#paris opera house

[the-gilded-chronicles]

Opera Garnier, Paris, France.

August 2024.

Edited with Snapseed

[inthedarktrees]

Paris Opera | Walter Sanders, Life, 1949

[melit0n]

Thinking about Her again

[ballet-symphonie]

Hello and happy new year!

I have a question about dancer and the fit to a company style. Do you think that the best principals at major companies (Bolshoi, Royal Ballet, Paris Opera, Mariinsky, NYCB etc..) would all reach that level if they were at a different company with a different style. I can see some that I feel would make it anywhere, and also some companies (though maybe less these ones, more a slight level down) where it feels anyone could thrive - but then there are some dancers that feel they are so well suited to one style that they might not shine at a very different company - particularly where the company style is more set/distinctive. Would love your view on this and who you think would work well across (and could be really exciting to see in a different context), who is maybe perfect where they are but wouldn’t transition across well and which companies you think have the most fixed style that you need to conform to to make it?

Thank you!

I think Renata Shakirova would be everywhere if she was at the Royal Ballet. The artistic staff at the Royal does such a wonderful job of coaching a wider variety of body types and bringing storytelling to the forefront of their dancers' intentions. I think Renata could really blossom here from new insight on how to harness her power and energy instead of Mariinksy trying to shove her into molds of dancers that just don't fit sometimes.

I want Vladislav Lantratov at the Royal. He's such a powerful actor and has such great command of the stage, I want to see him in all the male-heavy MacMillian rep. Him in Mayerling, THE DRAMA? YES PLEASE.

I also think Kristina Shapran could do great things at Paris Opera. The exceptional cleanliness of her pointe work and her style of expression would mesh well with the crystalline imagery of ONP. Seymon Chudin can go with her and dance with more people who can actually do 5th position.

I actually think Ekaterina Kondaurova to ONP would be interesting, mostly because she's so wonderful and in my opinion has been woefully underused and I would love to see her stretched in a bigger variety of contemporary repertoire. She's absolutely not a French-style dancer, but her in Crystal Pite's work? Or Mats Ek? I want it yesterday.

Paul Marque could kick ass at Mariinsky, with his fluidity and classicism. I think he would be flying up the ranks even with Mariinky's glacial pace because they need competent men and he is exceptionally gifted. And I would like to see him dance some of the big classics in a version that's not Nureyev's overly crowded hodgepodge.

Melissa Hamilton to the Bolshoi, she's got the legs and with her stellar competition career, I think she would have been quickly promoted at Bolshoi. It would be interesting to see her in big dramatic Grigorovich productions...or Carmen!

Sae Eun Park and Fumi Kaneno can both go to the Mariinsky, you can't tell me this wouldn't be a stellar cast of Legend of Love or Corsaire or they can take turns in Scherezade.

Potentially controversial but I don't think Marianela Nunez would have been as successful at Mariinsky or Bolshoi, especially under the current administrations' aesthetic preferences. At Bolshoi, there is such pressure to be soloist level right at 18-19 or you just get buried. If you watch young videos of Marinela, she's obviously very talented but has nowhere near the finesse that she possesses now. And not that the Bolshoi is renowned for finesse and cleanliness but she would have lacked that, plus the hypermobility, plus the body type....I'm not sure it would have gone well for her.

I don't think Oksana Skorik would do as well anywhere outside the Mariinsky. She's most comfortable dancing at Mariinksy's slow (sometimes dirge) tempis and she's a very internal dancer. I don't think her strengths would resonate at Bolshoi or Royal which both demand stronger theatrical presences.

There are some shorter ROH dancers that I think would struggle to find success at Russian companies, primarily the men, but that's not super interesting to discuss stylistically.

And there are certain principals and leading soloists at Bolshoi I don't think would make it into the corps at ROH or ONP...I'll stop here, this was a fun question.

[galleryofart]

Woman in a Loge

Artist: Mary Stevenson Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)

Date: 1879

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Description

Cassatt created a series of theater scenes in the late 1870s, displaying an interest in city nightlife shared by many of the Impressionists. This work, showing a woman (often said to be her sister Lydia) seated in front of a mirror with the balconies of the Paris Opéra House reflected behind her, demonstrates the influence of Cassatt's friend Edgar Degas, particularly in the attention paid to the effects of artificial lighting on flesh tones. This painting was shown in Paris at the fourth Impressionist exhibition in 1879, where it was singled out for much praise.

[her-penetrating-soul]

Paris Opera Ballet at the Garnier, Paris, France

Photography by: ©️Agathe Poupene

[flea-palace]

mentally i am here

[wanderinginjuly]

[artbecome]

I showcased my Palais Garnier drawing recently at an art exhibition hosted by my local engineering society!

It was such a unique experience getting ready for something like this cuz i’ve never shown my art irl and in public before

I said I liked the building as an architect. They don’t know I drew this because I’m a massive Phantom of the Opera phan😂

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[behindthemirrorofmusic]

Audrey Hepburn at the Paris Opera

[the-gilded-chronicles]

The Grand Foyer of the Opera Garnier, Paris, France

The grand foyer is 154 metres long, 13 metres wide and 18 metres high.

In order to complete its decoration, the Opera’s architect, Charles Garnier collaborated with the painter Paul Baudry(1828-1886) who at the time was in Rome painting replicas of the Sistine Chapel. In its tones of old gold, this vast space was created at the most prestigious level of the theatre close to the first-category boxes. It was intended to be a place to rest, stroll, and mingle with high society.

[inthedarktrees]

Sisters Marina and Tania Baydarova dancing at the opera

Paris Opera | Walter Sanders, Life, 1949

[midwestproduct]

Place de L’ Opera Fire (November 2021)

[ballet-symphonie]

Have you seen Marianela Nunez's debut clips at POB with Giselle a few weeks back? It's insane... And the clips last year of when she performed La Bayadere too, especially the scarf PDD. It was somehow better technically than what was supposed to be her 'prime years' like in the 2018 ROH recording

Yes, I have seen the clips and my jaw dropped. She's just extraordinary, way she dances is still so jubilant and sublime. Her technique, particularly the stability and consistency of her spinal placement appears as strong as ever. I don't know how much longer she wants or intends to dance (I hope for many more years), but she is such a treasure to have on stage and I'm glad we all can appreciate it.

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