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Charles Perrault’s celebrated tale, set to music by Sergei Prokofiev, is transposed to a film set. In a series of references to the heroes of the American cinema, Rudolf Nureyev propels his Cinderella under the spotlights of Hollywood.With a producer for fairy godmother and a star actor as Prince Charming, she escapes her miserable destiny and sees her dreams come true in a story not without similarities with that of the choreographer, the young Tartar who became an international star.With this “ballet‑metaphor”, the Company pays tribute to its former director Rudolf Nureyev. A great production that celebrates the opening of the Paris Opera’s anniversary year. The Paris Opera Étoiles, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet Pasdeloup OrchestraAn Arte France, Paris Opera, Bel Air Media coproduction with the support of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and the Orange Foundation, patron of audiovisual broadcasts by the Paris Opera© Opéra national de Paris - ARTE France - BEL AIR MEDIA – 2018 Picture: © Yonathan Kellerman / OnP

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Cinderella

Charles Perrault’s celebrated tale, set to music by Sergei Prokofiev, is transposed to a film set. In a series of references to the heroes of the American cinema, Rudolf Nureyev propels his Cinderella under the spotlights of Hollywood. With a produce

Rudolf Nureyev

Born on board the Trans-Siberian Railway not far from Lake Baikal, Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) first learnt traditional folk dancing in Oufa (Bashkiria). He saw his first ballet at the Oufa Opera at the age of seven, however, he did not officially begin training as a dancer until he was fifteen. Two years later, he continued his studies at the Vaganova School in Leningrad during which time he was tutored by dance master Alexander Pushkin from 1955 to 1958. The following year he was accepted into the Corps de ballet of the Kirov Theatre where he soon became a soloist. During one of the troupe’s tours of Western Europe, Nureyev made his debut on the stage of the Palais Garnier on May 15, 1961 for a dress rehearsal of Sleeping Beauty. He would also cause a sensation by performing in the Act featuring the Kingdom of the Shades in La Bayadère three days after seeking political asylum from French customs and immigration officers at Le Bourget Airport on May 16, 1961 after the powers that be at the Kirov had decided to send him back to Moscow without allowing him to continue on the Ballet’s tour to London. As a result, Paris remained a city of great symbolic value for him. He ultimately became the director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989 after having danced for numerous companies (including the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas and London’s Royal Ballet) and having created Tancrède (Vienna Opera, 1966) and Manfred (Paris Opera, 1979). The Paris Opera Ballet’s repertoire would be enriched by his reinterpretations of Marius Petipa’s choreographic masterpieces. These would include Don Quichotte (1981), Raymonda (1983), Swan Lake (1984), Romeo and Juliet (1984), The Nutcracker (1985), Cinderella (1986), Sleeping Beauty (1989) and La Bayadère (1992). The status accorded a male dancer, which in ballet had been greatly undermined since the 19th century, gained new importance in his works. Nureyev also created a number of contemporary ballets including The Tempest (1984), Bach Suite (1984) and Washington Square (1985). He also offered an extremely diverse contemporary repertoire (Frederick Ashton, Rudi van Dantzig, Roland Petit, Maurice Béjart, George Balanchine, Glen Tetley, Martha Graham, Murray Louis, Jerome Robbins, Bob Wilson, Paul Taylor, Hans van Manen, Lucinda Childs, Twyla Tharp, and William Forsythe). Finally, he began a new tradition at the Paris Opera by naming the new Etoiles on stage at the end of a performance in the presence of the audience. The stage of the Palais Garnier had great significance for him: he would salute his audience there for the last time at the end of a performance of La Bayadère on October 8, 1992. His funeral in January 1993 would also be honoured at the Palais Garnier. Rudolf Nureyev was a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur (1988) and a Commandeur des Arts et Lettres (1992).

1998 : Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.2006 : Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.2010 : Promoted to « Coryphée ».2011 : Promoted to « Sujet ».2013 : Promoted to « Première danseuse ».Valentine Colasante is made an "Étoile" on January 5th 2018, following the performance of Don Quixote (Rudolf Nureyev), a ballet in which she performed the role of Kitri.As part of the Paris Opera Ballet’s official tours, she has performed in Australia (Sydney, 2007), China (Beijing, 2008), Russia (Novosibirsk, 2010), Malaysia (Singapore, 2011), the United States (New York, 2017) and Spain (Madrid, 2019).

Valentine Colasante

He has since added to his repertoire: Le Palais de Cristal, Duo Concertant, Violin Concerto, le Cavalier de Titania et le Divertissement dans Le Songe d’une nuit d’été, La Valse (George Balanchine), A-bras-le-corps (Charmatz), the title role of Onegin (John Cranko), Études (Harald Lander), Hippolytus in Phaedra (Serge Lifar), Armand in La Dame aux Camélias (John Neumeier), Tybalt in Romeo and Juliette (Noureev), Don José in Carmen, Quasimodo in Notre-Dame de Paris (Roland Petit), Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj), Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins), Polyphonia (Wheeldon).

