LA DANSE
Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris
Credits
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Photography: John Davey
Sound: Frederick Wiseman
Editors: Frederick Wiseman, Valérie Pico
Sound Editors: Hervé Guyader
Mix: Emmanuel Croset
Second Camera, Paquita: Dick Pope
Camera Assistants: James Bishop, Mark Puffett, Mathias Sabourdin, Frédérique Saj
Assistant Editor: Nathalie Vigneres
Producers: Françoise Gazio, Pierre-Olivier Bardet— Idéale Audience
Frederick Wiseman— Zipporah Films
In Co-Production with: L’Opera National de Paris
In Association with: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
With:
Les Étoiles (The Stars)
Émilie Cozette
Aurélie Dupont
Dorothée Gilbert
Marie-Agnès Gillot
Agnès Letestu
Delphine Moussin
Clairemarie Osta
Laetitia Pujol
Kader Belarbi
Jérémie Belingard
Mathieu Ganio
Manuel Legris
Nicolas Le Riche
José Martinez
Hervé Moreau
Benjamin Pech
Wilfried Romoli
Isabelle Ciaravola
Mathias Heymann
Les Premiers Danseurs (The First Dancers)
Nolwenn Daniel
Ève Grinsztajn
Mélanie Hurel
Myriam Ould-Braham
Stéphanie Romberg
Muriel Zusperreguy
Yann Bridard
Stéphane Bullion
Christophe Duquenne
Karl Paquette
Stéphane Phavorin
Emmanuel Thibault
The Corps de Ballet of the Paris National Opera
The Orchestra of the Paris National Opera
The School of Dance of the Paris National Opera
The Choreographers
Mats Ek
Emanuel Gat
Pierre Lacotte
Wayne McGregor
Angelin Preljocaj
Paris National Opera
General Manager: Gerard Mortier
Director of Dance: Brigitte Lefevre
Administrator of Dance: Olivier Aldeano
Ballet Master Associated with the Direction of Dance: Patrice Bart
Ballet Masters: Laurent Hillaire, Clotilde Vayer
Assistant Ballet Masters: Fabrice Bourgeois, Lionel Delanoë, Viviane Descoutures, Malin Thoors
Ballet Teachers: Andrei Klemm, Noëlla Pontois, Ghislaine Thesmar
Assistant for Rehearsals: Elisabeth Maurin
Coordination of Ballet Operations: Renaud Fauviau
Director of Commercial Marketing, Development and Communication: Jean-Yves Kaced
Director of Human Resources: Dominique Legrand
Chairman of the American Friends of the Paris Opera Ballet: Hal Witt
The Crew of the Paris National Opera
With the Collaboration of
Director of the School of Ballet: Elisabeth Platel
Director of Stage Operations: Sylvie Pionica
Technical Director: Jürgen Höfer
Director of Costumes: Christine Neumeister
Chief of Audiovisual Services: Laurent Metivier
Assistant Chief: Caroline Ludot
Assistant Audiovisual Production: Joséphine Medina
Ballets in Rehearsal and Performance:
Genus
Choreography: Wayne McGregor
Music: Joby Talbot et Deru, © Chester Music, Ltd.; represented by Premiere Music Group
Sets and Costumes: Vicki Mortimer
Video: Ravi Deepres
Lighting: Lucy Carter
With: Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Agnès Letestu, Jérémie Belingard, Mathieu Ganio, Benjamin Pech, Myriam Ould-Braham, Mathias Heymann, Laurène Levy
Casse-Noisette
Choreography: Rudolf Noureev, © Les Éditions Mario Bois
Music: Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski
Sets and Costumes: Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting: Rui de Matos Machado
The Orchestra of the Paris National Opera
Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine/The Children’s Choir of the Paris National Opera
Musical Direction: Kevin Rhodes
With: Dorothée Gilbert, Laetitia Pujol, Manuel Legris, Nicolas Le Riche, José Martinez, Nolwenn Daniel, Myriam Ould-Braham, Karl Paquette, Stéphane Phavorin, Mallory Gaudion, Gil Isoart, Mathilde Froustey, Axel Ibot, Marc Moreau
Paquita
Choreography: Pierre Lacotte (from Joseph Mazilier and Marius Petipa)
Music: Edouard Marie Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus (adapted by David Coleman)
Sets and Costumes: Luisa Spinatelli
Lighting: Philippe Albaric
Orchestra Colonne
Musical Direction: Paul Connelly
