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In French and Italian, gender-neutral words for such purposes simply never existed (at least historically), and customary usage in English-speaking ballet companies was originally borrowed from those languages. In French, a male ballet dancer is referred to as a danseur and a female as a danseuse.
Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt, also known as Paul Gerdt (near St. Peterburg, Russia, 22 November 1844 – Vamaloki, Finland, 12 August 1917), was the Premier Danseur Noble of the Imperial Ballet, the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, and the Mariinsky Theatre for 56 years, making his debut in 1860, and retiring in 1916.
Roberto Bolle. Roberto Bolle Ufficiale OMRI (born March 26, 1975, in Casale Monferrato) is an Italian danseur.He is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre and a principal dancer étoile at La Scala Theatre Ballet.
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.
Angel Corella - Spanish premier danseur; Erica Cornejo - Argentine ballet dancer; Herman Cornejo - Argentine ballet dancer; Cesar Corrales - Canadian ballet dancer; Joaquín Cortés - Spanish ballet dancer and choreographer; Guillaume Côté - Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer; J'aime Crandall - American ballet dancer
Dupond was nevertheless offered a contract as a guest danseur étoile, a proposal he refused, preferring to go to court. His application was rejected by the Prud'hommes. In January 2000, he was the victim of a serious car accident which forced him to both rehabilitate physically and relearn to dance.
A danseur noble traditionally was a male ballet dancer who projected great nobility of character. [1] Over the last century, the term has been used to define a male principal dancer who performs at the highest theatrical level combining grace with ability.
Hannah O'Neill (born 1993) – ballet dancer, premier danseur, Paris Opera Ballet; Patricia Rianne – ballet dancer and choreographer; Turid Revfeim; Anne Rowse – dancer; Cat Ruka – dancer and choreographer; Amanaki Prescott-Faletau – actor, writer, dancer, choreographer, producer and director; Louise Potiki Bryant – choreographer ...