- Ghislaine Thesmar
Ballerina Ghislaine Thesmar was born in 1943 inBeijing ,China , and studied at theParis Conservatoire . In 1968, she married the dancer andchoreographer Pierre Lacotte . Companies she danced with includeBallet du Marquis de Cuevas (1961), Lacotte's company, then theParis Opera Ballet from 1972 to 1985. She led theBallets de Monte Carlo with Lacotte from 1986 to 1988. She danced as a guest for theRambert Ballet , theGrands Ballets Canadiens and theNew York City Ballet . She has taught for the Paris Opera Ballet. She was frequently partnered byMichael Denard . Her most celebrated roles include Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake " and Giselle in "Giselle ". The ballet film "La Sylphide" (1974) has been released twice on DVD/video and features Thesmar and Denard in the principal roles of the Sylph and the Scotsman, James.World premieres
*"Formes" (Petit, 1967)
*"Catulli Carmina" (Nault, 1969)
*"Pas rompu" (Nault, 1969)
*"La Sylphide " (Taglioni, restaged by Lacotte, 1971)
*"Schéhérazade" (Petit, 1974)
*"La nuit transfigurée" (Petit, 197?)
*"Orphée et Eurydice" (Balanchine, 197?)Premieres at the Paris Opera Ballet
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Coppélia " (Lacotte after Saint-Léon, 1971)
*"Agon " (Balanchine, 1974)
*"Afternoon of a Faun" (Robbins, 1975)
*"La Valse" (Balanchine, 1975)References
* [http://www.cmi.univ-mrs.fr/~esouche/dance/Thesmar.html Thesmar]
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