Emmanuel Thibault (born 1974) is a French dancer.
After early studies with
Max Bozzoni, he was admitted to the
Paris Opera Ballet
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School and was educated there.
At the age of fifteen, Thibault joined the
Paris Opera
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, thereupon becoming a student of the ballerina
Noëlla Pontois, with whom he continues to work to this day. Appointed Soloist (sujet) at the age of seventeen, he was appointed
Principal
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(premier
danseur
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) following the Internal Promotion Contest (Concours interne de promotion) on December 23, 2004.
Since 2004, Thibault has been working closely with the
première danseuse 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 ...
, and has danced with her all over Europe.
Awards
*Silver Medal, Concours international de danse de Paris – 1990
*Gold, Eurovision Young Dancers' Competition, Helsinki – 1991
*Prix Espoir, Association pour le Rayonnement de l’Opéra de Paris (AROP) – 1994
*Silver Medal – Varna Competition (date unknown), Prix de l’AROP – 2002
*
Léonide Massine
Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (), better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine (15 March 1979), was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. Massine created the world's first symphonic ballet, ''Les Présages'', and ...
Prize (with Myriam Ould-Braham) – 2005.
Principal roles
*The Faun in Jerome Robbins's ‘The Four Seasons’;
*‘
Le Spectre de la rose’ by Michel Fokine, staged by
Pierre Lacotte
Pierre Lacotte (4 April 1932 – 10 April 2023) was a French ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director. He specialised in the reconstruction of lost choreographies of romantic ballets.
Early life
Lacotte was born on 4 April 19 ...
;
*Puck in
John Neumeier
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's ‘
Midsummer Night's Dream
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’;
*Grand pas de Trois in ‘Paquita’ by Marius Petipa, staged by Pierre Lacotte;
*Bronze Idol, in ‘
La Bayadère
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’, staged by
Rudolf Nureyev
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;
*Grand pas de trois in Act I of ‘The Swan Lake’, staged by Rudolf Nureyev;
*The Bluebird, in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ by Marius Petipa, staged by Rudolf Nureyev;
*Peasant Pas de deux in ‘Giselle’ by Jules Perrot, staged by Patrice Bart;
*Mercutio in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev;
*Basilio in ‘Don Quixote’, staged by Rudolf Nureyev; The Bluebird in Carla Fracci's Staging of "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Rome Opera; Prince Désiré in the Inoue Ballet Foundation's staging of "The Sleeping *Beauty" at Tokyo, the Prince in the Inoue Ballet Foundation's staging of "Cendrillon" at Tokyo; Colas in Frederick Ashton's staging of "La Fille mal gardée" for the Paris Opera.
Films
* Serge Peretti, le dernier des Italiens, film by Dominique Delouche (Le Tambourin)
* Paquita, Grand pas de trois, Act I (Paris Opera Ballet, Lacotte), with Mlles. Daniel and Hurel
* The Swan Lake, Grand pas de trois, Act I (Paris Opera Ballet, Nureyev) with Mlles. Daniel and Gilbert
* Jewels, Pas de trois, Emeralds Section (Paris Opera Ballet, Balanchine) with Mlles. Abbagnato and Daniel.
* Giselle, Pas de deux des Paysans (with Myriam Ould-Braham) (Paris Opera Ballet, Perrot/Bart)
References
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Paris Opera Ballet dancers
French male ballet dancers
1974 births
Living people