Mathieu Ganio

Acting

Mathieu Ganio

Born 1984-03-16 · Marseille, France

Mathieu Ganio is a French danseur étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet.

Acting credits

La Sylphide poster
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La Sylphide refers to the Paris Opéra Ballet production choreographed by Pierre Lacotte. This acclaimed performance features Etoiles Aurélie Dupont and Mathieu Ganio and was recorded live at the Palais Garnier in July 2004.

La Sylphide

2004

Jewels poster
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Jewels, ballet in three parts choreographed by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet, recorded in October / November 2005 at the Opéra National de Paris.

Jewels

2005

Swan Lake poster
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Swan Lake returns to the stage of the Opéra national de Paris with Prima Ballerina Amandine Albisson in the role of Odette/Odile. Prince Siegfried and Rothbart are gracefully brought to life by Mathieu Ganio and François Alu. A ballet in four acts based on the libretto by Vladimir Begichev and Vassili Gueltzer.

Swan Lake

2016

A Life for Ballet poster
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A documentary on the life of the legendary ballet reconstructionist, Pierre Lacotte and his wife and longtime dance partner Ghislaine Thesmar.

A Life for Ballet

2012

Le Parc Ballet at the Opera de Paris poster
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To mark his forty-year career, choreographer Angelin Preljocaj has revived ‘Le Parc’, one of his most iconic works, at the Paris Opera. Set to music by Mozart, this romantic ballet depicts the games of love and chance, starring Alice Renavand and Mathieu Ganio.

Le Parc Ballet at the Opera de Paris

2025

Les Enfants du Paradis poster
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The choreographer brings the Paris of yesteryear back to life: the city of the Boulevard du Crime from the first half of the 19th century, with its artists, theaters, and cabarets. In a staging reminiscent of a movie set, the mime Baptiste bathes in his memories, tell about his encounter with Garance, his impossible love for a marvelous yet unattainable woman, the magical universe of the stage, life behind the scenes, and the tenuous line performers maintain between reality and illusion. Marc-Oliver Dupin's original score provides the musical backdrop for a choreography alternating between larger ensemble numbers and intimate love duets.

Les Enfants du Paradis

2008

La Petite Danseuse de Degas poster
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Paris Opera Ballet Master and choreographer Patrice Bart plunges into the Opera's past and brings Degas' famous statuette to life. From the rehearsal rooms to the Cabaret du Chat Noir, the ballet conjures up a colourful era and the lively backstage world of a theatre.

La Petite Danseuse de Degas

2011

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet poster
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A film by Frederick Wiseman following the ins and outs of 7 ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet.

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet

2009

Paris Opera Ballet: Le Parc poster
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Ballet in three acts (1994) Encore Screenings! ‘What has become of love today?’ asked Angelin Preljocaj in 1994, when he created Le Parc for the Paris Opera Ballet. Thirty years later, the world has changed again, but his timeless ballet has travelled around the world. In a French-style garden, the choreography draws us into the seduction games of the Grand Siècle and the Age of Enlightenment, appealing to our classical musical and literary imagination: famous works by Mozart, the Map of Tendre, Dangerous Liaisons. But Preljocaj breaks with tradition by introducing a contemporary soundtrack and a choreographic language composed of broken lines and sensual movements. Like the final pas de deux, where the bodies whirl around for a languorous kiss: a moment of grace that has become the signature of this ballet.

Paris Opera Ballet: Le Parc

2026

Léo Delibes: Coppélia — L’École de Danse de l’Opéra National de Paris poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Léo Delibes: Coppélia — L’École de Danse de l’Opéra National de Paris

The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala poster
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The year 2019 marks the 350th year of existence of the Opéra de Paris, and the Opéra national is staging two exceptional shows at the Palais Garnier in the form of an inaugural gala. Under the direction of Dan Ettinger, the principal dancers, soloists, corps de ballet and orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris will perform extracts from famous ballets as well as some of the most popular opera arias. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva, tenor Bryan Hymel and baritone Ludovic Tézier are among the headliners. A magical experience!

The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala

2018

Opéra de Paris, une saison (très) particulière poster
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The COVID-19 pandemic kept dancers from the Paris Opera away from their rehearsal studios and the stage for many months.

Opéra de Paris, une saison (très) particulière

2021

Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur poster
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Ballet en deux actes et treize tableaux du chorég. This is a live recording of a performance at Paris Garnier in 2007. Petit's earlier production for the Ballet de Marseille used more realistic stage sets, but the current Paris version has minimal stage sets. Also, the costumes were redesigned. Roland Petit created a ballet based on "In Search of Lost Time" for the Ballet de Marseille in the 1970s. Petit's intention was not to make a faithful adaptation of the novel, but to capture its flavour and convey, through a number of selected scenes, the narrator's incessant fluctuations between happiness and torment. The highlights are the series of poetical pas de deux.

Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur

2007

Paris Opera Ballet: GISELLE poster
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Encore screening from Paris Opera Ballet of 'Giselle', the ultimate romantic ballet.

Paris Opera Ballet: GISELLE

2025

Giselle (Palais Garnier) poster
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A staging of Adolphe Adam's ballet "Giselle" recorded at the Palais Garnier.

Giselle (Palais Garnier)

2020

Giselle (Mariinsky Theatre) poster
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It is a story in which the young heroine, dying from a broken heart, mysteriously hears the call of ghosts tempting her to join their round dance, and having become one of them she saves the lover who betrayed her.

Giselle (Mariinsky Theatre)

2016