casoar

At the end of 2014, Benjamin Millepied was appointed Directeur du Ballet at Opéra national de Paris.

While preparing the programme of his first season (15/16), he directed 17 short portraits of 17 principal dancers of the Opera, shot in the incredible and sometimes unknown spaces of Opera Garnier and Opera Bastille.

A unique collection to (re)discover some of the best dancers in the world.

 

 

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The 17 portraits are viewable on Opera national de Paris

 

Director: Benjamin Millepied

 

With

Amandine Albisson, Jérémie Belingard, Stéphane Bullion, Émilie Cozette, Aurélie Dupont, Mathieu Ganio, Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Mathias Heymann, Josua Hoffalt, Hervé Moreau, Myriam Ould-Braham, Ludmila Pagliero, Karl Paquette, Benjamin Pech, Laëtitia Pujol, Alice Renavand

Trailer version: Marie-Agnès Gillot, Matthias Heymann, Emilie Cozette

 

Artistic co-operation: Dimitri Chamblas

Producer: Amélie Couillaud

 

Music 17 portraits: Pierre Avia

Music trailer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : “Serenade for Strings in C Major, Opus 48” (1. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina: Andante non troppo, Allegro Moderato) National Orchestra Festival Lassiter High School String Ensemble – Sinfonia © ASTA 2004  Tous droits réservés

 

Director of photography: Alexandre d’Audiffret

1st camera assistant: Olivier Fortin

2nd caméra assistant: Xavier Bompard

Steadicamer: Eric Bialas

 

Line producer: Maxime Brun

1st assistant director: Bérengère Chasseray

Unit: Etienne Grandon

Gaffer: Sébastien Gaulon

Stagehand: Benoît Féréol

 

Dancers interviews: Dimitri Chamblas

Sound: Silvino Guarda Becerra

 

Opera staff:

Assistant to Benjamin Millepied: Virginia Gris

In charge of the audiovisual department: Laurent Métivier,

assisted by Marie Revel, Joséphine Medina

Make-up & hair: Cathy Bodinier, Patricia Carrey, Laurent Dibsky, Pascal Doutreligne, Elodie Gré, Georgia  Neveu, Rose Edmonde Tacail, and Simine Commien.

Costumes department: Bénédicte Gavet, Dominique Josy, Muriel Mellet, Hadia Tei

 

Post-production: Firm / Julien Amiard & Manuel Béard

Director of post-production: Manuel Béard

Editing: Camille Guyot

Colour grading: Nicolas Gautier

Assistants: Caroline Collange, Mélissa Rommel

Compositing: Nguyen Duy Anh

 

Sound mix: Xavier Bourlaud / Studio 31db

 

Production: Casoar (eXorde) for the Opéra national de Paris

 

Photos © Opéra national de Paris