|
La Danse (film)
''La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet'' (french: La danse - Le ballet de l'Opéra de Paris) is a 2009 French documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman. Besides aiming to reveal "how the company functions as an organic whole", the film follows the production of seven ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet. The ballets featured are: * ''Genus'' (Wayne McGregor) * ''La maison de Bernarda'' (Mats Ek) * ''Le songe de Médée'' (Angelin Preljocaj) * ''Paquita'' (Pierre Lacotte, after Joseph Mazilier and Marius Petipa) * ''Orpheus und Eurydike'' (Pina Bausch) * ''Roméo et Juliette'' ( Berlioz) (Sasha Waltz) * ''The Nutcracker'' (Rudolf Nureyev version) The film proceeds without commentary, and there are no voiceovers. Dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet who appear in the film include the ''étoiles'' Kader Belarbi, Jérémie Bélingard, Émilie Cozette, Aurélie Dupont, Mathieu Ganio, Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Manuel Legris, Nicolas Le Riche, Agnès Letestu, José Martinez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is "devoted primarily to exploring American institutions". He has been called "one of the most important and original filmmakers working today". Life and career Wiseman was born to a Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Gertrude Leah (née Kotzen) and Jacob Leo Wiseman. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College in 1951, and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1954. He spent 1954 to 1956 serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.FREDERICK WISEMAN’S BASIC TRAINING . Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Cozette
Émilie Cozette (born 1981) is a French ballet dancer. She joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1998, becoming a star (étoile) in 2007. Early life Born in 1981, Cozette started to dance in Pont de l'Arche, Normandy, when she was just six years old. Although she was also interested in the piano, she opted to concentrate on ballet at the Conservatoire de Rouen, continuing at the Paris Opera Ballet School where she graduated in 1998. Career At the age of 17, Cozette joined the Paris Opera Ballet. She rose quickly through the ranks, becoming a principal (première danceuse) in 2004 and an étoile in May 2007 after dancing in Rudolf Nureyev's ''Cinderella''. Encouraged by Christiane Vaussard and Isabelle Guérin, her early solos included Clemence in Nureyev's ''Raymonda'' and the young girl in Jerome Robbins's '' Afternoon of a Faun''. She has also played leading roles in ''La Bayadère'', ''Don Quixote'', ''Swan Lake'', ''Giselle'' and George Balanchine's ''Rubies''. She later danced the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriam Ould-Braham
Myriam Ould-Braham (born January 1982) is a French ballet dancer. After joining the Paris Opera Ballet in 1999, she became a ''première danseuse'' (principal) in 2005 and was elevated to the rank of ''étoile'' (star) in 2012. Early life Born in Paris, Ould-Braham's father is Algerian, her mother French. Taking an early interest in gymnastics in Algiers, she later turned to dance, finding it was more fun to move about with music. In 1993 she began ballet lessons with Yvonne Goubé at the Salle Pleyel before attending the Conservatoire de Paris in 1995. The following year, she was admitted to the Paris Opera Ballet School where she was awarded the Chausson d'Or prize. In 1998, with the school troupe, she danced ''La Sylphide'' in David Lichine's ''Le Bal des cadets'' and in 1999, she performed Gourouli in Albert Aveline's '' Les Deux Pigeons''. Career Ould-Braham joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 2001. She was soon selected to take part in Roland Petit's ''Les Forains'', to dance Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Ciaravola
Isabelle Ciaravola (born March 12, 1972) is a French ballet dancer. From 1990, she danced with the Paris Opera Ballet where she rose to the top rank of étoile in 2009. Since retiring from the stage in February 2014, she has devoted most of her time to teaching. Early life Born in Ajaccio on March 12, 1972, to Christian and Paulette Ciaravola, she began ballet classes as a child in her native Corsica before she was identified at the age of 13 as having exceptional promise while on a course in continental France. As a result, she studied under Christiane Vaussard at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning the First Prize in 1988 at the age of 16. She joined the Paris Opera Ballet School, where she graduated two years later. Career Ciaravola became a member of the Paris Opera Ballet in 1990, only the second Corsican to do so, after Marie-Claude Pietragalla. It was quite some time before her talents were fully recognized. Only in 2003 did she become a ''première danseuse'' which al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Bullion
