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For more than two centuries, the Ballet de l'Opéra national du Capitole has been dedicated to lyrical art: it dances the divertissements of the operas presented on the stage of the Théâtre du Capitole. It was not until 1949 that evenings entirely devoted to dance were offered, at the initiative of Louis Orlandi, ballet master and choreographer. But it was only with the appointment of Nanette Glushak (1994 – 2012) and Kader Belarbi (2012 – 2023) as directors of the Ballet du Capitole that the Toulouse troupe would become a ballet company in the full sense of the term, with works by the most prestigious choreographers in its repertoire: Marius Petipa, Serge Lifar, Maurice Béjart, Roland Petit, John Cranko, John Neumeier, Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Uwe Scholz, Rudolf Nureyev, Nacho Duato, Carolyn Carlson, Thierry Malandain, David Dawson…
