Paris Opera Ballet

The Paris Opera Ballet is the ballet company of the Paris Opera. Its origins can be traced back to 1661 with the foundation of the Académie Royale de Danse and the Dance School of the Opera (1713) by Louis XIV of France.

Artists

Ranking

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

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• étoiles
• premiers danseurs
• sujets
• coryphées
• quadrilles

see also: Ballerina

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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)
• Jean Perrot: Giselle (1842)
• Carlo Blasis
• Saint-Léon: Coppélia (1870)
• 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

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Dancers

• Marie Taglioni
• Sylvie Guillem