Paris Opera is desperately looking for a ballet director

Paris Opera is desperately looking for a ballet director


SURVEY – After Benjamin Millepied and Aurélie Dupont, who left his post as director on June 16, the institution needs a personality capable of developing a long-term strategy. What she has been missing in recent years.

This is the back-to-school thriller. Who will replace Aurélie Dupont at the head of the Paris Opera Ballet? The star bowed out on June 16 after six years of controversial management. Alexander Neef could already have named a successor to him. It is in his remit as general manager of the Opéra national de Paris. But he wanted to take his time. The file is hot. The company is brilliant, adored by the public, but loose from the inside.

The dancers, who are exceptional, do everything, but outside: books, pubs, "Dancing with the stars", tours in Japan

Éric Quilleré, director of dance at the Opéra de Bordeaux

Aurélie Dupont like Benjamin Millepied before her had been lightly appointed by Stéphane Lissner, who had not bothered to guide them, the first in his reforms and the second in his inexperience. After twenty years of the Brigitte Lefèvre eramarked by the opening of the repertoire to contemporary choreographers, their eight-year reign left the company fragmented. “The new director will have to put the Paris Opera back at the heart of the Paris Opera Ballet. The dancers, who are exceptional…

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