is it Right to say that the Paris Opera was in “quarantine” before all – after all, a few weeks before the New year all the performances were cancelled due to the strike of the trade unions, the management report millions of euros of losses?
Andrew of Terminals: During the strike, classes, rehearsals and running performances, including stage, continued. All worked from morning to evening in full force. Was lifted only performances. Officially, the strike ended on December 31 and normal life resumed: one piece troupe danced the Balanchine program, and the other went on tour to Japan. The tour was already once declared a pandemic, but the Japanese and our office was able to organize everything so that nothing was canceled. When we returned to Paris, was provided two weeks off. After the work has not resumed.
a few days later I saw the national ballet of the Netherlands, English national and others are online lessons. I felt that I needed to do something. Put one of the disks with the recording of his class on YouTube, so that everyone could have the machine. And at the same time sent for vnutriuretralnami mail, access to which all employees have. I was showered with gratitude, and then received a message from Aurelie (DuPont, head of the ballet troupe of the Paris Opera): to try to give a class to the company through the Internet. This connected our service, was a clear plan. All artists were awarded professional linoleum for classes.
Previously I’ve tried all the friends, gave a few classes via Skype, zoom to understand how it works. Of course, to work hard, because you don’t feel people do not see them, cannot touch, not better. But, it was a daily class. And we felt that we all together can continue to work. And when we were allowed back in the theater, I was surprised what all good shape. In this state, we could collect performance.
And when allowed to return?
Andrew of Terminals: once allowed to go outside, a semi-underground began to engage in private dance studios, and then I got the idea to hold the class right in the air, on the bridge of Solferino in front of the musée d’orsay. Made a beautiful shot, the stream, which was uploaded on YouTube. Recently spoke with Isabelle guérin (legendary étoile of the Paris Opera), who now lives in America and was much longer than us locked up in his apartment. She said she did to us this class, and it seemed to her that she’s in Paris.
What are the prospects of the Paris Opera ballet?
Andrew of Terminals: Schedule for the first month already. Opera Garnier (historic Opera house) officially closed until December 31. The current situation is used to change stage equipment – this was long planned, only do it a year early. For this scene we use can not, the curtain will be closed. But on September 17 scheduled first performance in front of the curtain, above the orchestra pit, build a proscenium. If all goes according to plan, the ballet will show two programs of classic and modern, apparently collected from the pas de Deux. In the Bastille Opera (the second stage of the Paris Opera) performances start on November 22 with a unit of “La Bayadere”. At the same time should show the Opera “La Traviata” and “Carmen.”
do you Know how to operate mass groups? How do change the working conditions?
Andrew of Terminals: the Season has been very heavy. Everyone wants again to go on stage – this is the main purpose of artists. On the one hand, everything now looks shaky, we expect there to be a second wave of coronavirus. On the other, while that I uncertainty not feel we were very lucky that our salaries were not cut, and all these months all act on the plan, it is each employee.
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Muscovite Andrey Klemm became the second Russian ballet teacher, for 350 years trapped in the bowels of the Paris Opera. His lessons,based on the Russian school and the experience of the execution of Western dance.
