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Colette Masson

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Colette Masson began her career in 1966 when she met the lyric singer Régine Crespin. For forty years, she photographed the shows and the artists which marked the history of dance and lyric art in France, from the Garnier Opera house, to the Champs-Elysées Theater, or the festivals of Aix-en-Provence and Orange, from Nureyev and Pina Bausch to Placido Domingo and Pierre Boulez. The work she did with Maurice Béjart resulted in more than a thousand negatives that cover the entire career of the artist. Roger-Viollet is the exclusive distributor of Colette Masson's production -close to 600,000 negatives - worldwide.

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Roger-Viollet | 363298 | The Rite of Spring. Composer: Igor Stravinsky. Choreography and direction: Pina Bausch. Scenography, stage design and costumes: Rolf Borzik. Tanztheater Wuppertal dance company. Centenary of the ballet. Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on June 3rd, 2013. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
77208-5 DG
The Rite of Spring. Composer: Igor Stravinsky. Choreography and direction: Pina Bausch. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 163147 | Afternoon of Faun. Choreography: Jérôme Robbins. Composer: Claude Debussy. Stage design and lights: Jean Rosenthal. Costumes : Irène Sharaff. Conductor: Vello Pähn. Paris Opera orchestra. Hervé Moreau and Eleonora Abbagnato. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on April 30, 2013. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
77100-7 DG
Afternoon of Faun. Choreography: Jérôme Robbins. Composer: Claude Debussy. Stage design and lights: [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 685161 | Apollo (Apollon Musagète), music by Igor Stravinsky. Choreography by George Balanchine, performed by the New York City Ballet. Mikhail Baryshnikov. Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, September 1979. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
75248-25 DG
Apollo (Apollon Musagète), music by Igor Stravinsky. Choreography by George Balanchine, performed [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 315758 | Péchés de Jeunesse . Music by Gioacchino Rossini. Choreography: Jean-Guillaume Bart. Paris Opera ballet school. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on April 28, 2000. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
74927-7 DG
"Péchés de Jeunesse". Music by Gioacchino Rossini. Choreography: Jean-Guillaume Bart. Paris Opera [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 954690 | The Rite of Spring , choreography by Pina Bausch, music by Igor Stravinsky. Ballets of the Paris national Opera. Miteki Kudo and Wilfried Romoli. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on December 8, 2010. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
53626-11 DG
"The Rite of Spring", choreography by Pina Bausch, music by Igor Stravinsky. Ballets of the Paris [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 201560 | Le Rendez-vous , ballet by Joseph Kosma. Choreography and direction : Roland Petit. Writer : Jacques Prévert. Stage curtain : Pablo Picasso. Stage design : Brassaï. Costumes : Mayo. Lights : Jean-Michel Desire. Isabelle Ciaravola and Nicolas Le Riche. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on September 18, 2010. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
51959-7 DG
"Le Rendez-vous", ballet by Joseph Kosma. Choreography and direction : Roland Petit. Writer : [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 161216 | Kara Mi . Choreography, staging and conception: Ushio Amagatsu. Composers: Kako, Yoshikawa. Costumes: Masayo Lisuka. Sankai Juku troupe. Paris, Théâtre de la Ville, on April 26, 2010. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
49586-6 DG
"Kara Mi". Choreography, staging and conception: Ushio Amagatsu. Composers: Kako, Yoshikawa. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 454395 | Serait-ce la mort ? by Richard Strauss. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Nicolas Le Riche and Emilie Cozette. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on December 8, 2008. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
41263-8 DG
"Serait-ce la mort ?" by Richard Strauss. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Nicolas Le Riche and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 957466 | Songs of a Wayfarer . Music : Gustav Mahler. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Manuel Legris and Laurent Hilaire. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on December 8, 2008. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
41254-4 DG
"Songs of a Wayfarer". Music : Gustav Mahler. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Manuel Legris and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 441584 | The Rite of Spring . Music : Igor Stravinsky. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Jérémie Bélingard. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on December 8, 2008. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
