biography

Founded in 1993 by Béatrice Massin, Fêtes Galantes elaborates on the many aspects of baroque dance.

The confrontation between baroque style and contemporary dance gives birth to a specific writing.

By steering clear of any attempt at reconstitution, the company chose to bring forward, in our time, a kind of baroque that would interest the contemporary.

2012, Creation in June : Terpsichore (Rebel, Haendel) 

            Created in February : Fantaisies (Marais/ Lully, Courbois, Nougaro/Vivaldi, Bach)

2011, revival of Francine Lancelot’s choreographies for Lully’s opera Atys

Premiere of La Belle Dame (Lully, Rameau, Rebel)

2009, Songes (Lully, Charpentier, Vivaldi, Purcell)

2007, Un air de Folies (Marais, Lambert, Guédron, Bataille, Boesset).

2006, Un Voyage d’hiver (Schubert).

2002, Que ma joie demeure (Bach).

1999, choreography for Gérard Corbiau’s film Le roi danse.

1993, choregraphy for the opera Médée (Charpentier). Stage direction: JM. Villégier. Musical direction: W. Christie.

Founded in 2003, L’Atelier baroque was born out of Fêtes Galantes’ constant preoccupation with education. A tool for research and transmitting knowledge, its main goal is to organize education programmes as well as train dance professionals. It acts mainly as a bridge between past and future.