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François Alu (born 1993 in Fussy) is a French ballet dancer. He danced with the Paris Opera Ballet as an étoile (star). [1] He entered the Paris Opera Ballet School in 2004, and the Paris Opera Ballet in 2010. At his first promotion competition in 2011, he was promoted to coryphée, then to sujet (semi-soloist) in 2013.
Jean-Paul Gaultier / Denitsa Ikonomova / François Alu / Chris Marques Samba Magenta Riddim - DJ Snake: Michou & Elsa 32 (8,8,8,8) Freestyle Grand bain - Ninho: 3rd Place N/A N/A N/A Bilal & Jordan 39 (10,10,9,10) Freestyle Rise Up - Andra Day: Runner-Up / Waltz Et Bam - Mentissa Aziza: The Last Dance: Tayc & Fauve 56% Contemporary Formidable ...
Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Bilal Hassani, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Chris Marques, François Alu. Each couple will be coached all the week by M. Pokora & Katrina Patchett , winning couple of the Season 1 of Danse avec les stars and will impose to each couples one of ...
Danseur étoile (for men) or danseuse étoile (for women), literally "star dancer", is the highest rank a dancer can reach at the Paris Opera Ballet.It is equivalent to the title "Principal dancer" used in English or to the title "Primo Ballerino" or "Prima Ballerina" in Italian.
The Paris Opera Ballet has always been an integral part of the Paris Opera, which was founded in 1669 as the Académie d'Opéra (Academy of Opera), although theatrical dance did not become an important component of the Paris Opera until 1673, after it was renamed the Académie Royale de Musique (Royal Academy of Music) and placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully.
The Italian derived term prima ballerina (female dancers) (primo ballerino for male dancers) or the French derived term [2] premier danseur (male dancers) have been used to denote similar levels of prominence to the Principal Dancer. In the Paris Opera Ballet, principal dancers receive the title of Danseur Étoile. [citation needed]
On 14 March 1975, Dupond became a member of the Paris Opera Ballet, at age 16. He won the gold medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria, with Albrecht's variation from the second act of Giselle and Siegfried's variation from the third act of Swan Lake, the solo from the Lander's Études, Basilio's variation from Don Quixote, a variation from Le Corsaire, and finally a ...
In 2018, Diop joined the Paris Opera Ballet. [4] [10] In September 2020, in response to the Paris Opera's inaction following the George Floyd protests, Diop, along with the four other black dancers of the company, wrote a manifesto titled "De la question raciale à l'Opéra de Paris", which questioned certain practices within the opera house and called for urgent changes to address racial ...