41260-15 DG
"The Rite of Spring". Music : Igor Stravinsky. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Jérémie Bélingard. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 697800 | Dance . Choreography : Lucinda Childs. Music : Philipp Glass. Ballet of the Opéra national du Rhin. Paris, Théâtre de la Ville, on October 15, 2003. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
26372-6 DG
"Dance". Choreography : Lucinda Childs. Music : Philipp Glass. Ballet of the Opéra national du [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 703507 | Proust ou les intermittences du coeur , ballet choreographed by Roland Petit. Music : Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, César Franck, Reynaldo Hahn, Camille Saint-Saëns and Richard Wagner. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on February 27, 2007. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
26372-13 DG
"Proust ou les intermittences du coeur", ballet choreographed by Roland Petit. Music : Ludwig van [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 528642 | Pas/part , ballet on a music by Thom Willems. Choreography, scenography and lights : William Forsythe. Costumes : Stephen Galloway. Aurélien Houette. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on December 15, 2004. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
27158-2 DG
"Pas/part", ballet on a music by Thom Willems. Choreography, scenography and lights : William [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 836168 | A Midsummer Night's Dream , after the play by William Shakespeare. Choreography : John Neumeier. Music : Félix Mendelssohn and György Ligeti. Jean-Yves Lormeau. Opéra de Paris, May 1982. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
27305-5 DG
"A Midsummer Night's Dream", after the play by William Shakespeare. Choreography : John Neumeier. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 623114 | Les Triomphes de Pétrarque (The Triumphs of Petrarch). Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Music : Luciano Berio. Suzanne Farrell, Jorge Donn and Daniel Lommel. Paris, Palais des Congrès, 1974. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22291-16 DG
"Les Triomphes de Pétrarque" (The Triumphs of Petrarch). Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Music : [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 768858 | Notre Faust . Choreography by and with Maurice Béjart. Paris, Théâtre National de Chaillot, January 1976. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22484-1 DG
"Notre Faust". Choreography by and with Maurice Béjart. Paris, Théâtre National de Chaillot, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 746435 | Apollo (Apollon Musagète), ballet by George Balanchine, on a music by Igor Stravinsky. Rudolf Nureyev, Noëlla Pontois, Wilfride Piollet and Nanon Thibon. Opéra de Paris, December 1972. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22609-1 DG
Apollo (Apollon Musagète), ballet by George Balanchine, on a music by Igor Stravinsky. Rudolf [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 804977 | Etudes . Choreography : Harald Lander. Music : Carl Czerny. Arrangement and orchestration : Knudage Riisager. Conductor : Paul Connelly. Paris, Opéra Garnier, September 21, 2004. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22652-8 DG
"Etudes". Choreography : Harald Lander. Music : Carl Czerny. Arrangement and orchestration : [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 373748 | Swan Lake . Choreography after Vladimir Bourmeister and Marius Petipa. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Rudolf Nureyev. Paris, Cour carrée du Louvre, on July 8, 1973. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22653-3 DG
"Swan Lake". Choreography after Vladimir Bourmeister and Marius Petipa. Music : Pyotr Ilyich [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 625889 | Héliogabale . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Traditional music from the Chad. Karline Marion, Julien Favreau and the Béjart Ballet Lausanne. Lille (France), on December 26, 2004. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23076-25 DG
"Héliogabale". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Traditional music from the Chad. Karline Marion, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 839585 | La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust). Music : Hector Berlioz. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Text : Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Cyril Atanassof. Paris, Palais des Sports, on October 11, 1970. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23077-24 DG
"La Damnation de Faust" (The Damnation of Faust). Music : Hector Berlioz. Choreography : Maurice [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 992587 | La Luna . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Sylvie Guillem. Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet, December 1988. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23092-15 DG
"La Luna". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Sylvie Guillem. Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet, December 1988.
