Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris - Proust ou Les intermittences du Coeur
PROUST OU LES INTERMITTENCES DU COEUR
after « A la Recherche du temps perdu »
a Ballet by Roland Petit
Music by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Cesar Franck, Reynaldo Hahn, Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Wagner.
In 1974 Roland Petit was the first to propose a choreographic adaptation of the novel, ahead of the first cinematographic transposition. First performed in Monte Carlo by the Marseille Ballet, Les intermittences du Coeur soon toured the world.
It was finally performed at the Palais Garnier in December 1988.
After Goethe, Merimée and Hugo, the choreographer continued his exploration of major texts. He has remained loyal to his belief that literature contains “the most beautiful ballet stories that one can imagine”.