MARIE-AGNES GILLOT - Biografía.

BIOGRAPHY

Marie-Agnès Gillot was born in Caen in 1975. She entered the Paris Opéra Ballet School in 1985 and joined the company in 1990, when she was only 15 years old. She was promoted to principal (première danseuse) in 1999, and to Etoile in 2004.

Repertoire includes:
Nutcracker "Les deux flocons" et "La danse arabe" 1996, Sleeping Beauty "Fée violente", "Fée Carabosse" et "Fée Lilas" 1997, Raymonda "Henriette" et "Grand pas espagnol" 1997, title-role 2000, Don Quixote "La Reine des Dryades" et "La danseuse des rues" 1998, "Kitri" 2001, Swan Lake "Odette/Odile" 2002, La Bayadère "Gamzatti" 1999, "Nikiya" 2001 (all Nureyev versions). Serenade 1996, Capriccio 1996, Concerto Barocco 1999, Apollo 1999, Jewels 2000, Violin Concerto 2002, Giselle "Myrtha" 1998, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated 1999, Paquita 2001, Manon "La Maîtresse" 1998, Sylvia "Diane" 1999.