Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Carmen” is many things: a novella (by Prosper Mérimée) inspired by a Pushkin poem (“The Gypsies”); a classic Bizet opera inspired ...

Carmen is a musical drama directed by Benjamin Millepied — a former principal in the New York City Ballet, director of dance in the Paris Opera Ballet and choreographer of Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 ...

Ballet star Benjamin Millepied directs an opera-free 'Carmen' that can't decide if it's a dance piece, an avant-garde musical or a straight-up melodrama. Yet this flamenco-inspired “Carmen” is often ...

Dance is a primordial force in “Carmen,” French choreographer-turned-director Benjamin Millepied’s debut. Vaguely inspired by Georges Bizet’s 19th century opera of the same name, the evocative, if ...

The moment Sara Jerez-Marlow saw the Spanish flamenco film "Carmen," she fell in love with the intricate dance. At the time, Jerez-Marlow was studying biology and pursuing a degree in medicine. "But ...

“Carmen” is many things: a novella (by Prosper Mérimée) inspired by a Pushkin poem (“The Gypsies”); a classic Bizet opera inspired by that novella; an archetype wrought by said opera of the sexy, ...