The Ballets de Monte-Carlo have pulled back the curtain on their 2026/2027 season, promising a typically ambitious mix of landmark revivals, high-profile collaborations, and international touring following last year’s 40th-anniversary celebrations.
Under the direction of Jean-Christophe Maillot, the upcoming calendar leans heavily into the company’s vast 180-ballet repertoire while continuing to embrace the wider contemporary dance landscape across its three pillars: the Compagnie, the Monaco Dance Forum, and the Académie Princesse Grace.
Echoes of history, visions of today
The season will open at the Salle Garnier from 29th October to 1st November 2026, with Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette. Celebrating its 30th anniversary after more than 400 performances worldwide, the production remains renowned for telling the classic tragedy through the deep guilt and regret of Friar Lawrence, who looks back in torment over how his actions led to the lovers’ deaths.
From the 19th to the 21st December, the Grimaldi Forum will host two very different dance pieces together. The first is Bronia, a tribute piece created by the dance group Kor’sia. The second is Altro Canto, a spiritual dance set to music by Monteverdi with costumes designed by Karl Lagerfeld.
Closing out the winter calendar from 28th December 2026 to 2nd January 2027, Maillot’s Ma Bayadère is set to return to the Grimaldi Forum following sell-out performances last year, accompanied live by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo under the baton of conductor Garrett Keast.
Spring festivals and world premieres
The Monaco Dance Forum will take over the Principality in April 2027, bringing a diverse line-up of international names to local stages. Highlights will feature Aakash Odedra’s Songs of the Bulbul on 22nd April, an inclusive creation by Cécile Martinez and Compagnie 6eSens on 23rd April, and a prestigious WINNDance bill on 24th April featuring choreography by John Neumeier and Javier de Frutos with costumes by Hugo Boss. Acclaimed flamenco artist Israel Galván will also bring his powerful staging of The Rite of Spring to the Salle Garnier on 26th April.
Spring will culminate in a dedicated Bartók evening running from 27th April to 2nd May 2027, featuring two world premieres at the Grimaldi Forum. This showcase will present a fresh reimagining of Maillot’s The Miraculous Mandarin, originally created in 1987, alongside Alexei Ratmansky’s The Wooden Prince, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo once again in the orchestra pit.
Summer wrap and open-air events
The summer schedule will shift entirely to the Salle Garnier for a trio of distinct runs. La Mégère apprivoisée will take the stage from 24th to 27th June, followed by a shared bill of Paul Lightfoot’s See You and George Balanchine’s Violin Concerto from 8th to 11th July, and concluding with Maillot’s perennial favorite Cinderella from 22nd to 25th July.
Beyond traditional theatre walls, dance will spill out into the public square on 17th May 2027, when Maillot will take the artistic reins of the opening ceremony for the Games of the Small States of Europe at the Place du Palais Princier. Meanwhile, the Académie Princesse Grace will stage its annual student graduation gala on 18th and 19th June.
Global touring and ticketing
True to their role as cultural ambassadors for the Principality, the company maintains a packed international itinerary through 2026 and 2027, taking productions to Antwerp, Brussels, Baku, Cairo, Rabat, Hanover, China, Cagliari, and Ludwigshafen.
Tickets and multi-show subscription packages are available now through the official Ballets de Monte-Carlo and Monte-Carlo Ticket platforms, as well as via the box offices at the Atrium du Casino and the Grimaldi Forum.
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The Ballets de Monte-Carlo. Photo credit: Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer