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hottest ticket Suite en Blanc by Serge Lifar will be performed as part of the Paris Opera Ballet's Chicago engagement. ballet, bien sûr! T alk about pedigrees: The Paris Opera Ballet traces its roots to 1661, when Molière was still a man-about-town, and the "Sun King" sponsored the show. Ever since, this historic institution has been revered by balleto- manes as the great incubator of classical dance. The company hasn't been seen on these shores in more than a decade, but this summer, it launches a North American tour right here in Chicago, its first-visit ever to the Windy City. 76 michiganavemag.com THE PARIS OPERA BALLET PULLS INTO TOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS STORIED HISTORY. by thomas connors While the French pride in cultural patrimony sometimes seems stifling— with tradition trumping all else—the Paris Opera Ballet has long permitted outsiders and less-than-mainstream performers to make a showing on its stage. Thanks to its peripatetic personnel, the company absorbed influences from across the continent in the 19th century, resulting in trailblazing works, such as Filippo Taglioni's La Sylphide and Giselle (by Jean Coralli and Jules photography by sebastien mathé