Stéphane Bullion (born in 1980) is a French ''Etoile'' dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet. Stéphane Bullion started dance at age eleven and entered the Paris Opera Ballet school at age fourteen (1994). He joined the corps de ballet in 1997. During his school years, he danced twice at the School annual show (1996 and 1997), in Serge Lifar's "''Le Chevalier et la demoiselle''" and George Balanchine's ''Western Symphony''. He became Coryphée in 2001, Sujet in 2002 and Premier danseur in 2007. He has been appointed Etoile, the highest grade of the company, in 2010 after his performance of Solor in Rudolf Nureyev’s version of ''La Bayadère''. Career He danced the Faun in Vaslav Nijinsky's '' L'après-midi d'un faune'' based on Claude Debussy's ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'' while still a Coryphée in 2001 and has been chosen by Yury Grigorovich in 2004 for the title role of Ivan, in ''Ivan the Terrible''. Cast at first in villain's roles in the Rudolf Nureyev's versio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laetitia Pujol
Laetitia Pujol (born 8 October 1975) is a French ballet dancer. She joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1993, becoming a principal in 2000 and a star (étoile) in 2002. Early life Born in Toulouse, she started to dance ballet when she was eight but was not admitted to the Conservatoire régional de Toulouse until 1992. After she won first prize at the Lausanne Ballet Competition the following year, she was able to proceed immediately to the final year of the Paris Opera Ballet School. There she danced Lise in Claude Bessy's ''La fille mal gardée''. Pujol graduated in 1993 at the age of 18. Career After joining the Paris Opera's corps de ballet, she became a principal in 2000, which provided opportunities for her to dance Polyhymnia in George Balanchine's ''Apollo'', Catherine in Kader Belarbi's ''Wuthering Heights'', Henriette in ''Raymonda'' and Clara in ''The Nutcracker''. Jiri Kylian chose her to dance the pas de trois in the First Act of Pierre Lacotte's adaptation of ''Paquit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clairemarie Osta
Clairemarie Osta (born 1970) is a French ballet dancer who performed with the Paris Opera Ballet as an ''étoile''. In 2017, she became the head of the ballet department at the Royal Swedish Ballet School. Early life Osta was born in Nice, and started ballet at age 5. She trained at the Conservatoire de Nice, and then the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1987, she enrolled in Paris Opera Ballet School, at the encouragement of Roland Petit, and trained there for a year. Career Osta joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1988. In 1994, she won third prize at the Varna International Ballet Competition. In 2002, at age 32, Osta was named ''étoile'' after a performance of ''Paquita''. Choreographers she had worked with include Rudolf Nureyev, Carolyn Carlson, John Neumeier, Jiřà Kylián, Jerome Robbins, Roland Petit, Mats Ek and William Forsythe. Osta retired from the Paris Opera Ballet in 2012, following a performance of ''Manon''. Osta became the director of choreographic studies at Conser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Carlos MartÃnez (dancer)
José Carlos MartÃnez (born in 29 April 1969 in Cartagena) is a Spanish dancer and choreographer. He was a ''danseur étoile'' of the Paris Opera Ballet and artistic director of the Spanish National Dance Company. He became the director of dance at Paris Opera Ballet in December 2022. He is the only dancer to have received the Prix Benois de la Danse, the Gold medal of the Varna International Ballet Competition, and a scholarship of Prix de Lausanne, among the most prestigious dance competitions in the world. The Japanese ''Shinshokan Dance Magazine'' thus recognized him has one of the best dancers of the era in the world. MartÃnez studied dance with Pilar Molina in Cartagena, followed by the École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower. In 1987 he won a scholarship of Prix de Lausanne and entered the Paris Opera Ballet School, joining the Paris Opera Ballet in 1988, where he was named Danseur Étoile in 1997. In 1992, he was awarded the Gold medal of the Varna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnès Letestu