With: Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Agnès Letestu, Manuel Legris, Hervé Moreau, Muriel Zusperreguy, Mathias Heymann, Sarah Kora Dayanova, Mathilde Froustey, Simon Valastro
Roméo et Juliette
Choreography: Sasha Waltz
Music: Hector Berlioz (Symphonie Dramatique Op.17, H.77, 1839)
Sets: Thomas Schenk and Sasha Waltz
Costumes: Bernd Skodzig
Lighting: David Finn
The Orchestra and the Choir of the Paris National Opera
Musical Direction: Valery Gergiev
With: Aurélie Dupont, Hervé Moreau
La Maison de Bernarda
Choreography: Mats Ek
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (Concerto Pour Orgue No. 2 En La Mineur BWV 593)
Performed by Karl Richter (p) 1974 Deutsche Grammophon, avec l’autorisation d’Universal Music Vision
Traditional Spanish Music, Narcisso Yepes, guitar (p) Deutsche Grammophon
Sets and Costumes: Merie-Louise Ekman
Lighting: Jorgen Jansson
Assistant Choreographer: Mariko Aoyama
With: Marie-Agnès Gillot, Laetitia Pujol, Clairemarie Osta, Manuel Legris, Aurélia Bellet, Amélie Lamoureux, Charlotte Ranson
Orphée et Eurydice
By Christoph W. Gluck—Dance-Opera by Pina Bausch
Choreography and Staging: Pina Bausch © Pina Bausch 1975 (Represented by L’Arche Editeur, Paris)
Music: Christophe Willibald Gluck
Sets, Costumes, and Lighting: Rolf Borzik
Assistant Choreographer: Dominique Mercy
Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble and Choir
Musical Direction: Thomas Hengelbrock
With: Yann Bridard
Le Songe de Médée
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
Music: Mauro Lanza
Sets: Thierry Leproust
Costumes: Gilles Rosier
Ensemble Court-Circuit
Musical Direction: Pierre-André Valade, Fabrice Pierre
Musical Programming Ircam : Serge Lemouton
Sound Engineer : Jérémie Henrot
With: Émilie Cozette, Delphine Moussin, Wilfried Romoli, Yann Bridard, Stéphane Bullion, Muriel Zusperreguy, Alice Renavand
Chagall Ceiling: © ADAGP
Opéra Bastille: with the Generous Authorization of Carlos Ott
Coordination for Zipporah Films: Karen Konicek, Anna Moore
Production Manager: Claire Lion
Post-Production: Lillanna Champenois, Fabrice Rivaud, Jeanne Marchalot
Production Assistant: Lucie Marlier
Finance and Accounting: Jean-Marc Oranger, Myriam Amroun
Production Assistance Provided by
Florence Gould Foundation: John Young
Pershing Square Foundation: Karen & William Ackman
TPR Star
Showgate-Japan
Planète
YLE Co-Productions- Finland
With the Assistance of
Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains
CNC, Centre National de la Cinématographie
Film Equipment: Arsenic et Violoncelle, Bogard
Sound Equipment: Zipporah Films
Film: Fuji Film, Sandrine Taisson
Assurances BCOH S.A. / N.V. VIA
Circles Group, sa
L.T.C.
Chemical Timing : Pascal Massonneau
Director of Production: Dominique Boussagnol
Associate Director of Production: Varujan
Production Manager: François Aube
Scanlab
Digital Timing: Gilles Granier
Digital Production Managers: Anaï Cabanes, Benoît Hay
Digital Post-Production: Angélique Muguet
Operators: Rudy Seiss, Yasmina Arkat, Jérôme Brechet, Philippe Mathis, Raphaël Alvarez
Timing Video Rushes: Boris Clavel
Customer Relations- Rushes: Nadia Atout
35mm Blow-up: Karim Berkane, Patrick Chauvin, David Vertueux
Optical Sound Transfer: Cinéstéréo
Thanks To: Jean-Robert Gibard, Olivier Chiavassa, Stéphane Martinie, Mathias Forget, Grégory Sapojnikoff, François Hurard
Subtitles: BB Communication
Translation: Marie-Pierre Duhamel Muller
Title and Credit Design : Fabien Lehalle
Mixing Studio: Le Fresnoy
Technical Sound Director Le Fresnoy: Blandine Tourneux
Recorder: Cyrille Lauwerier
Dolby Digital
For GREAT PERFORMANCES
Great Performances Theme Music by
John Williams
Editor
Jay Slot
Coordinating Producer
Cara Cosentino
Series Producer
Bill O’Donnell
Executive Producer
David Horn
© Idéale Audience – Zipporah Films 2009
All Rights Reserved
In Memory Of: Charles L. Mandelstam
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