Like every year, the gala inaugurating the new dance season of the Paris National Opera Ballet brought together many personalities. Singers, actors and even dancers were all dressed up this Tuesday October 1st for an exceptional evening under the gilded Opéra Garnier.
After attending the spring-summer 2025 ready-to-wear fashion show presented the same morning at the Grand Palais, several faithful of the Chanel house – ggreat patron of the Paris National Opera – met at the end of the day at the Opera. Vanessa Paradis, dressed all in pink, was able to meet Virginie Ledoyen, Clémence Poésy and Charlotte Casiraghi. If the latter had stood out a few hours earlier at the Chanel fashion show in a chic pajamas set, in the evening she opted for a sequinned gala dress.
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Lupita Nyong’o also took care of her outfit for this big evening with the stars of the Paris Opera. The star of the films “Black Panther” and “Twelve Years a Slave” happily posed with her iridescent bowed cape under which she wore a little black dress. The actress found Belgian rapper Baloji there, with whom she spent a large part of the evening.
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The Stars have returned
The general director of the Paris National Opera, Alexander Neef, was naturally present alongside José Martinez, Director of Dance. They found the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati for a few photos, not far from the Étoiles dancers: Dorothée Gilbert, Ludmila Pagliero, Léonore Baulac, Valentine Colasante, Laura Hecquet, Hannah O’Neill, Bleuenn Battistoni, Sae Eun Park, Amandine Albisson, Mathieu Ganio, Germain Louvet, Hugo Marchand, Paul Marque, Guillaume Diop and Marc Moreau.
William Forsythe et Johan Inger on the programme
This 10th edition of the gala paid tribute to Hugues Gall, director of the Opera from 1995 to 2004, who died in 2024, who had initiated new shows still performed at the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille. The program began with the traditional Ballet Parade bringing together on stage the Stars, the First Dancers, the First Dancers, the Corps de Ballet, the students of the Dance School, and for the first time the Junior Ballet, created this year .
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It continued with the creation “ Word for Word » by My’Kal Stromile, in Chanel costumes, and by two works by William Forsythe: “ Rearray »a piece created in 2011 which entered the repertoire in a new version, and “ Blake Works I »created for the Opera Ballet in 2016 with electro music by James Blake. Finally, the dancers performed, for the first time, “ IMPASSE » by Swedish choreographer Johan Inger, who questions the relationship between the group and the individual to colorful music by Ibrahim Maalouf and Amos Ben-Tal.
At the end of the show, nearly 750 guests shared a dinner signed by Pierre Touitou, James Henry, Sandra Mielenhausen and Nicolas Rozier-Chabert.
