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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 ''étoile''. 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 Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caen
Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its Functional area (France), functional urban area has 470,000,Comparateur de territoire , INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. making Caen the second largest urban area in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the 19th largest in France. It is also the third largest commune in all of Normandy after Le Havre and Rouen. It is located northwest of Paris, connected to the South of England by the Caen (Ouistreham) to Portsmouth ferry route through the English Channel. Situated a few miles from the coast, the landing beaches, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiřà Kylián
Jiřà Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary dance choreographers in Czech history. Life Jiřà Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to his father Václav who was a banker and to his mother Markéta, who was as a young teenager a dancer-child protégée. Initially inspired by the acrobatic performances of the , Kylián decided to pursue professional ballet training at the School of the National Ballet Prague at the age of 9, after having seen a ballet performance for the first time. Kylián was admitted to the Prague conservatory in 1962. Here, he encountered one of his mentors, teacher and former dancer Zora Å emberová, "who left a deep mark in JiÅ™Ã's professional development". At the conservatory Kylián made his first steps as a choreographer with ''Nine Eighth's'', choreographed to jazz music, and ''Quartet'', to music by Béla Bartók. In 1967, Kylià ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soan & Seng
Soan or Soans may refer to: *Soan (singer), French singer, winner of ''Nouvelle Star'' *Soan River, a river in Punjab, Pakistan *Soan Sakaser Valley, a valley in northern Punjab, Pakistan *Soan industry, a crude pebble industry of the Paleolithic. Given name / family name *Ash Soan Ashley Soan (born 11 December 1969) is a British drummer. He is currently playing with Snow Patrol and Tori Amos. He has previously played live with Seal, Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Sinéad O’Connor, Marianne Faithfull, Squeeze, The Wate ..., a British drummer See also * Soane (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Robert
Philippe Robert (born June 24, 1953) is a French photographer. His work includes portraits, fashion, and advertising photos. Career Education and influences Philippe Robert was born in Lille and graduated from the Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies in Paris (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques - IDHEC, 1979 cohort) where he had Henri Alekan as one of his teachers. During his studies he started to work for French television on the television show of Jean-Christophe Averty and on Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, directed by Giorgio Strehler at Paris National Opera. After graduating from IDHEC, he enrolled at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, UCLA Film School and did an internship on ''Postman always rings twice'' directed by Bob Rafelson and starring Jack Nicholson. Early career From 1981 to 1986, Philippe Robert worked between Europe and The United States on a French television show dedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
