CCN – Ballet

Housed in the former Gare du Midi, the Centre Chorégraphique National Malandain Ballet Biarritz is now a major centre of cultural life in the New Aquitaine region.

Thierry Malandain

At the helm of the Biarritz ballet since 1998, Thierry Malandain is a prolific creator whose work is resolutely modern and imbued with a human touch.

Repertoire

The repertoire of the CCN Ballet de Biarritz includes over twenty works, including such famous creations by Thierry Malandain as Cinderella, Bolero, Carmen, L’Oiseau de feu and La Belle et la Bête.

Tours 2024-2025

News

New Governance

Clément Hervieu-Léger, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz National Choreographic Center Following the appointment of Ms. Catherine Pégard as Minister of Culture, Mr. Clément Hervieu-Léger was elected, on Thursday, March 5, as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz. The members of the Board warmly thanked Ms. Catherine Pégard […]

DOBLA takes action

In their shared commitment to structure a network for dance and artists in both the Northern and Southern Basque Country by joining forces, the CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz, the Communauté d’Agglomération Pays Basque, the Basque Government, the Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, the City of Errenteria, and Dantzaz have come together to launch the first initiatives of the “Dobla” […]

Audition – Choreographic Artists (Classical and Contemporary Dance)

Founded in 1998 in Biarritz at the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and the City of Biarritz, with the support of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departmental Council, Malandain Ballet Biarritz is one of the nineteen National Choreographic Centres (CCN) in France. The company is notably distinguished by the permanence of its artistic ensemble, composed of […]

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Activities

Awareness-raising, mediation and artistic and cultural education

Workshops for children, master classes, public rehearsals, Malandain Ballet Biarritz offers an active and voluntary policy of introducing audiences to dance.

Accueil Studio

Ouvert à toutes les esthétiques et tous les styles, le Malandain Ballet Biarritz soutient chaque année de nombreuses compagnies de danse.

Artiste associé

Le jeudi 10 novembre 2022, Thierry Malandain et Jon Maya respectivement directeurs et chorégraphes du Malandain Ballet Biarritz et de Kukai Dantza ont officialisé par la signature d’une convention leur coopération. Dans le cadre de la mesure mise en place par le ministère de la Culture, Jon Maya devient ainsi artiste associé au Centre Chorégraphique National de Biarritz pour une période de trois ans, à la suite du bayonnais Martin Harriague.

Pôle de coopération chorégraphique

Le Pôle de coopération chorégraphique du grand Sud-Ouest associe trois ballets et trois figures majeures qui portent l’esthétique de la danse dans la région.

Pôle Chorégraphique Territorial

Le projet Ballet T associe le Teatro Victoria Eugenia de San Sebastián et le Malandain Ballet Biarritz pour accompagner des deux côtés de la frontière l’essor de l’art Chorégraphique sur le territoire du Pays Basque.

Festival le Temps d’Aimer la Danse

Le Temps d’Aimer la Danse is a generous and civic-minded festival, a festive occasion for all lovers of dance and accessible to all. One of the few European festivals to give pride of place to ballets and large ensembles, it lasts 10 days in September in Biarritz.

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