Bruno Bouché

Bruno Bouché has been Director of the Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin since 2017. He joined the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris in 1996 and danced under the direction of Brigitte Lefèvre, performing a repertoire ranging from Rudolf Nureyev to Pina Bausch, via William Forsythe and Angelin Preljocaj. He has signed his own choreographies since 2003, which he regularly presents at the Palais Garnier and throughout the world. For the Opéra national du Rhin, he has created Fireflies (2018), 40D (2019), Les Ailes du désir (2021) after Wim Wenders, They Shoot Horses Don't They? after Horace McCoy (2023) with Clément Hervieu-Léger and Daniel San Pedro, Pour le reste (2024) and recreated Bless ainsi soit-Il (2018) and Nous ne cesserons pas (2024) based on the Liszt sonata performed by pianist Tanguy de Williencourt. In 2026, he will create a new choreography for the Chemnitz Theatre Ballet: Caravaggio or the Silence of Our Heartbeats.