And while the Los Angeles engagement will be her last with the company (she leaves at the end of July), Dupont is nevertheless excited about working with Dudamel and the LA Phil on their home turf. Turning 50 next January, the ballerina spent nearly 40 years with POB, first in the school and then rising through the ranks from member of the corps to étoile (in 1998) to, finally (in 2016), director of dance.

So why not invite a few friends to dance under the stars in a venue celebrating its centennial?įor Aurélie Dupont, the engagement will prove to be, well, a swan song of sorts. The auspicious performances also owe, in no small part, to the fact that in August of last year, Dudamel took over as music director of the Paris Opera. Indeed, on July 20 and 21, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by its Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, will accompany members of the Paris Opera Ballet in a program of solos, duets, and ensembles (tickets here). And while world-class dance troupes - including the Martha Graham Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and The Joffrey Ballet - have leapt, pirouetted, and bourréed across the Bowl’s iconic stage, the Paris Opera Ballet (POB) is only now making its long-awaited debut in the Cahuenga Pass.

From Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, and the Beatles to Vladimir Horowitz, Igor Stravinsky, and yes, even Liberace, the Bowl has featured the planet’s biggest musical names in its 100-year history.

Sae Eun Park in the Paris Opera Ballet’s Swan Lake | Credit: Julien Benhamou/Paris Operaįor music lovers of all stripes, there’s no place like the Hollywood Bowl.

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