Sylvie Guillem
Paris Opera
- 1976 : Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School
- 1981 : Is engaged in the Corps de Ballet
- 1982 : Is named Coryphée
- 1983 : Is named Sujet
- 1984 : Is promoted to “première danseuse”
- Five days later, after her first “Swan Lake”, she's named “Etoile” by Rudolph Nureyev. She's only nineteen years old.
- 1985-1988 : She dances the principal roles in, “Roméo et Juliette”, “Raymonda”, “Symphonie in C”, “Agon”, “Concerto Barocco”, “Apollon Musagète”, “Les chants de la terre”, “Don Quichotte”, “GV10”, “Magnificat”, “Cendrillon”, “France danse”, “In the middle somewhate elevated”, “Le Martyre de St Sébastien”, “Arépo”, “Suite en blanc”, “Mouvements Rythmes Etudes”, “Continuo”, “Le Lac des Cygnes”, “Boléro”, “Sonate à trois”, “In memory of...”........
- 1987 : Premiere performance of “Don Quichotte” (Nureyev version) at Milan's La Scala theatre.
Creations with the Paris Opera
- 1983 : “France Dance” (W Forsythe), “Mouvements Rythmes Etudes” (M Béjart), “Arepo” (M Béjart ), “GV10” (C Armitage)
- 1987 : In the middle somewhat elevated (W Forsythe)
- 1988 : Le Martyre de St Sébastien (Bob Wilson)
Tours with the Paris Opera
- 1986 : Japan , New York, Washington, Mexico.
- 1987 : Denmark, Austria, USA, Italy.
- 1988 : New York, Los Angeles, Washington.
Royal Ballet of London
- 1988 : She leaves the Paris Opera Ballet and signs with the Royal Ballet as “Principal Guest Artist”.
- 1988... : She dances the principal role in, “La Bayadère”, “Swan Lake”, “Cinderella” “Other dances”, “Apollo”, “Grand pas classique”, “Giselle”, “A month in the country”, “ Manon”, “Romeo et Juliet” (Mac Millan version), “In the middle” “Don Quichotte” (Baryshnikov version), “La Luna”, “Prince of pagodas”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Hermann Schmermann”, “Step text”, “Birthday offering” “Raymonda”, “Bayadère”. Création : “Firstext” (W Forsythe)
- 2000 : “Marguerite et Armand” by Frederick Ashton
- 2000 : “Le concert” by Jerome Robbins
- 2000 : “Le Jardin au Lilas “ A. Tudor
Tours with the Royal Ballet
- New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Turin, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Osaka....., Madrid, Washington, Istanbul, Athens, Coppenhagen, Belfast, Beijing, Shanghai
Tours with American Ballet Theater
- New York
- San Francisco
- Tokyo
- Paris
- With : “Don Quixote”, “La Bayadère”, “Fall River Legend”, “Giselle”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “The Sleeping Beauty”.
Creations outside of Royal Ballet
- “Sissi impératrice” (M Béjart )
- “Racine cubique” (M Béjart)
- “Wet Woman” (M Ek) for the film “south bank show”
- “Smoke” (M Ek) for the film “Evidentia”
- “Blue Yellow” (J Burrows) for the film “Evidentia”
- “Episodes” (M Béjart)
- “Ten blisters” (D Kern)
She widens her Repertoire
- Le Sacre du printemps (M Béjart)
- La Fontaine de Bakchisarai
- Fall River Legend (A de Mille)
- La Danse d’été (M Wigman)
- La Danse de la Sorcière (M Wigman)
- “Broken Fall” (Russell Maliphant)
- “Tow” (Russell Maliphant)
In parallel to her career with the Royal Ballet, she appears regularly on the stages of the greatest international theaters: Lisbon, Florence, Hamburg, Helsinki, Coppenhagen, Vienna, St Petersbourg, Sofia, Peking, Paris, Madrid, Monaco, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Milan, Athens, Frankfurt, Rome, Lausanne, Berlin, San Francisco, New York, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney
Films
- “South bank show”(Portrait)
- “Evidentia” (France Television)
- “Kenos “
- “Classic Instinct”
- “Guillem”(Portrait)
- “Margueritte and Armand”
Since 1998
She returns to the Paris Opera as guest artist in these principal roles:
- Roméo et Juliette (1998)
- Don Quichotte (1998, 1999)
- Bayadère
- Manon (1998)
- Lac des Cygnes, (1999)
- Giselle (2000)
At la Scala de Milan:
- Bayadere (1999)
- Don Quichotte (1999)
- Romeo et Juliette (2002)
Paris, Chatelet With the Finnish Ballet “Giselle” January 2001
Choreographies, Adaptations
- 1998 : “Classique instinct”
- 1998 : “Giselle” for Finnish National Ballet
- 2001 : “Giselle” à la Scala de Milan
Prizes
- 1984 : Prix Carpeaux, meilleure jeune danseuse de l’année
- 1988 : Prix Andersen, meilleure danseuse, Copenhague
- 1988 : Grand Prix National de la Danse, Paris, décorée par J Lang
- 1989 : Grand Prix Pavlova, Grand Prix de la Danse: Ministère de la culture
- 2003 : Broken Fall wins Laurence Olivier award for best dance production.
Decorations
- 1988 : Commandeur des Arts et Lettres, décorée par F Léotard.
- 1993 : Médaille de Vermeil de la ville de Paris
- 1994 : Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, décorée par F Mitterrand,
- 1999 : Officier de l’Ordre du Mérite.
- 2000 : Gente Dame d’Honneur des Hospitaliers de Pomerol
- 2003 : Appointed by Her Majesty The Queen to be Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)