Can't make it to Paris this weekend? That should not keep you from seeing 19th century Paris brought to life in "Children of Paradise." This is dancer and choreographer José Martinez’ first ballet for the Paris Opera Ballet. Be transported to a magical world of entertainment, where the frontiers between reality and illusion blur in a cascade of dance and music. Based on Jacques Prévert's scenario for the film by Marcel Carné.
Children of Paradise LIVE: Saturday, July 09, 2011 at 10:30 am.
Music: Marc-Olivier Dupin
Choreography: José Martinez (Opéra national de Paris, 2008)
Adaptation: François Roussillon et José Martinez
Conductor: Jean-François Verdier
Scenic Design: Ezio Toffolutti
Costumes: Agnès Letestu
Lighting: André Diot
CAST Principal dancers
Isabelle Ciaravola: Garance
Mathieu Ganio: Baptiste
Benjamin Pech: Lacenaire
Paris, mid-19th century, shortly before the 1848 Revolution. On Boulevard du Crime, where most theatres were concentrated. Mime Baptiste Debureau and actor Frédérick Lemaitre are two young emerging artists of the Théâtre des Funambules. Their lives cross with Garance, a very beautiful young woman who has lived a lot. Baptiste falls in in love with her but Frédérick is the one who manages to win her favours. Garance conceals a grim secret: she is involved in crimes committed by Lacenaire, an anarchist and a murderer. To escape her past, Garance flees and and marries a nobleman. Seven years later, Debureau and Lemaitre are now famous artists; Garance reappears.
Screening at:
- Claremont 5, Claremont
909-621-5500
- Monica 4-Plex, Santa Monica
- 310-478-3836
- Playhouse 7, Pasadena
- 626-844-6500
- Sunset 5, W. Hollywood
- 310-478-3836
- Town Center 5, Encino
- 818-981-9811
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