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Aurélie Dupont (born 15 January 1973 in Paris) is a French ballet dancer who performed with the Paris Opera Ballet as an Étoile . She began her career in dance in 1983 when she entered the Paris Opera Ballet School ( L’École de danse de l’Opéra de Paris ). She joined the company at age sixteen in 1989, [1] and became a première ...
Jan 31, 2005 · Posted January 31, 2005. Oddly enough, I'm short myself, but I prefer tall ballerinas. I like when dancers "take up space," and a tall ballerina takes up more physical space than a short one (duh). However, I also like it when a short dancer "dances big" and makes me forget she's tiny. A prime example of this is Tina LeBlanc, who's maybe 5'0 or ...
- Oddly enough, I'm short myself, but I prefer tall ballerinas. I like when dancers "take up space," and a tall ballerina takes up more physical spac...
- Well, I don't mind if a ballerina is not big. I love when ballerinas dance effortless and very fluently. Because of this some of the "big" ballerin...
- Tall or short, as long as they dance beautifully, it does not matter to me. Mariana Terkassi(ABT), Martine Van Hamel, Markarova, Cynthia Gregory, T...
- What do you all consider short/ tall? For me any dancer under 5'5" is petite... anyone else have a cut off? Rachel
- Good question, Rachel. I seem to remember someone--was it on Ballet Talk?--referring to an NYCB dancer as "short" who, according to a Discount Danc...
- It can even change over time in the same company. When Judy Fugate was a young (but full-grown) corps dancer at City Ballet, she was one of the Rub...
- Oh, how I love this thread! Thank you, canbelto, for starting it -- and for your wonderful opinions with which I totally agree! My interest is more...
- I dont want to make it seem as if I dont like ANY tall ballerinas. And some tiny ballerinas can have ill-fitting proportions that are just as distr...
- I agree; tall or short is OK by me if they can achieve the above.
- Actually, although very flat/tiny-torsoed and slim-legged and with a finely-boned head and face (due to her birdlike skeleton!), Irina Dvorovenko i...
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Jul 9, 2012 · Paris Opera Ballet étoile Aurélie Dupont is considered by many to represent the French ideal, but she’s an American girl at heart. Speaking fluent English via telephone from Paris, Dupont, now ...
Jun 7, 2015 · Defining an étoile: Aurélie Dupont. June 7, 2015. Aurélie Dupont Photo Julien Benhamou/Opéra National de Paris. Grace Milandou reflects on the recently retired star that is the Paris Opera Ballet’s Aurélie Dupont, an étoile in every respect; and sees her in her final role, Manon Lescaut. I cannot remember the first time I heard about ...
She is a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres and a member of the Ordre National du Mérite. Appointed by the Paris Opera’s Director Stéphane Lissner on February 4 2016, Aurélie Dupont officially took over as the Paris Opera’s Director of Dance on August 1 2016. . She succeeds Benjamin Millepied. 1/7. Dancer - Étoile.
Aurélie Dupont joined the Paris Opera’s Ballet School in 1983. She attended all its classes and participated in performances and official tours.After entering the Paris Opera’s Corps de Ballet in 1989, she was promoted to “Coryphée” in 1991 and “Sujet” in 1992.
She started ballet school at 10 years old, then integrated the ballet corps, retired at 42, the legal age for dancers… before becoming 2 years ago the new director of the Opéra de Paris la nouvelle ballet. “I myself produced a line of jewellery that I sold in the Opera boutique—and I adored it!”. She totally panicked when she became a ...
