


An idealized love is born in his mind, along with the prohibition that it represents.

To escape from the dreary destiny that is being prepared for him, he brings the vision of the lake, this “elsewhere” for which he yearns, into his life. Reared on romantic reading, his desire for infinity has been fired and he refuses the reality of the power and the marriage forced on him by his tutor and his mother. “To me, Swan Lake is one long daydream of prince Siegfried. Throughout the year, on all its long-haul flights, Air France offers more than 1,400 hours of video on demand, including an "Arts and Culture" selection offering films from the Paris Opera’s new online platform “3e Scène”, highlighting dance and featuring a behind-the-scenes tour of the Paris Opera.Piotr Ilytch Tchaïkovski – Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Swan Lake seen by Rudolf Nureyev The dancers' surprise performance on board an Air France flight from Shanghai to Paris celebrated the end of the Paris Opera ballet's tour of Asia.Īir France and the Paris Opera share many common values and contribute to France's influence throughout the world by promoting its culture and way of life. The company carried 151 members of the Opera (dancers, coaches, technical teams, …) from Paris to Singapore and Shanghai, the two cities on their Asian tour. The dancers were therefore able to offer a unique ballet performance, to the famous music of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.Īir France, official partner and carrier of the Paris Opera ballet's Asian tour.įrom June 21 to July 5, 2019, Air France was the official partner and carrier of the Paris Opera ballet's Asian tour. During the flight, 10 dancers from the Paris Opera performed a ballet in the sky in all cabins, to the delight of all the passengers on board.įor the occasion, Yvon Demol, a dancer from the Paris Opera, created an original choreography, specially adapted to the space available in the aisles of the aircraft. On July 6, 2019, Air France, in partnership with the Paris Opera, surprised its passengers on flight AF117 from Shanghai to Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
