MALANDAIN BALLET BIARRITZ
Thierry Malandain
L’OISEAU DE FEU
Thierry Malandain | choreography
Igor Stravinski | music
Jorge Gallardo | costumes
François Menou | lighting
CAST
L’Oiseau de feu: Hugo Layer
Saint François d’Assise: Mickaël Conte
Sainte Claire:
Tuesday 22/09, Wednesday 23/09 at 19h30, Thursday 24/09 and Friday 25/09 : Claire Lonchampt
Wednesday 23/09 at 15h00 : Allegra Vianello
Ensemble : Noé Ballot, Julie Bruneau, Giuditta Banchetti, Elisabeth Callebaut, Raphaël Canet, Loan Frantz, Irma Hoffren, Guillaume Lillo, Timothée Mahut, Rosa Maria Pace (23/09 à 15h) Julen Rodríguez Flores, Neil Ronsin, Alejandro Sánchez Bretones, Yui Uwaha, Chelsey Van Belle, Allegra Vianello, Laurine Viel, Anna Zardi.
Created on 4 November 2021 at Chaillot-Théâtre national de la Danse
Coproduction Donostia Kultura | Victoria Eugenia Antzokia-Donostia, San Sebastián (Espagne) | Ballet T, Chaillot-Théâtre national de la Danse | Paris, Théâtre des Salins, Scène nationale | Martigues, Le Cratère | Scène nationale Alès | Opéra de Reims | La Rampe -Scène conventionnée Échirolles | Opéra de Saint-Étienne | CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz
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BOLÉRO
Thierry Malandain | choreography
Maurice Ravel | music
Jorge Gallardo | sets and costumes
Jean-Claude Asquié | lighting
CAST
Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23 at 9h30 and Friday 25 September
Noé Ballot, Julie Bruneau, Elisabeth Callebaut, Raphaël Canet, Mickaël Conte, Loan Frantz,
Julen Rodríguez Flores, Irma Hoffren, Neil Ronsin, Yui Uwaha, Allegra Vianello, Laurine Viel.
Wednesday 23 at15h00 and Thursday 24 September
Giuditta Banchetti, Raphaël Canet, Mickaël Conte, Irma Hoffren, Hugo Layer, Guillaume Lillo,Claire Lonchampt, Timothée Mahut, Alejandro Sánchez Bretones, Yui Uwaha, Chelsey Van Belle,Allegra Vianello, Laurine Viel.
Created on 19 May 2001 at Gare du Midi de Biarritz
Coproduction Festival International Madrid en Danza | CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz
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MINUIT ET DEMI, OU LE COEUR MYSTÉRIEUX
Thierry Malandain | choreography
Camille Saint-Saëns | music
Jorge Gallardo | set and costumes
François Menou | lighting
CAST| Noé Ballot, Julie Bruneau, Giuditta Banchetti, Elisabeth Callebaut, Raphaël Canet, Mickaël Conte, Loan Frantz, Irma Hoffren, Hugo Layer, Guillaume Lillo, Claire Lonchampt, Timothée Mahut, Julen Rodríguez Flores, Neil Ronsin, Alejandro Sánchez Bretones, Yui Uwaha, Chelsey Van Belle, Allegra Vianello, Laurine Viel.
Created on 16 May 2025 at Teatro Victoria Eugenia de Donostia San Sebastián as part of the Ballet T project
Coproduction : Victoria Eugenia Antzokia Donostia / San Sebastián – Ballet T, Centre Chorégraphique National / Malandain Ballet Biarritz.
Recorded music
Running time approx 2h00 with intermission
TranscenDanses is a co-production Productions Internationales Albert Sarfati | Théâtre des Champs- Élysées
In collaboration with Chaillot -Théâtre national de la Danse
TUESDAY 22, WEDNESDAY 23, THURSDAY 24, FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2026 | 7.30 pm
WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2026 | 3.00 pm
PRICES : from 15* to 85€ | Cœur d’orchestre 95€
Ticket prices for under-16s (Categories 1 to 4 ): 20€, 30€, 37€, 42€ – Performance of the Wednesday 23 September, 3:00 PM.
* Restricted view
VONY SARFATI
Directrice département productions
vsarfati@productions-sarfati.fr
ÉLODIE DESSERTENNE
Attachée de productions
egalin@productions-sarfati.fr
ISABELLE DEVILLE
Responsable communication & marketing
ideville@productions-sarfati.fr
ABOUT THE SHOW
As he embarks on his final season at the helm of Malandain Ballet Biarritz, Thierry Malandain brings to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées an exceptional programme featuring three emblematic works from his repertoire: The Firebird, Boléro and his latest creation, Minuit et demi ou le cœur mystérieux.
Director of Malandain Ballet Biarritz since 1998, Thierry Malandain is one of the leading figures of French dance. A prolific choreographer, he has developed a distinctive artistic language rooted in the classical tradition while constantly seeking new paths for renewal. Deeply musical by nature, he places each of his works in close dialogue with the scores that inspire them. Since founding Malandain Ballet Biarritz, he has built one of the richest repertoires in French dance, shaped by an artistic voice that is at once demanding, sensitive and profoundly human. This programme highlights three works that reveal different facets of his artistic universe and his relationship with music.
With The Firebird, set to Stravinsky’s 1945 suite, Thierry Malandain moves away from the narrative of the original tale to focus on its symbolic dimension. The Firebird becomes a figure of rebirth and hope, a luminous presence connecting heaven and earth. Carried by the power of Stravinsky’s score, the ballet unfolds in broad, generous movements infused with a deeply humanistic spirit.
In Boléro, Malandain engages with the hypnotic mechanism imagined by Ravel. Within an enclosed space, twelve dancers submit to the repetition of a motif that gradually intensifies until reaching its final climax. A work of striking visual impact, it has become one of the signature pieces of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz repertoire.
The evening concludes with Minuit et demi ou le cœur mystérieux, his latest creation. Set to Saint-Saëns’s celebrated Danse macabre alongside several rarely performed orchestral works, Malandain also draws on the world of nineteenth-century poetry. He explores the passage of time, the impulses of the heart and what remains beyond words. An intimate work in which poetry, memory and a gaze turned towards the future intertwine.
An evening celebrating the legacy of a major choreographic voice and the remarkable artistic journey Thierry Malandain has shaped in Biarritz. And who better than the dancers of Malandain Ballet Biarritz to bring these three masterpieces to life and give the evening its full emotional resonance?
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