Palais des Sports (Paris)

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Palais de Sports is an indoor sporting arena located in Paris, France.

The Palais des Sports was built in 1960 to replace the old Vel’ d’Hiv. at the Porte de Versailles. With a capacity of 4,500 seats, it was the largest venue in Paris. The architects and engineers created a dome with the lightest structure ever designed in the world made of 1,100 aluminium panels. From the first season, the Palais de Sports presented big shows and concerts as Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, the Harlem Globetrotters, Holiday on Ice, … but also boxing matches and became one of the main center of attraction of box in the world. In years, hundreds of thousand people from all over the world has come to the Palais des Sports to applause music hall and sports legends, dancers, ice skaters, circus shows, musical shows (Les Dix Commandements, Le Roi Soleil) and other shows as the ones directed by Robert Hossein, who has been a pioneer in big french shows. The Palais des Sports is one of the best venues in Paris and offers a good acoustics and visibility wherever you are sitting.

1 Concerts (artists alphabetic order)
2 Dance
3 Shows
4 Musicals
5 Theatre - Robert Hossein
6 One Man Show
7 External links

[edit] Concerts (artists alphabetic order)

Ange (1975/1977/1981)
Louis Armstrong (1965)
Jean-Luis Aubert (2008)
Hugues Aufray (2008)
Joan Baez (1990)
Daniel Balavoine (1982/1984)
Harry Belafonte (1966)
Michel Berger (1983)
Angelo Branduardi (1980)
Dany Brillant (1997/1999)
James Brown (1982)
Patrick Bruel (1994)
Rory Callagne (1976)
Jean-Patrick Capdevielle (1981)
Ray Charles (1966/1983)
Eric Clapton (1974)
Julien Clerc (1977/1997)
Dalida (1980)
Miles Davis (1973)
Deep Purple (1975)
Neil Diamond (1977)
Dire Straits (1979/1981)
Ian Dury (1979)
Elvis the concert (2001)
Fab Four (2007)
Mylène Farmer (1989)
Jean Ferrat (1970/1972)
Léo Ferré (1991)
Aretha Franklin (1977)
Liane Foly (1999)
France Gall (1982)
Geil's Band (1980)
Genesis (1975/1977/1978)
Laurent Gerra (2004/2006)
Golden Gate Quartet (1969)
Grateful Dead (1974)
Johnny Hallyday (1961/1967/1969/1971/1976/1982/2006)
Murray Head (1983)
Pierre Henry (1972)
Paco Ibáñez (1971)
Jethro Tull (1969)
Elton John (1982)
Michel Jonasz (1985)
Cindy Lauper (1994)
Bernard Lavilliers (1980/1995)
Led Zeppelin (1973/1980)
Maxime Le Forestier (1974)
Eddy Mitchell (1977/1982/1984/2004/2007)
Claude Nougaro (1983)
Mike Oldfield (1981)
One Night of Queen - Gary Mullen (2007/2008)
Pink Floyd (1974)
Iggy Pop (1980/1996/2006)
Queen (1982)
Lou Reed (1975)
Rolling Stone (1970)
Diana Ross (1982/2007)
Véronique Sanson (1978/1981)
Michel Sardou (2004/2007)
Hélène Ségara (2007)
Soft Machine (1967)
Alain Souchon (2000)
Status Quo (1975)
Cat Stevens (1975)
Rod Stewart (1983)
Alan Stivell (1975)
Styx (1980)
Talking Heads (1982)
Vince Taylor (1961)
Téléphone (1979)
Míkis Theodorákis (1981)
The Beach Boys (1980)
The Beatles (1965)
The Clash (1980)
The Faces (1974)
The Police (1980)
The Pretty Things (1967)
Trio Rabbath (1971)
Vanhalen (1980)
Sylvie Vartan (1981/1982/1991)
Stevie Wonder (1981)
Frank Zappa (1974)
Zucchero (2008)

[edit] Dance

1961 : Rudolf Nureyev - Ballet du Kirov - La Belle au bois Dormant
1970 : Maurice Béjart - Opéra de Paris - Oiseau de Feu
1971 : Maurice Béjart - Nijinski fou de dieu
1972 : Ballet du Théâtre du Bolchoï
1973 : Roland Petit - Pink Floyd / Maïa Plissetskaia - Ballet de Marseille
1975 : Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris
1975 : Alvin Ailey
1975 : Ballets Sibériens de Krasnoiarsk
1976 : Rudolf Noureev - London Festival Ballet - La Belle au Bois dormant
1977 : Festival Noureev - Scottish Ballet
1978 : Rudolf Noureev - London Festival Ballet - Romeo et Juliette
1979 : Maurice Béjart - Ballet du XX° Siècle - Boléro, Sacre du Printemps, Gaité Parisienne
1980 : Ballet Mazowsze
1982 : Ballet Mazowsze
1987 : Roland Petit - Ballet de Marseille - L'Ange Bleu, Pavlova
1988 : Patrick Dupond - Ballet de Nancy
1988 : Alvin Ailey
1989 : Ballet National d'Espagne
1989 : Ballet de Nancy
1990 : Ballets Roumains
1992 : Entrez dans la danse
1992 : Rafael Aguilar - Carmen
1993 : Ballet Moisseiev
1995 : Rafael Aguilar
1996 : Maurice Béjart - Tokyo Ballet - Boléro
1998 : Antonio Gades - Carmen - Fuenteovejuna
1998 : Danse pour la Vie
1998 : Ballet Impérial de Russie
1999 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Mutationx - Le Presbytère
2003 : Ballet de Corée - Roméo et Juliette / Shim Shung
2003 : Alvin Ailey
2005 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne
2006 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Best Of / Zarathoustra
2007 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Best Of / Amor 4x20
2007 : Marie-Claude Pietragalla - Conditions Humaines
2008 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Soirée Igor Stravinsky
2008 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Tour du Monde en 80 Minutes