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1993/1999 : Pursues her studies at the Colón Theatre Superior Institute of Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina.2000 : Joins the Santiago Ballet of Chili.2002 : Promoted to a soloist.2003 : Receives the Igor Youskevitch Award and at the 7th New York International Ballet Competition, she earns the Silver Medal as well as an engagement at the American Ballet Theatre. She joins the Corps de ballet of the Paris Opera Ballet.2007 : Promoted to « Coryphée ».2008 : Promoted to

 « Sujet ». 2009 : The Konex Award (Argentina). 2010 : Promoted to

« Première Danseuse ». 2017 : Prix Benois de la Danse (Moscou)2019 : The Konex Platinium Award (Argentina)2021 : LATFRAN Award of Excellence (France)Ludmila Pagliero was named "Danseuse Étoile" on March 22nd 2012, following a performance of the ballet La Bayadère (Rudolf Nureyev) in which she performed the role of Gamzatti.As part of the Paris Opera Ballet’s official tours, Ludmila Pagliero has performed in Russia (Moscow, 2013; Novosibirsk, 2018), Japan (2017), Spain (Madrid, 2019), France (Brest, 2016; Mulhouse 2020).

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1995 :&nbsp;Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.

2000 :&nbsp;Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.

2002 :&nbsp;Promoted to "Coryphée".

2003 :&nbsp;Promoted to "Sujet". Receives the AROP Dance Prize.

2004 :&nbsp;Receives the Prix du Cercle Carpeaux.

2005 :&nbsp;Promoted to "Première danseuse".2006 :&nbsp;Receives the Leonide Massine award (Positano/Italie) and the Ballet 2000 award (Cannes).

2022 :&nbsp;Receives the le Best choreographic performer award from the Syndicat professionnel de la Critique Théâtre, Musique et Danse.

Dorothée Gilbert is made an&nbsp;"Étoile" on November 19th 2007, following a performance of The Nutcracker (Nureyev) in which she dances the role of Clara for the first time.

As part of the Paris Opera Ballet's official tours, Dorothée Gilbert has performed in Australia (Brisbane), the United States (San Francisco, Los Angeles), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasilia), China (Beijing, Shanghai), Russia (Moscow, Novosibirsk), Japan and elsewhere. (Tokyo), Spain (Madrid) and the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi).Dorothée Gilbert was named Commandeur de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Gilbert Dorothée

1997 Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.1999 Joins the Corps de Ballet.2005 Coryphée2008 Sujet

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Main roles: Colas / La Fille mal gardée (Ashton), Emeraudes, Rubis / Joyaux, Symphonie en ut, Concerto Barocco, Agon, Les Quatre Tempéraments (Balanchine), Zaël / La Source (J.-G. Bart), Frantz / Coppélia (Bart), Variations pour une porte et un soupir (Béjart), O zlozony/O composite (Brown), Pas de deux des paysans / Giselle (after Coralli and Perrot), White Darkness (Duato), Appartement (Ek), The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Approximate Sonata, Artifact Suite, Pas./parts (Forsythe), Pavane (Kelemenis), Doux mensonges, Bella Figura (Kylián), Pas de trois / Paquita (Lacotte after Petipa), Suite en blanc (Lifar), Pas de trois / Swan Lake, Mercutio / Roméo et Juliette, le Chef des gitans / Don Quichotte, Professeur de danse and Producteur / Cendrillon, L’Idole dorée / La Bayadère, Drosselmeyer-le Prince / The Nutcracker (Nureyev), Le Clown / Les Forains, Frederi / L’Arlésienne (Petit), Un Trait d’union (Preljocaj), le Mari / The Concert, Dances at a Gathering (Robbins).

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2008 : Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.2014 : Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.2016 : Promoted to « Coryphée ». Gold medalist at the Varna International Ballet Competition.2017 : Promoted to « Sujet ». AROP Prize.2018 : Promoted to « Premier Danseur ».Paul Marque was named “Danseur Étoile” on December 13th 2020 on the Opéra Bastille stage, following a live performance of La Bayadère (Rudolf Nureyev) on the streaming platform “<a href="https://chezsoi.operadeparis.fr/">l'Opéra chez soi</a>”, in which he performed the Golden Idol.As part of the Paris Opera Ballet’s official tours, he has performed in Spain (Madrid, 2019), the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, 2019), Asia (Singapore, Shanghai, 2019) and Japan (Tokyo, 2020).

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1999 : Trains at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.2002 :&nbsp;Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.2008 :&nbsp;Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet, at age 17.2013 :&nbsp;Promoted to « Coryphée ».2016 :&nbsp;Promoted to « Sujet ».2017 :&nbsp;AROP dance award.2019 :&nbsp;Promoted to « Première Danseuse ».&nbsp;Marion Barbeau left the Paris Opera Ballet company in 2024.

