PARIS OPERA BALLET

The 'Paris Opéra Ballet' is the official ballet company of the ''Opéra national de Paris'', otherwise known as the ''Palais Garnier'', though known more popularly simply as the ''Paris Opéra''. Its origins can be traced back to 1661 with the foundation of the ''Académie Royale de Danse'' and the ''Le Ballet de l'Opéra'' (1713) by King Louis XIV of France. The official name of the company is ''Le Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris''.

Contents

History

Ranking

See also

History

''see also'': ''Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique'', predecessor of the ''Paris Opéra Ballet''
History of the ''Paris Opéra Ballet''....
''see also'': History of ballet

Ranking

There are five ranks of dancer in the ''Paris Opéra Ballet'', from highest to lowest they are:

★ étoiles

★ premières sujets

★ sujets

★ coryphées

★ quadrilles
''see also'': Ballerina
===choreographers===

★ Jean Dauberval: ''La fille mal gardée'' (1789).

★ Pierre Gardel: ''Télémaque'' (1790), ''Psyché'' (1793), ''Le jugement de Pâris'' (1793), ''La dansomanie'' (1800)

★ Philippe Taglioni: ''La Sylphide'' (1832)

★ Jules Perrot: ''Giselle'' (1842)

★ Jean Coralli: ''Giselle'' (1842)

★ Carlo Blasis

★ Arthur Saint-Léon: ''Coppélia'' (1870)

★ Louis Meranté: ''Sylvia'' (1875)

★ Serge Lifar: ''Les Créatures de Prométhée'' (1929), ''Icare'' (1935), ''Istar'' (1941), ''Suite en blanc'' (1943)

★ Rudolf Nureyev: ''Raymonda'' (1983), ''Swan Lake'' (1985)

★ Maurice Béjart: ''Arepo'' (1986)

★ William Forsythe: ''In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated'' (1987)
''note: works given were created for the Paris opera Ballet''
===Dancers===

★ Yvette Chauviré

★ Sylvie Guillem

★ Emma Livry

★ Marie Taglioni

See also

★ Audric Bezard