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WAITING PLACES

SATYAGRAHA
Opera

Direction & Choreography

Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber

 

Musical Direction
Ingo Metzmacher

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Music

Philip Glass

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Singers 

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Davóne Tines, Adriana Bignagni Lesca, Olivia Boen, Deepa Johnny, Amin Ahangaran, Nicky Spence, Nicolas Cavallier & the Paris Opera Chorus

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Dancers

Alexander Bozinoff, Lorrin Brubaker, Jeremy Coachman, Jonathan Fredrickson, Marion Gautier de Charnacé, Awa Joannais, Héloïse Jocqueviel, Payton Johnson, Rachel McNamee, Mermoz Melchior, Adrien Ouaki, Ido Toledano

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Assistant Choreographer

Doug Letheren

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Scenography
Christian Friedländer

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Light Designer

John Torres​

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Costume Design

Wojciech Dziedzic

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Dramaturgy

Jacob Bird

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Commissioned by the Paris Opera (AD Alexander Neef)

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Premiered April 2026, at the Palais Garnier, Paris, France

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Duration

3.5 hours

Images by Yonathan Kellerman
Video by Tommy Pascal

PRESS

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“A thunderous entry into the Paris Opera repertoire.”

   — Le Monde

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“What an emotion!… Opera has the power to do good. And to re-enchant the world.”
   — Le Figaro

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The historical figures fade, yet the political message remains timeless; the struggle against violence through endurance and resistance.”

   — Dìapason​

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“One senses the infinite breath of history and humanity emanating from the work.”
   — Bachtrack

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“The theatre becomes choreography — an embodied illustration of nonviolence.”

   — ClassiqueNews

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“A long-awaited conquest… crowned with undeniable success.”
   — La Terrasse

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“A very successful staging and choreography.”
   — Transfuge
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“The precision and beauty of the movement transcend storytelling… A political and timeless language of bodies.”
   — Classykeo

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“Choreography of great beauty, performed with deeply committed expressivity.”
   — Première Loge

 

“A moment of grace and strangeness—deeply needed in our time.”
   — Artistik Rezo

 

“Non-violence lies in the way bodies move in relation to one another.”
   — Olytix

The Broken Theater is a dance collective founded by

directors and choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber 

CONTACT

Garen Scribner  —  garen@pilotmgmt.org

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