OPÉRA DE PARIS – A (Very) Special Season

A film by Priscilla Pizzato

The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the most active dance companies in the world. The dancers, used to practicing 5 to 7 hours a day, develop themselves by working with coaches and choreographers, but first and foremost through a close relationship with their audience. But in 2020, the pandemic radically changed their artistic life. They had never stayed away for so long from the rehearsal studios and from the stage of the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille. This film witnesses a unique moment in the history of the Ballet and follows the dancers from their first day back in the studios, to the reopening of the venues, and through the rehearsals of Rudolf Nureyev’s Bayadère.

Bonus:
- Interview: Aurélie Dupont (Directrice de la Danse)
- Répétition / Rehearsals: Hugo Marchand, Amandine Albisson, Mathias Heymann (Danseurs Étoiles)

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM 2.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Audio Language: French
Subtitles: English
Running time: 70 mins (film) + 33 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)

Also available on Blu-ray (BAC496)