Léonore Baulac
Étoile
Ballet of the Opera
On Decembre 31st 2017, she is made an « Étoile » following a performance of Swan Lake (Noureev) in which she performed the role of Odette / Odile.
She has since added to her repertoire: Lise in The Wayward Daughter (Ashton), La Valse, Emeraudes and Rubis/ Joyaux (George Balanchine),The Chosen One in The Rite of Srping (Bausch), Kitri in Don Quichotte, the title role of La Sylphide (Lacotte after Taglioni), En Sol (Robbins).
Creations at the Opera
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Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward
Millepied - 2015
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Polyphonia
Wheeldon - 2015
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Alea Sands
McGregor - 2015
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Verklärte Nacht
De Keersmaeker - 2015
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La Nuit s’achève
Millepied - 2016
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Blake Works I
Forsythe - 2016
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Sleight of Hand
León, Lightfoot - 2019
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Body and Soul
Pite - 2019
Career history
2005
She enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.
2008
At the age of 18 she joins the Corps de ballet.
2014
She becomes a “Coryphée”. She receives the Prix AROP de la Danse
2015
She is made a “Sujet”.
2016
She is promoted to “Première danseuse”. She dances Brahms-Schonberg Quartet, Sonatine (Balanchine), Rain (De Keersmaeker), In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Of Any If And (Forsythe), the title role in Paquita (Lacotte d’après Mazilier et Petipa), Effie in La Sylphide (Lacotte d’après Taglioni), Lycenion in Daphnis and Chloé, Olympia in La Dame aux camélias, Le Chant de la terre (Neumeier), Clara in The Nutcracker, Juliette in Romeo and Juliette, le Pas de trois and Odette‑Odile in Swan Lake (Noureev), Goldberg Variations (Robbins).