By François Fargue Benjamin Millepied may have prematurely thrown in the towel as the director of the Paris Opera Ballet, but for many Parisians he still retains the image of a good guy with the right intentions. Despite having gone back to the United States and his L.A. Dance Project, he can present a triple
By François Fargue John Cranko’s 1967 Onegin, presented by Paris Opera Ballet at the Garnier in March, is one of the most romantic yet intriguing ballets. Based on the eponymous verse novel by Russian writer Pushkin, the story goes that the young yet world-weary and cynical rich Onegin rejects the love of naïve Tatiana, whom
Excitement filled the big tent at the Festival des arts de Saint-Sauveur for the Quebec premiere of L.A. Dance Project on August 2. As the festival’s executive director Étienne Lavigne told the crowd in his opening remarks, “This is the ‘It’ company of the moment.” Founded in 2012, the company has an undeniable “certain something,”