 
Roger-Viollet | 420763 | White Darkness , ballet by Nacho Duato. Music : Karl Jenkins. Marie-Agnès Gillot. Paris, Opéra Garnier, 9th of November 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23372-1 DG
"White Darkness", ballet by Nacho Duato. Music : Karl Jenkins. Marie-Agnès Gillot. Paris, Opéra [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 365041 | Proust ou les intermittences du coeur , ballet choreographed by Roland Petit. Music : Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, César Franck, Reynaldo Hahn, Camille Saint-Saëns and Richard Wagner. Paris Opera dance company : Stéphane Bullion and Mathieu Ganio. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on February 27, 2007. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
24662-11 DG
"Proust ou les intermittences du coeur", ballet choreographed by Roland Petit. Music : Ludwig van [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 515615 | Paradis Perdu . Choreography : Roland Petit. Music : Marius Constant. Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. Paris, Opéra Garnier, January 1967. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25163-3 DG
"Paradis Perdu". Choreography : Roland Petit. Music : Marius Constant. Rudolf Nureyev and Margot [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 659028 | Sleepless . Choreography : Jiri Kylian. Music : Dirk Haubrich after Mozart. Sarah Reynolds. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on May 9, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25163-10 DG
"Sleepless". Choreography : Jiri Kylian. Music : Dirk Haubrich after Mozart. Sarah Reynolds. Paris, [...]
Roger-Viollet | 423963 | Jewels / Diamonds , ballet choreographed by George Balanchine. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Costumes : Christian Lacroix. José Martinez. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on February 7, 2003. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25164-1 DG
"Jewels / Diamonds", ballet choreographed by George Balanchine. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 920131 | Speak for Yourself . Choreography : Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon. Music : Johann Sebastian Bach. Nederlands Dans Theater. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on May 13, 2003. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25164-5 DG
"Speak for Yourself". Choreography : Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon. Music : Johann Sebastian Bach. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 829024 | Nomos Alpha . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Paolo Bortoluzzi. Paris, Espace Cardin, June 1975. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25909-3 DG
"Nomos Alpha". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Paolo Bortoluzzi. Paris, Espace Cardin, June 1975.
Roger-Viollet | 171380 | Suite Flamenca . Choreographed and performed by Antonio Gadès. Théâtre de Paris, October 1984. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
33840-7 DG
"Suite Flamenca". Choreographed and performed by Antonio Gadès. Théâtre de Paris, October 1984.
 
Roger-Viollet | 180165 | Swan Lake . Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Agnès Letestu. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on November 1st, 1997. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
33022-2 DG
"Swan Lake". Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Music : Pyotr Ilyich [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 696832 | Pink Floyd Ballet . Choreography : Roland Petit. Music : Pink Floyd Ballet. Lucia Lacarra and Cyril Pierre. Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on September 9, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
31608-2 DG
"Pink Floyd Ballet". Choreography : Roland Petit. Music : Pink Floyd Ballet. Lucia Lacarra and [...]
Roger-Viollet | 977176 | Swan Lake . Choreography : Vladimir Bourmeister after Marius Petipa. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Nanon Thibon. Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, July 1971. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
28852-7 DG
"Swan Lake". Choreography : Vladimir Bourmeister after Marius Petipa. Music : Pyotr Ilyich [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 922098 | Vollmond (Full Moon). Choreography : Pina Bausch. Music : Amon Tobin and Alexander Balanescu. Stage design : Peter Pabst. Tanztheater Wuppertal dance company. Paris, Théâtre de la Ville, on June 15, 2007. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
27229-17 DG
Vollmond (Full Moon). Choreography : Pina Bausch. Music : Amon Tobin and Alexander Balanescu. Stage [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 201940 | The Nutcracker . Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Laurent Hilaire. Shooting for television. Bry-sur-Marne (France), December 1988. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
27170-6 DG
"The Nutcracker". Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Laurent Hilaire. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 281055 | Way Station . Choreography : Merce Cunningham. Music : Takehisa Kosugi. Stage design : Charles Long. Cunningham Dance Company. Paris, Théâtre de la Ville, November 2001. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
26712-3 DG
"Way Station". Choreography : Merce Cunningham. Music : Takehisa Kosugi. Stage design : Charles [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1030418 | Swan Lake III . Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Carole Arbo. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on December 15, 1994. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25728-6 DG
"Swan Lake III". Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Music : Pyotr [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 667198 | Ivan the Terrible . Choreography : Yury Grigorovich. Music : Serguei Prokofiev. José Martinez (Ivan). Paris, Opéra Bastille, on December 10, 2003. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25693-1 DG
"Ivan the Terrible". Choreography : Yury Grigorovich. Music : Serguei Prokofiev. José Martinez [...]
