DUPOND RETURNS TO THE SPOTLIGHT.Although Parisians have seen little of dancer Patrick Dupond since he was fired from the Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opéra Ballet is the official ballet company of the Opéra national de Paris, otherwise known as the Palais Garnier, though known more popularly simply as the Paris Opéra. in late 1997, the thirty-nine-year-old former etoile made a triumphant return in May at the Bercy Stadium. In an unusual show staged by Olivier Panhuys and choreographed by Jean-Hugues Tanto Tanto may refer to several things. Please see:
Tanto, a longtime friend and former POB PoB - Prisoner of Bill colleague of Dupond, designed the dancer's movements to highlight the parallels between the horses' training and that of a ballet star. "It is the story of a man meeting a horse," said Tanto prior to the May performances. "As they learn, they discover one another and share their skills." It took more than six months of visits to the equestrian school in the Loire Valley Noun 1. Loire Valley - the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe town of Saumur before Dupond and Tanto finalized their creation, but they said that their love for the horses and their admiration for the work at the riding school was immediate. "It was an amazing meeting," said Tanto. "The human contact between these two worlds, the military and the dance world, was more than just a contact, it was a discovery." |
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