Though he has guested abroad (including London), he has always been loyal to the Paris Opera Ballet.
Smiling with tears in his eyes, he acknowledged the standing ovation and rhythmical applause from the packed opera house, the theatre in which he had spent his 35 years as a dancer. (The Paris Opera Ballet doesn’t go in for floral tributes for men and the boxes are too far away for flower throws.) He was still gleaming with sweat from his orgiastic performance as the central figure in Béjart’s Boléro – a rare indulgence for a renowned étoile without an overweening ego.
See the entire gala on the Paris Opera Ballet websiteĪ cascade of glittering foil showered down on Nicolas Le Riche at the end of his farewell gala in the sumptuous Palais Garnier. Où allez-vous?, Les Forains excerpt, Graduation Ball solo, Raymonda Act II excerpt, L’Après-midi d’un faune, Le Jeune homme et la mort, Appartement excerpt, Caligula excerpt, Boléro © Sébastien Mathé / Opéra national de Paris.
Nicolas Le Riche farewell – final curtain calls.
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