“Play” is a full evening ballet in two acts by Alexander Ekman, with a score by Mikael Karlsson.

It premiered December 2 2017 with the Paris Opera Ballet.
It featured the singer Callie Day and percussionist Adélaïde Ferrière, a string quartet, a saxophone quartet and a pianist.

“Play” has been brought back to the Paris Opera Palais Garnier several times due to popular demand. The show has been performed more than 60 times at the Paris Opera.

From the Paris Opera website:

Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman’s first ballet for the dancers of the Paris Opera, Play, had its world premiere at the Palais Garnier in December 2017. The choreographer brings the performers onto a vast playground where emotions and imagination are given free rein. To an original score by Mikael Karlsson the dancers’ bodies metamorphose into stag-like silhouettes or dive into a field of coloured balls. A performance replete with communicative energy, Play combines dance, theatre, music and song in a profound, festive and at times farcical spirit that is rich with humour.