Coming of age, the world of dreams and innocence: these are the themes addressed by the timeless story of Peter Pan. With the Ballet of Lights dance show in Paris, you’ll finally have the chance to visit Neverland. Let Peter Pan guide you, let the magic powder carry you, and admire the dancers and their luminous costumes as they tell you this wonderful story, in an artistic discipline practiced in France since the court of Louis XIV.
The fabulous Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell will be the setting for this light show. Right in the heart of Paris’s 10th arrondissement, this historic monument will be the perfect setting to tell you the story of the child who didn’t want to grow up.
Ballet of Lights brings Peter Pan back to Paris
There’s something inexplicably magical about the ballet, and Tink would surely be jealous. Unfortunately, she’ll have to share the limelight with this all-encompassing art form. Modern elements will compliment the ballet’s more classic and inseparable elements, making the costumes shine with integrated lighting, for example. Every movement, emotion and even mood will be conveyed through both dance and costume color changes.
All the conditions are in place to follow the adventures of Peter, Wendy, her brothers and Captain Hook in a show where time stands still for an hour, in the image of the fabulous and fearsome Neverland.
Peter Pan told in light, music and dance
Ballet is a complex art form, combining dance, music and theater. It uses these elements to tell a story, and in “Ballet of Lights”, J. M. Barrie ‘s Peter Pan comes to life on stage. Tackling rich themes such as the boundary between reality and imagination, the refusal to grow up, the passage of time and the notion of good and evil, he adapts perfectly to this fairy-tale format.
As for the music, the rhythm of Brahms ‘Hungarian Dance No. 5 perfectly conveys the playful, unpredictable spirit of the imaginary world. Mendelssohn ‘s A Midsummer Night’s Dream evokes a fantastical, fairy-tale world, while excerpts from Mahler ‘s 4th Symphony explore the innocence of childhood through a paradisiacal vision of the world, in the image of lost children.
Immerse yourself in the story of the child who didn’t want to grow up, with “Ballet of Lights” in Paris. Dance becomes the most beautiful of languages, telling us the fabulous story of Peter Pan.