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Ballet Pirate by Théatre du Capitole de Toulouse in Beijing

Date: Nov 22-23－7:30 pm

Venue: NCPA

Price: 120-580 yuan

The Théatre du Capitole de Toulouse is an opera house and ballet company located within the main administration buildings, the Capitole, of the city of Toulouse in southwest France. The first performance space, a salle du jeu de spectacle, was created in the building in 1736 by Guillaume Cammas. Following a period of neglect, the current space was created during the rebuild of 1818. Michel Plasson was responsible for the artistic direction of the company from 1973. He was followed by Jacques Doucet in 1981, by Nicolas Joel in 1991, and by Frédéric Chambert in 2009, after Joel's move to the Opéra national de Paris. Chambert's first season was marked by the use of alternate spaces while the theater was renovated, and the theater was re-opened for the beginning of the 2010-11 season.