Ballet double bill

New to the repertoire! Screening direct from the historic Palais Garnier, a new Paris Opera Ballet performance of two emblematic works by one of the 20th century's most significant choreographers George Balanchine, neither previously performed by the Company.

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 Manhattan skyline, an ensemble performs in various formations, followed by four soloists. All combine in the playful finale in which Balanchine wanted to use classical dance to show Gershwin’s musical genius and melodic beauty.

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 Balanchine brilliantly celebrates the technical virtuosity of academic ballet in the style of Petipa - his “spiritual father” - and the great St Petersburg tradition.