Sylvie Guillem

Sylvie Guillem
danced with Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant in 2010 in Bolshoi Theatre in
Born
Sylvie Guillem

(1965-02-23) 23 February 1965 (age 59)
Paris, France
OccupationBallet dancer
Years active1984–2015

Sylvie Guillem CBE (French: [silvi gilɛm]; born 23 February 1965) is a French ballet dancer. Guillem was the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London. She has performed contemporary dance as an Associate Artist of London's Sadler's Wells Theatre. Her most notable performances have included those in Giselle and in Rudolf Nureyev's stagings of Swan Lake and Don Quixote. In November 2014, she announced her retirement from the stage in 2015.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Sylvie Guillem retires from dance after 39 years". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Goodbye Sylvie Guillem", The Economist (May/June 2015).