Ballet Biarritz: The Seasons

Audiences can experience this extraordinary production at Detroit Opera and the Wharton Center for Performing Arts (Michigan State University in East Lansing), where the company’s artistry will shine on two prestigious stages.

The Seasons brings together Antonio Vivaldi’s famous Four Seasons with a parallel set by his contemporary, Giovanni Antonio Guido, in one bold and breathtakingly graceful program. Though both composers present musical celebrations of nature, Guido spent most of his adult life in France, and his Four Seasons—likely inspired by a series of paintings by Antoine Watteau—are clearly influenced by French style. The juxtaposition of the two sets makes Vivaldi’s sound brand new—and look it, too—as the brilliant Malandain Ballet Biarritz proves its excellence once again in a choreography of supreme kinetic elegance, striking geometry, and captivating design.

April 26-27, 2025 – Detroit Opera

April 29, 2025 – Wharton Center for Performing Arts (MSU) – East Lansing

With its stunning choreography, rich musical contrasts, and breathtaking performance, The Seasons reaffirms Malandain Ballet Biarritz’s place at the forefront of dance innovation, bringing the past and present into a vivid and moving dialogue on stage.