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.