The Malandain Ballet Biarritz was created in 1998 in

Biarritz Biarritz ( , , , ; also spelled ; ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. It is a luxu ...

. It is one of 19 National Choreographic Centers ( Centres Chorégraphiques Nationaux) in France. The Malandain Ballet Biarritz is directed by its choreographer Thierry Malandain, has 22 dancers, and focuses on

contemporary ballet Contemporary ballet is a dance genre that incorporates elements of classical ballet and modern dance. It employs classical ballet technique and in many cases classical pointe technique as well, but allows a greater range of movement of the upper ...

and

neoclassical ballet Neoclassical ballet is the style of 20th-century classical ballet exemplified by the works of George Balanchine. The term "neoclassical ballet" appears in the 1920s with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, in response to the excesses of romanti ...

. Since its creation, the Malandain Ballet Biarritz has been located in the Gare du Midi of

, a former railway station that has been transformed into a theater.

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Unless otherwise noted, choreographies are exclusively creations by for the Malandain Ballet Biarritz. * 2021 ''The Firebird'', choreography Thierry Maladain; ''The Rite of Spring'', choreography by Martin Harriague /

Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of ...

* 2017 * 2016 * 2015 ''Beauty and the Beast'' /

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular ...

* 2014 ''Estro'' /

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

* 2014 ''Nocturnes'' / Chopin * 2013 ''Cinderella'' /

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

* 2012 ''Silhouette'' /

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

* 2012 ''Last Song'' / French traditional songs / received on 14 June 2012 the Syndicat de la Critique's main prize * 2011 ''Lucifer'' / Connesson * 2010 ''Roméo et Juliette'' /

Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

* 2009 ''Magifique'' /

* 2008 ''Le Portrait de l'infante'' /

Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

* 2008 '' L'Amour sorcier'' / De Falla * 2006 ''Don Juan'' /

Gluck Christoph Willibald ( Ritter von) Gluck (; ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire at ...

* 2005 ''Les petits riens'' /

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

* 2004 ''Sang des étoiles'' /

Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

, Waldteufel,

Strauss Strauss, Strauß, or Straus is a common Germanic surname. Outside Germany and Austria ''Strauß'' is usually spelled ''Strauss'' (the letter " ß" is not used in the German-speaking part of Switzerland). In classical music, "Strauss" most com ...

Minkus Minkus may refer to: People * Christian Minkus (1770–1849), German politician; * Ludwig Minkus, Ludwig (Leon) Minkus (1826-1917), Austrian ballet composer and violinist, best known for his work in Russia; * Jacques Minkus (1901-1996), philate ...

* 2003 ''Cigale'' /

Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884 ...

* 2003 ''Les créatures'' /

* 2002 ''La mort du cygne'' / Saint-Saëns * 2002 ''Le Biches'' / Poulenc * 2001 ''Fleur de pierre'' /

* 2001 ''Boléro'' /

* 2001 ''Spectre de la rose'' /

von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic in the early Romantic period. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German ''Romant ...

* 2000 ''Chambre d’amour'' / Cabalette * 1999 ''Le Carillon'' /

* 1999 ''Le Cid'' /

* 1998 ''Perre de lune'' / Britten * 1998 ''Ouverture Cubaine'' / Gershwin

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* {{authority control Ballet companies in France Biarritz

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