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1993 : Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.
1998 : Joins the Paris Opera Corps de ballet. First prize (junior) at the Paris International Dance Competition.
2000 : Promoted to "Coryphée".
2001 : Prix du Cercle Carpeaux.
2002 : Promoted to "Sujet". AROP Dance Prize.
2005 : Promoted to "Première danseuse". Émilie Cozette is made an "Étoile" on May 5th 2007, following the performance of the ballet Cendrillon (Rudolf Nureyev), in which she performed the title role.Émilie Cozette was named Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Cozette Emilie

Studies dance at Korea's National Academy of Ballet.
2007 : Grand Prix de Lausanne. Joins the American Ballet (New York), and dances soloist roles in ballets such as Allegro Brillante (George Balanchine) or Interplay (Jerome Roobbins). 2009 : Joins the Korean National Ballet Company. Dances many roles such as Odile-Odette/ Swan Lake or Marie/ The Nutcracker (choreographies by Iouri Grigorovitch).
2010 : Promoted to Soloist of the Korean National Ballet Company. Adds to her repertoire Kitri/ Don Quixote (after Marius Petipa) at the Korean Ballet Association Festival in Seoul or Nikiya/ La Bayadère and Clara/ The Nutcracker with the Universal Ballet Company. Gold medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition. Gold medal at the Premio Roma.
2011 : Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.
2013 : Promoted to "Coryphée". Receives the Prix du Cercle Carpeaux.
2014 : Promoted to "Sujet".
2017 : Promoted to "Première danseuse".2018 : Receives the Prix Benois de la Danse.2021 : Cultural Prize France-Korea.

Following the performance of Romeo and Juliet (Noureyev) on June 10th 2021, Sae Eun Park is named "Danseuse Étoile".

Sae Eun Park

1998: Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.

2005: Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.

2008: Promoted to "Coryphée".

2016: Promoted to "Sujet".

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Guido Levi (1952-2019) made his stage debut in 1974 at Teatro Stabile in Turin, where he designed the lighting for Chekhov's Uncle Vania. He took part in many theatre and opera productions and worked with many artists, including Dario Fo, Mario Missiroli, Pier’Alli, Giancarlo Corbelli, Werner Herzog, Yannis Kokkos, Jonathan Miller, Luca Ronconi.&nbsp;He has worked for La Fenice, Venice, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Teatro Comunale, Bologna, the Paris Opera, the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Welsh National Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Chorégies d’Orange, the Pesaro Festival Rossini, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Wexford Festival, Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Montepulciano Festival.&nbsp;He has designed the lighting for Le Nozze di Figaro at the 1985 Aix-en-Provence Festival, La Damnation de Faust at Théâtre du Châtelet, Iphigénie at the Comédie-Française, Tristan und Isolde at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Boris Godunov at the Opéra de Nice, Billy Budd at the Opéra de Nancy, Ariadne auf Naxos for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tannhäuser at the Sevilla Maestranza, Giulio Cesare at Teatro Real Madrid, Capriccio in Cagliari, Lohengrin at the Opéra national de Lyon, Otello in Cagliari and Dresden, Turandot in Modène, Ferrare and Piacenza, Marin Faliero at the Malibran Theatre in Venice, Elektra in Naples, Madama Butterfly in Hamburg, I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Vilnius, La Traviata in Tokyo, Manon in Seoul, The Magic Flute in Salerno, La fanciulla del West in Hamburg, La Bohème, Norma, L'italiana in Algeri, Le Château de Barbe-Bleue, Journal d’un disparu and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Paris Opera.&nbsp;He designed the lighting for the Festival of Rome exhibition at the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, as well as the lighting for the Caravage paintings in the Cerasi Chapel in the Santa Maria del Popolo Church when they were restored.&nbsp;

Born in 1958 in Tallinn, Estonia, Vello Pähn began his studies at the Tallinn Conservatory. He started to work as a conductor in 1981 at the Estonia Theater in Tallinn where he conducted operas of Mozart, Weber, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev, but also works of the symphonic repertoire. He then studied at the Leningrad/St. Petersburg Conservatory under Maris Janson to perfect his technique and returned to the Estonia Theater as a permanent conductor. He is also the Tallinn Ballet's conductor and conducts performances and concerts in Europe, Russia, USA and Japan.



Since 1988, he has been a regular guest at the Paris Opera, invited first by Rudolf Nureyev, then by Brigitte Lefèvre, to conduct Ballet performances and tours (Raymonda, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, La Bayadère, Romeo and Juliet – Prokofiev and Berlioz versions – Coppelia, Sylvia, Giselle, Ivan the Terrible, but also various ballet performances dedicated to Stravinsky, Béjart and to the Russian Ballets, as well as the Balanchine / Nureyev / Forsythe and Balanchine / Brown / Bausch programmes). He is in demand as an opera and ballet conductor in houses such as La Scala in Milan, Vienna Staatsoper, or in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Stuttgart and Leipzig.

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