Regarder le ballet romantique dans Les Illusions perdues de Vladimir Dmitriev, Leonid Desyatnikov et Alexei Ratmansky

The ballet Illusions perdues stresses the importance of the presence of dancers in Balzac’s Paris and stages the relationship between Lucien and theatrical illusions, but it fails to recreate Balzac’s critical portrait of greedy and treacherous dancers. Despite its flaws, this adaptation allows us to consider Balzac’s place in the history of dance.