YANNICK BOQUIN

International Guest Ballet Teacher

 

Yannick received his dance education at the Paris Opera Ballet School and the National Conservatoire of Paris.

He danced as a principal dancer with the Ballet of Bonn, the Royal Ballet of Flanders, the Rome Opera Ballet and the Deutsche Oper Berlin

 

Over his career he has been the recipient of the following prizes

• 1st Prize of the Conservatoire of Paris (1981),

• Gold Medal at the International Competition in Paris (1987)

• Positano and Leonide Massine Award (1995).

• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres  (2021)

 

He is today an International Guest Ballet Teacher and is currently working with some of the following companies

• Dresden Semper Oper Ballet

• Royal Swedish Ballet

• Houston Ballet

• Béjart Ballet Lausanne

• Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

• Bolshoï theater Moscow

• Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse

• Zurich Ballet

• Finnish National Ballet

• Korean National Ballet

• Astana Opera

• National company of Mexico

• Berlin Staatsballet

 

Schools and Academies

• Summer course Centre Ecole Superieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower

• Houston Ballet Academy

• Académie Princesse Grace de Monaco

• Royal Swedish Ballet School

• Teacher for the boys at the Prix de Lausanne 2022