Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem CBE ( born February 25, 1965 in Paris ) is a French dancer and choreographer. She is considered one of the best and most original dance artists of our time.
Life
As a child, Sylvie Guillem started with gymnastics, where she showed such good performances that she was included in the shortlist for the French Olympic team. During an exchange program with the Ballet School of the Paris Opera Ballet for their talent was discovered. She was 11 years old when she entered this school. At 16, she was accepted into the Ballet de l' Opéra de Paris, the Paris Opera Ballet.
In 1983 she won the prestigious international ballet competition in Varna. Then she rose to the rank of " subject " in ( The ranks of the ballet of the Paris Opera are: Quadrille, Coryphée, subject, Premier danseur, Étoile - comparable to the German ranks Gruppenzänzer / speaker, Demi Soloist / f, principal dancer / in or Ballerina, First / r solo dancer or ballerina, Leading / r dancer /-in). This year Rudolf Nureyev was director of the Paris Opera Ballet. He promoted especially the young members of the company, thereby Guillem was given the opportunity to dance solos in several of Nureyev staged new classics.
As expressive, spirited dancer, whose sovereign body control is also influenced by the early gymnastic training (which was her accused by some critics as " too sporty " ), it is suitable for both classic and modern choreography. Leading roles in works by contemporary choreographers such as George Balanchine, Roland Petit, Jerome Robbins and William Forsythe, further contributed to promote their style and skills.
On 19 December 1984 she was promoted to " Première Danseuse ". Only five days later, after her performance in Nureyev's Swan Lake, she was his youngest Étoile. There were other main roles that they often danced with Nureyev as her partner. One of the young choreographers who used their talent, William Forsythe was. In 1987 he set up for them to star in In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated.
1988 celebrated the Royal Opera House Nureyev's 50th birthday and invited him to dance at a gala to Albrecht in Giselle. As a partner he chose Guillem, so with Giselle made her debut in London.
In 1989, when she was still danced in Paris, she had the desire to dance as a guest in other companies. But Nureyev as her mentor, was against it. Guillem took a rift in buying and moved against his will as a guest artist for London's Royal Ballet. During her time at the Royal Ballet she danced choreography by Kenneth MacMillan, Frederick Ashton and Adam Cooper and made during that time not only with great achievements, but also spirited arguments with her choreographer talked about.
As a choreographer Maurice Béjart especially came to meet with his theatrical Choreografieauffassung their skill and expressive style. Your first piece of Béjart she danced without his permission at the Ballet Competition in Varna. Later she worked at the Paris Opera with him. Sissi Imperatrice, a choreography Béjart, in Guillem the Empress Elisabeth of Austria (or - it remains open - a lunatic who thinks he's Elisabeth ) dance group, the brilliant creative relationship between choreographer and his muse demonstrates very clearly.
1998 Guillem returned back as a guest dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet.
Sylvie Guillem won several international awards so far and gives guest performances at renowned companies around the world. In 2010 she studied with Mats Ek at the Stockholm Dansens Hus solo AJOE one, based on the Piano Sonata, Op 111 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Your artistic ideas they now came as a choreographer.
Filmography
- On the Edge, DVD production of Universal
- Ballerina, DVD production of Alive - Sales and Marketing
- Sacred Monsters, DVD production of Axiom Films
- Evidentia - A Film, DVD - production of Warner Music Group Germany