The New York City Ballet performs in Paris after an eight year absence. The production revolves around three great French composers who inspired NYCB founder George Balanchine: Charles Gounod, Maurice Ravel and Georges Bizet. The four ballets performed encapsulate Balanchine’s genius and his very own neo-classical style, they also provide a particular insight on the bonds that tied Balanchine to France. What is known today as Walpurgisnacht Ballet was a ballet choreographed for the opera Faust at the Paris Opera in 1975, it premiered as an independent piece in New York in 1980. Sonatine set to a music by Maurice Ravel, was created by two New York City Ballet's French principals, the recently departed Violette Verdy and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. La Valse was originally composed by Ravel for the Ballets Russes and Serge Diaghilev, then exiled in France, shortly before Balanchine entered the company. Symphony in C better known as Le Palais de Cristal, premiered at the Paris Opera.

纽约市芭蕾舞团在缺席八年后在巴黎演出。这部作品围绕着三位伟大的法国作曲家展开，他们启发了 NYCB 创始人乔治·巴兰钦：查尔斯·古诺、莫里斯·拉威尔和乔治·比才。表演的四部芭蕾舞剧集中了巴兰钦的天才和他自己的新古典主义风格，它们还提供了对巴兰钦与法国的纽带的特殊见解。今天被称为 Walpurgisnacht Ballet 的芭蕾舞剧是 1975 年在巴黎歌剧院为歌剧《浮士德》编排的，1980 年在纽约作为独立作品首演。芭蕾舞团的法国校长，最近离开的 Violette Verdy 和 Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux。La Valse 最初是由 Ravel 为 Ballets Russes 和 Serge Diaghilev 创作的，然后在巴兰钦进入公司前不久被流放到法国。C大调交响曲更广为人知的是水晶宫，在巴黎歌剧院首演。