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Who Cares ?

Choreography : George Balanchine, Music : George Gershwin
With Ludmila Pagliero, Laura Hecquet, Hannah O’Neill and Mathieu Ganio, Principal dancers
And with the Ballet Corps and the Orchestra of the Paris National Opera
Musical Director,  Mikhaïl Agrest

Performance filmed at Opéra Garnier on March, 7  2023 - 48min

© Agathe Poupeney

Created in 1970 by the New York City Ballet, Who cares? is a suite of dances to songs by George and Ira Gershwin – including the “classic” that gives the piece its name and I Got Rhythm – against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. Who cares? combines an ensemble of dancers in various formations, followed by four soloists. All come together in a playful finale in which Balanchine wanted to show the ’musical genius and melodic beauty of Gershwin’s compositions through classical dance’. of Gershwin’s compositions through classical dance’. A tribute to the grandeur of Imperial Russia, Ballet Impérial was created in 1941 by the American Ballet Caravan to Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto. A work in which George Balanchine brilliantly celebrates the technical virtuosity of academic ballet in the style of Petipa – his “spiritual father” – and the great St Petersburg tradition. 

Boléro

Choreography : Maurice Béjart,  Music : Maurice Ravel
With Amandine Albisson, Principal dancer
And with the Ballet Corps and the Orchestra of the Paris National Opera
Musical Director,  Patrick Lange

Performance filmed at Opéra Bastille on May, 19 and 25  2023 - 16min

© Julien Benhamou

The legendary Bolero embraces Ravel's eponymous score. Surrounded by dancers, yet alone on a table, the principal performer - male or female -  is transported by the voluptuous rhythms into an hypnotic dance that is like a vibrant call to life. 

The Seasons’ canon

Music :  Max Richter, Choreography : Crystal Pite, Set design : Jay Gower Taylor, Costumes : Nancy Bryant, Lights : Tom Visser
With Laura Hecquet, Ludmilla Pagliero, Alice Renavand and Eve Grinztajn, Principal dancers.
With François Alu, Alessio Carbone and Vincent Chaillet, Principal dancers
And with the Ballet Corps and the Orchestra of the Paris National Opera

Performance filmed at Opéra Garnier on May, 23 and 24  2018 - 35min

© Julien Benhamou

The Seasons’ canon by Vivaldi, electrified by Max Richter, is accompanying the masterful piece by Crystal Pite, created in 2016 for the Paris National Opera House. The ballet has become one of the works most acclaimed by the public, captivated by the visceral intensity of its choreography.

"Mécènes des retransmissions audiovisuelles de l'Opéra National de Paris'

Event Information

Date : Friday, August 21, 2026

Time : 6:30-8:00pm

Location : 1420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19102 

Language : English, French

Cost : $15 for Members/$20 for non Members