Rooftops

A picture from “In Situ — dans les coulisses de l’Opéra de Paris” by Pierre-Élie de Pibrac, Éditions Clémentine de la Féronnière (Paris, 2014). Photo: Pierre-Élie de Pibrac/Agence Vu.

Opera Game

Paris Opera ballet dancers perform outside Palais Garnier in protest against pension reform. Photo: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP.

Swans in Rehearsal

Ballet dancers in white tutus performed scenes from Swan Lake on the forecourt of the Paris Opera on Tuesday in a show of support for the French strike against the government’s pension reforms. “No swan can maintain a level of excellence until 64”, they protest. Photo: AFP.

The Stars Must Wait

Yvette Chauviré, (born in Paris on April 22, 1917), the Grande Dame of French ballet, has died at the age of 99 at her home in Paris on October 19. She is pictured above at the Paris Opera on 6 November 1937. Photo: AFP/Getty Images.