Rules Of The Game
Legris, Delanoe and Arbo in performance.
Legris, Gaida and Delanoe in rehearsal.
Guerin and Tharp in rehearsal.
Legris, Guerin and Delanoe rehearse.
Tharp and Delanoe demonstrate a lift during rehearsal.
Premiere
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composers
Michel Colombier,
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Live Music by
Paris Opera Ballet Orchestra
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Lighting Designer
Serge Peyrat
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Costume and Scenic Designer
Gilles Dufour
Dancers
Principals
Isabelle Geurin, Carole Arbo
Manuel Legris, Lionel Delanoe
Soloists
Veronique Doisneau, Fanny Gaida, Nathalie Rique, Cécile Sciaux
Eric Camillo, Pierre Darde, Stephane Elizabe, Ludovic Heiden
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Number of Dancers
12
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Runtime
00:22:00
Description
Tharp was commissioned by Rudolf Nureyev to create a new work for the Paris Opera Ballet’s 1989 season. She selected French artists as collaborators – Michel Colombier to compose the score and Gilles Dufour, at the time a designer for the house of Chanel, to create the costumes. The resulting ballet Rules Of The Game, whose title comes from the film by Jean Renior, pays homage to the history and traditions of French theater and dance.
The choreography is both a showcase for the company’s world-class dancers and a deconstruction of the classical lexicon. As the ballet concludes, the dancers face upstage in acknowledgment of the Foyer de la Danse before taking their bows to the audience.
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Commissioned by
Past Performances
Paris Opera Ballet
As Time Goes By – Rules Of The Game (premiere) | Paris Opera Ballet
Paris, France
February 18 1989 Premiere
- 1989