The Rite of Spring / House

Lyon Opera Ballet

House:

Premiered in 2011 – created by the Batsheva Dance Company
Coproduction with Opéra de Lyon, Nuits de Fourvière
Reworked for the Lyon Opera Ballet – Premiere in June 2026

Sharon Eyal, one of the most famous choreographers in the world, blended ballet and clubbing into House, a techno-infused love letter to dance – and a novelty for our Ballet. The piece breaks down in several parts, each representing a room of the house inhabited by the dancers; but this world, this home, is in an crisis depicted through several solo or group sequences, echoing and melting into one another. The score, composed by techno music DJ Ori Lichtik, is a rhythmic combination of nightclub beats and ballet music, with contemporary undertones. While this ode to dance – in its every form – is deployed through sensuous yet exact gestures, its clinical quality is transcended by the deep emotion it conveys. Eerie half-robot, half-human bodies smoothly undulate in a flowing movement, suddenly broken by deliberate unbalance...
Discover the Opéra de Lyon Ballet in a whole new, hypnotic light.

The Rite of Spring:

Premiered in 2022 – created by the English National Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, London
With the support of Dance Reflections
by Van Cleef & Arpel

Intense controversy ensued when Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring premiered in 1913 in Paris, in the form of an all-time classic production choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky and performed by the Ballets Russes. This symphonic masterpiece has inspired dozens of choreographers to try and match the bursting energy and primal quality conveyed by this ritual celebration of a new season. The world-famous Mats Ek tackled the piece in 1984, reworking it in 2022 for the English National Ballet before introducing our own Ballet dancers to that latest version: this season, they are performing The Rite of Spring for the first time since 1982. Channelling the music’s tribal energy, powerful gestures and sensuous force, Mats Ek offers a bold and poetic take on the piece. The dancers’ performance is fuelled by the live accompaniment of their Orchestra counterparts, conducted by Christoph Altstaedt.

En résonance avec la Biennale de Lyon 2026

Distribution:

House:

Choreographer: Sharon Eyal
Assistant choreographer: Léo Lérus
Composer: Ori Lichtik
Costume designer: Maayan Goldman
Lighting designer: Alon Cohen
Lyon Opera Ballet

The Rite of Spring:

Choreographer: Mats Ek
Composer: Igor Stravinski
Costume and set designer: Marie-Louise Ekman
Stagers: Antonio Castilla, Ana Laguna
Lighting designer: Linus Fellbom
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon
Conductor: Christoph Altstaedt