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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.
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.
Chris Marques will return as the only remaining judge from previous seasons. as well as Paris Opera dancer François Alu. The third judge will be singer-songwriter and season 11 runner-up Bilal Hassani, replacing Jean Paul Gaultier, and the fourth judge will be Paris Opera ballet dancer Marie-Agnès Gillot replacing Denitsa Ikonomova.
Upon the completion of his military service, he came back and successfully auditioned for a "Premier Danseur" (First soloist) position after only one week of training. [3] He was promoted to "Danseur Étoile" (principal dancer) approximately one year later, after André Malraux saw him dance "Pas de Dieux", a choreography by Gene Kelly , and ...
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 ...
Mathieu Ganio (born 16 March 1984) is a French danseur étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet.. Mathieu Ganio was born in Marseille, France, the son of Ballet National de Marseille principal dancers Dominique Khalfouni and Denys Ganio. [1]
José Carlos Martínez (born on 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.
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 ...