The version that José Carlos Martínez premiered in spring 2020, with the Rome Opera Ballet has won the Danza&Danza award for the best classical production of the year in Italy.

José Carlos Martínez has made history by being the only choreographer who has participated, two consecutive years, in the Vienna New Year’s Concert. His choreographies have once again garnered great critical and public success.

For the second consecutive year, the dancer and choreographer José Carlos Martínez will be responsible for the New Year’s concert in Vienna.

“In his role as choreographer, Jose C. Martínez confirms a totally exceptional generosity and theatrical sense”. Arianne bavelier

Les Enfants du Paradis, created in 2008, is José Martinez’s first major ballet for the Company. Through the memories of the mime Baptiste, the choreography brings to life a long-gone Paris, revealing the magical world of entertainment where the frontiers between reality and illusion are sometimes so tenuous.

Music: Marc-Olivier Dupin
Choreography: José Martinez (Opéra national de Paris, 2008)
Adaptation: François Roussillon et José Martinez
Sets: Ezio Toffolutti
Costumes: Agnès Letestu
Lighting: André Diot
The Étoiles, Principal Dancers and Corps de Ballet 
Paris [...]