris Opera away from their rehearsal studios and the stage for many months. ...

Cinderella (2018)

Sergei Prokofiev's setting of the fairy tale "Cinderella" premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1945. In 1986, Rudolf Nureyev, then ballet director of the Paris Opera, choreographed the ballet anew and transposed the story into a private cinema, with se ...

Rise of a Star (2017)

Emma is about to be the new ballerina. But something upsets her. A secret. A secret liable to undermine what she has spent a whole life on. ...

Don Quichotte - Nureyev (2012)

In 2012, the Opéra national de Paris mounted a new production of Rudolf Nureyev's celebrated re-interpretation of the Minkus–Petipa ballet Don Quixote. Goya-inspired sets by Alexandre Beliaev and costumes by Elena Rivkina, and a ravishing performance by ...

Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins (2011)

In 2008, the Opéra national de Paris honored the legendary Jerome Robbins. Though the general public may remember him primarily for his staging and choreography of Bernstein's West Side Story, Robbins was also a brilliant ballet choreographer. In this pro ...

Coppelia - Delibes (2011)

Premiered in Paris in 1870, and inspired by the fantastical writings of E.T.A Hoffmann, Coppélia tells the story of a young man who falls in love with an exquisite automaton. He is finally brought to his senses by his fiancée. In his production from the ...

La Petite Danseuse de Degas (2011)

Paris Opera Ballet Master and choreographer Patrice Bart plunges into the Opera's past and brings Degas' famous statuette to life. From the rehearsal rooms to the Cabaret du Chat Noir, the ballet conjures up a colourful era and the lively backstage world o ...

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet (2009)

A film by Frederick Wiseman following the ins and outs of 7 ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet. ...

Chopin - La Dame aux camélias (2009)

Ballet in a prologue and three acts based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils; music by Chopin. The passionate tale of Marguerite Gautier and Armand Duval unfolds ingeniously through a drama-within-a-drama as they meet at the theatre during a performance ...

Nureyev - Raymonda (2009)

Raymonda is an emotional three-act ballet with music by Alexandre Glazunov. Premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in 1898 featuring choreography by Marius Petipa, the ballet is performed here with Rudolf Nureyev's adapted choreography for his 2008 production ...