Agnès Letestu (born 1 February 1971) is a French prima ballerina. Biography She decided to start ballet when she saw her first ballet on TV (''Swan Lake''). Then she had the opportunity to start ballet as a hobby, and her teacher, Mr. Bertin, persuaded her to audition for the ''Opéra Ballet School'' which she joined when she was 10. She was a shy but graceful pupil and was destined to be at the top of the company. Agnes entered the Paris Opera Ballet company in 1987 at the age of 16, became Coryphée in 1988, Sujet in 1989 and première danseuse in 1993. She demonstrated her talents to this major ballet company and was named étoile after a performance of ''Swan Lake'' in October 1997. As of 2009, Agnes Letestu was nearly at the end of her ballerina career (she was then 38) but she hopes to continue to live her passion for ballet through teaching to the youngest. In October, 2013, she appeared in 'La Dame aux Camelias' at The Paris Opera Ballet in her farewell performance for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Le Riche
Nicolas Le Riche (born 29 January 1972, in Sartrouville, Yvelines) is a French ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet director. Biography Le Riche entered the Paris Opera Ballet school at age ten and joined the corps de ballet six years later; his first ròle was in Gsovsky's ''Grand Pas Classique''. He was promoted to '' sujet'' in 1990 and ''premier danseur'' in 1991. Balletmaster Rudolf Nureyev cast him as Mercutio and subsequently Romeo in his version of ''Romeo and Juliet'', also in his ''Raymonda''; he then performed in Nijinska's ''Le Train Bleu'', in Robbins' '' In the Night'', Neumeier's '' Vaslaw'', Lander's '' Etudes'', Nureyev's ''La Bayadère'', Nijinsky's '' Afternoon of a Faun'', Mats Ek's version of ''Giselle'', '' Boléro'' by Maurice Béjart and Petit's ''Le Jeune Homme et la Mort'' and '' Les Forains''. He was promoted to the Paris Opera Ballet's highest rank, that of ''étoile'' (literally, ''star''), after his debut in the róle of Albrecht in the tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Legris
Manuel Legris is a French ballet dancer, born in Paris on October 10, 1964. He was an ''étoile'' (star dancer) of the Paris Opera Ballet for 23 years. On September 1, 2010, he began direction of the Vienna State Ballet. He was appointed artistic director of La Scala Theatre Ballet in December 2020. Biography Career as a dancer Manuel Legris started ballet lessons at the age of 8 under a local ballet teacher, Yvonne Guba. In 1976 at age 11, he started with the Paris Opera Ballet School and joined the Corps de Ballet at 16 years old in 1980. In 1981 he became " Coryphee", and was then promoted to " Sujet" in 1982. He finally was appointed the title " Etoile" on 11 July 1986, at age 21, by the Stage Director Rudolf Nureyev, bypassing the rank of "Premier Danseur." On that day, the company performed ''Raymonda'', choreographed by Nureyev, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Legris danced the leading role of Jean de Brienne. Legris established his reputation in both cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Agnès Gillot
Marie-Agnès Gillot (born in 1975) is a French ballet dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Paris Opera Ballet as an ''étoiles''. She is also POB's first in-house female dancer to choreograph for the company. Early life Gillot was born in Caen, to an accountant and a physical therapist. She started In 1985, at age 9, she left home to train at Paris Opera Ballet School. When Gillot was 12, she grew 12 centimetres in a year, and was diagnosed with double scoliosis. Fearing a surgery would leave her disabled, she opted to wear a brace instead. She wore it for 6 years, only remove it when she was dancing, and hid it from her peers. Career As dancer In 1990, at age 15, Gillot joined the Paris Opera Ballet's corps de ballet. She is the youngest-ever dancer to do so. She was promoted to ''coryphée'' in 1992. She obtained her teaching certification at age 18. At first, she was only cast in minor, non-dancing role. Therefore, she flew to New York, hoping to audition for New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
