New York City Ballet Goes to Paris
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New York City Ballet will perform a two-week engagement at the Opéra National de Paris in September 2008, the company is to announce next month.
NYCB’s artistic director, Peter Martins, along with the director of the Opéra National de Paris, Gerard Mortier, plan to announce that NYCB will open its performances on September 9 in Paris, where, according to the Opéra National de Paris’s Web site, the company will perform an all-Balanchine program, consisting of “Divertimento No. 15,” “Episodes,” and “Vienna Waltzes.”
The company will present a total of four programs, which will include works by Christopher Wheeldon, Jerome Robbins, and Mr. Martins.
