Children of Paradise

The running time includes one intermission.

Inspired by Jacques Prévert’s scenario for Marcel Carné’s film, José Martinez brings to life 19th-century Paris, revealing a magical and mysterious world. Choreography by José Martinez. Music by Marc-Olivier Dupin.

Paris, mid-19th century, shortly before the 1848 Revolution. On Boulevard du Crime, where most theatres were concentrated. Mime Baptiste Debureau and actor Frédérick Lemaitre are two young emerging artists of the Théâtre des Funambules. Their lives cross with Garance, a very beautiful young woman who has lived a lot. Baptiste falls in in love with her but Frédérick is the one who manages to win her favours. Garance conceals a grim secret: she is involved in crimes committed by Lacenaire, an anarchist and a murderer. To escape her past, Garance flees and and marries a nobleman. Seven years later, Debureau and Lemaitre are now famous artists; Garance reappears.