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In Act III of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s ballet, La Belle, see the longest kiss in dance: 2 minutes and 13 seconds! Why so much love? Because with the Choreographer-Director of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, nothing ever happens as expected. There was no way he was going to settle for the traditional kiss chastely deposited on the lips of the passive sleeping beauty. Through this long embrace, life reasserts itself and offers a breath of fresh air to both lovers. Victims of illusions which adults built around them, both had plunged into a kind of long slumber. With this kiss, they decide together what their reality will be henceforth: a long and infinite embrace ...

From 26 to 30 April 2023 go to the Grimaldi Forum to see our Lovers on stage!