Roger-Viollet | 688134 | Etudes . Choreography : Harald Lander. Music : Carl Czerny. Noëlla Pontois, Cyril Atanassoff and Jean-Pierre Franchetti. Paris, Opéra Garnier, March 1976. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25693-2 DG
"Etudes". Choreography : Harald Lander. Music : Carl Czerny. Noëlla Pontois, Cyril Atanassoff and [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 958259 | Other Dance . Choreography by Jerome Robbins, music by Frédéric Chopin. Mikhail Baryshnikov, American Ballet Theatre. Paris, cour carrée du Louvre, July 1977. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25550-2 DG
"Other Dance". Choreography by Jerome Robbins, music by Frédéric Chopin. Mikhail Baryshnikov, [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 686588 | L'Ange Heurtebise . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Text : Jean Cocteau. Music : Manos Hadjidakis. Jorge Donn and Jean Marais. Brussels (Belgium), Cirque Royal, April 1972. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25550-16 DG
"L'Ange Heurtebise". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Text : Jean Cocteau. Music : Manos Hadjidakis. [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 986642 | Toki , buto dance. Choreography : Ushio Amagatsu. Music : Takashi Kako. Paris, Théâtre de la Ville, on December 14, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25163-19 DG
"Toki", buto dance. Choreography : Ushio Amagatsu. Music : Takashi Kako. Paris, Théâtre de la [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 562754 | Geometry of Quiet . Choreography : Trisha Brown. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on January 5, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25030-4 DG
"Geometry of Quiet". Choreography : Trisha Brown. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on January 5, 2006.
 
Roger-Viollet | 887765 | Bella Figura . Choreography : Jiri Kylian. Music : Giovanni Battista Pergolese, Antonio Vivaldi and Giuseppe Torelli. Dancers : Muriel Zusperreguy and Aurélie Dupont. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on March 15, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25030-5 DG
"Bella Figura". Choreography : Jiri Kylian. Music : Giovanni Battista Pergolese, Antonio Vivaldi [...]
Roger-Viollet | 795074 | L'Esquisse . Creations by and with Joëlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia. Paris, November 1981. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
25013-9 DG
"L'Esquisse". Creations by and with Joëlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia. Paris, November 1981.
 
Roger-Viollet | 525938 | Don Quixote , Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev, after Marius Petipa. Music : Luidwig Minkus. Costumes : Elena Rivkina. Opéra de Paris dance company. Aurélie Dupont. Paris, Opéra Bastille, on February 26, 2007. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
24610-6 DG
"Don Quixote", Choreography : Rudolf Nureyev, after Marius Petipa. Music : Luidwig Minkus. Costumes [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 681272 | Nijinsky, clown de Dieu . Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Music : Pierre Henry and Ludwig van Beethoven. Jorge Donn and Suzanne Farrell. Brussels (Belgium), November 1971. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
23086-19 DG
"Nijinsky, clown de Dieu". Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Music : Pierre Henry and Ludwig van [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 652676 | Boléro . Music : Maurice Ravel. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Ballet dancers from the Paris Opera : Nicolas Le Riche (centre). Paris, Opera Bastille, on June 17, 2006. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22415-5 DG
"Boléro". Music : Maurice Ravel. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Ballet dancers from the Paris Opera [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 266711 | The Rite of Spring II composed by Igor Stravinsky. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Lights : Clément Cayrol. Costumes : Henri Davila. Julien Favreau, Kateryna Shalkina and the Béjart Ballet Lausanne dance company. Paris, Palais des Sports, on May 25, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22371-6 DG
"The Rite of Spring II" composed by Igor Stravinsky. Choreography : Maurice Béjart. Lights : [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 525289 | L'Arlésienne , ballet after a drama by Alphonse Daudet. Choreography : Roland Petit. Music : Georges Bizet. Jérémie Belingard and Isabelle Ciaravola. Paris, Opéra Garnier, on July 1st, 2005. | © Colette Masson / Roger-Viollet
22361-16 DG
"L'Arlésienne", ballet after a drama by Alphonse Daudet. Choreography : Roland Petit. Music : [...]