ballet dancers from europe wowed the audiences in delhi on wednesday evening with a mesmerizing performance the twohour ballet opera featured some of the bestknown french ballet pieces at the siri fort auditorium organised by institut franais india under its flagship indofrench cultural collaboration called bonjour india the eightpart performance was a tribute to the french masters of ballet like edith piaf george bizet and marius petipa with all the pieces inspired by parisagns letestu and audric bezard in les enfants du paradis bccl ranjit kumar agns letestu and audric bezard in les enfants du paradis bccl ranjit kumar named paris ballet legends the troupe performed to a packed house amidst loud applause and standing ovation from the audience the troupe included dancers from the famed paris opera ballet as well as several other leading ballet companies from europe such as the rome opera ballet and the cnd madrid the performance was directed by the troupes choreographer and artistic director frederic fontan while the opera itself was written by dr bertrand de hartingh counsellor for cooperation and cultural affairs director institut franais indiaveronique ziegler and alexandre ziegler the french ambassador bccl ranjit kumar veronique ziegler and alexandre ziegler the french ambassador bccl ranjit kumarmuriel zusperreguy and benjamin pech in la bayadre bccl ranjit kumar muriel zusperreguy and benjamin pech in la bayadrebccl ranjit kumar the eight pieces dealt with subjects ranging from love conquering death giselle to the triumph of evil over love la sylphide and even an adaptation of miguel de cervantes famous literary work don quixote maylis le pomellec a french national who had come to watch the ballet with her husband and kids said the pieces were very well selected and equally well choreographed it reminded me a lot of the performances i have seen back homehemant sagar and dr bertrand de hartingh counsellor for cooperation and cultural affairs director institut franais indiabccl ranjit kumar l hemant sagar and dr bertrand de hartingh counsellor for cooperation and cultural affairs director institut franais india bccl ranjit kumaraman nath and madhu trehan bccl ranjit kumar aman nath and madhu trehan bccl ranjit kumarsbastien bertaud and roxane stojanov perform the la sylphide bccl ranjit kumar sbastien bertaud and roxane stojanov perform the la sylphide bccl ranjit kumarbccl ranjit kumarbccl ranjit kumarmilan hovorka ambassador of czech republic to india bccl ranjit kumarmilan hovorka ambassador of czech republic to indiabccl ranjit kumarbccl ranjit kumar bccl ranjit kumarin the audience were the whos who of delhis art culture and diplomatic circle alexandre ziegler the french ambassador was the guest of honour for the evening which was also attended by milan hovorka the czech ambassador apart from several notable diplomats and socialites it was a wonderful evening i was so excited to be here and the performances were truly breathtaking all credits to our french colleagues for bringing the best of french culture to the heart of delhi said the czech ambassador0039an ode to french ballet masters at siri fort auditorium