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Sae Eun Park (Korean: 박세은, Bak Se Eun) (born December 1989) is a South Korean ballet dancer. Following stints at ABT II and Korea National Ballet in her early career, she joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 2011. She is the company's first Korean female full-time member.
- Ballet dancer
- Paris Opera Ballet
- December 1989 (age 33), Seoul, South Korea
- Korea National University of Arts
Jul 7, 2021 · July 7, 2021. June 10, 2021, will not only go down as a monumental date in Sae Eun Park ’s career, but in the Paris Opéra Ballet’s 352-year history. Following her debut as Juliet in Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet, Alexander Neef, general director of the Paris Opéra, and Aurélie Dupont, the ballet company’s artistic director ...
Sae Eun Park is a Korean-born ballerina who became a star of the Paris Opera in 2021. She has won several international awards and performed in many classical and contemporary ballets.
Oct 18, 2021 · Sae Eun Park, ballerina on her gruelling training. She was particularly praised for her technique, such as leaps and turns, but Park says she always wanted something more and found her...
- Park Was About to Leave France When Pob Selected Her
- She Was called ‘Korean Girl’ at Pob
- Park Is Not The First Korean at Pob
- The First Korean Woman to Be Given A Permanent Place at Pob
- An Injury Led Her to Depression
- Park Knows Both Vaganova and French Styles
- The Youngest Dancer in Korean National Ballet to Get Starring Roles
- Winner of Four Prestigious Ballet Honours
The Korean ballet dancer arrived in France from her home country to attend an open audition held by the POB. There was not much planning involved in her decision, and she candidly confessed in a Pointemagazine interview that she “didn’t have any expectations—or regrets—after finishing my audition.” At the time, she hardly knew French and the hotel ...
During a press conference at the InterContinental Seoul COEX in Seoul in 2019, Park revealed she was called “Korean girl” by people when she joined the POB, but they hardly knew anything about her or her country of origin. It was when she started making progress at the POB that interest in her and Korea spiked among people. “For example, people ask...
She is certainly the best among the current crop of Asian ballet dancers, but there was a Kim Yong-geol before her who made it big at the POB. In 2005, Kim became the first Asian soloist of the French ballet company. He was also Park’s teacher at the Korea National University of Arts. Kim was so dedicated to his craft that the French already develo...
In 2012, a year after Sae Eun Park joined the POB’s quadrille as a supernumerary, she was made a permanent member — the first Korean woman to get the distinction. What makes her achievement more incredible is that she was the only one out of the 130 who auditioned to have been selected permanently. The simple reason was that she came first.
During a practice session in 2015, a dancer accidentally kicked Sae Eun Park in the forehead. The injury was grave, and she had to undergo cosmetic surgery. Due to the incident, she failed to clear that year’s promotional exams. Depression followed, and she entered into a state where she didn’t even look at herself in the mirror for a while because...
Vaganova is a Russian ballet dancing style with a focus on the upper body while the French style is more about the feet. Starting ballet at the age of 10, Sae Eun Park was initially trained in the Vaganova style in South Korea but shifted to the French style under Kim Yong-geol’s mentorship. She previously told AFP that the French style “came natur...
Before joining the POB, Sae Eun Park won a Prix de Lausanne scholarship in 2007 to join the American Ballet Theatre II (ABT II), now known as the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. After one-and-half years at ABT II, Park returned to South Korea in 2009 and joined the Korea National Ballet, becoming its youngest soloist there. Though she initi...
In 2006, a teenage Park won a silver at the USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson. Since there was no gold for the year, Park was the champion. At the age of 17 in 2007, she won the Grand Prix de Lausanne. Three years later, Park won gold at the 2010 Varna International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria, becoming the first Korean to have won...
Meet Ballerina Park Sae-Eun, the First Asian to Reach Top Status at the Paris Opera Ballet | Tatler Asia. The South Korean ballet dancer has ascended to the highest rank—étoile—at the world's oldest ballet institution, becoming the first Asian ballerina to do so in 352 years.
About this Artist. Following her performance in Romeo and Juliet (Nureyev) in June 2021, Sae Eun Park was named Étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet. Principal creations and repertoire entries at the Paris Opera. Psyché (Ratmansky, 2011), Quatuor No. 4 (De Keersmaeker), La Nuit s’achève (Millepied, 2016), Polyphonia (Wheeldon, 2015), Le Chant ...
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