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ISABELLE CIARAVOLA
Étoile Dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet
Born in Ajaccio on March 12, 1972.
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1985: Enters the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP).
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1988: Wins First Prize at the CNSMDP and joins the Paris Opera Ballet School.
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1990: At age 18, joins the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera Ballet.
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1993: Promoted to Coryphée.
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2000: Promoted to Sujet.
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2003: Promoted to Première Danseuse.
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April 16, 2009: Following the opening performance of Onegin (Cranko), in which she performed the role of "Tatiana," she was named Étoile Dancer.
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Repertoire
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Onegin – Role of Tatiana (Cranko)
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L'Histoire de Manon – Role of Manon (MacMillan)
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La Dame aux Camélias – Roles of Marguerite and Manon
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Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler – The Angel (Neumeier)
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La Bayadère – Nikiya
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Romeo and Juliet – Juliet
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One of the "Two Sisters" in Cinderella
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Henriette in Raymonda (Nureyev)
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La Petite Danseuse de Degas – The Étoile (Patrice Bart)
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Jewels – "Emeralds" and "Diamonds" (Balanchine)
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Serenade, Liebeslieder Walzer, The Four Temperaments (Balanchine)
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Glass Pieces, In the Night, Dances at a Gathering (Robbins)
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La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte)
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Suite en Blanc, Les Mirages – The Woman (Lifar)
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Genus (McGregor)
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Les Enfants du Paradis – Role of Garance (José Martinez)
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Giselle
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O’slovony o’composite (Trisha Brown)
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Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, Carmen, L’Arlésienne, Proust ou les intermittences du cœur – Role of Albertine
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Le Rendez-vous – The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Roland Petit)
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Répliques (Nicolas Paul)
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Le Spectre de la Rose (Fokine)
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La Source (Jean-Guillaume Bart)
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Woundwork 1, Approximate Sonata (Forsythe)
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Le Parc, Annonciation (Preljocaj)
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Carmen (Alberto Alonso)
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Farewell Performance
Isabelle Ciaravola gave her official farewell performance at the Paris Opera on February 28, 2014, in Onegin at the Opéra Garnier.
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Honors and Distinctions
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Chevalier des Arts et Lettres
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Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
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Since September 2014, she has been teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP).
