Paris Dancers Headed to New York in Ballet Exchange

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/paris-dancers-headed-to-new-york-in-ballet-exchange/

November 11, 2009, 12:38 pm

Paris Dancers Headed to New York in Ballet Exchange

By DAVE ITZKOFF

Over the years, France has given New York everything from the Statue of Liberty to Daniel Boulud, and now, in its latest act of trans-Atlantic generosity, it plans to lend the city a pair of dancers from the the Paris Opera Ballet. The New York City Ballet said that Aurélie Dupont and Mathias Heymann, both Étoiles with the Paris Opera Ballet, would perform at City Ballet’s opening-night benefit. Ms. Dupont and Mr. Heymann (who are among the dancers featured in the Frederick Wiseman documentary “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet”) are to perform the “Rubies” pas de deux from George Balanchine’s “Jewels.” The other half of the bargain (struck by Brigitte Lefèvre, the dance director of the Paris Opera Ballet, and Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of City Ballet) is that Paris gets to borrow Ashley Bouder and Gonzalo Garcia, principal dancers from City Ballet, who will dance the leading roles in “Rubies” for the Paris Opera Ballet on Thursday at the Palais Garnier. The City Ballet benefit will take place on Nov. 24 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

Comments

[Nuku_Hiva95]

mais je préfère Clifton Brown.