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Looking back at our dance history is an integral part of appreciating our present.

Born in 1975 Marie-Agnes Gillot joined the Paris Opera Ballet at the age of 15, the youngest-ever dancer to do so, and worked her way through the company’s rank to become a “danseuses étoiles“ or prima ballerina. A distinction above principal dancer. At the age of 12 Gillot was diagnosed with double scoliosis for which she was prescribed a neck-to-hip brace for six years and only removed it to dance.

Gillot retired at the age of 42, now 47, but continues to choreograph and challenge convention. Her first ballet “Sous Apparence” all the women, and men, danced on pointe for the entire piece.

Check out this video from 1999 of Gillot dancing the Lilac Fairy variation from Aurora’s christening in The Sleeping Beauty. Julia Guiheen for Pointe Magazine writes this about Marie-Agnès Gillot dancing the luxurious Lilac Fairy variation, “With her refined, gentle power, Gillot truly finds the sublime in her interpretation of this magical character.”

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Check out Guiheen’s full article at www.pointemagazine.com/tbt-marie-agnes-gillot-in-sleeping-beauty-1999-2638717338.html ... See MoreSee Less

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What does it take to be a principal dancer at 41? Check out this article in The New York Times Magazine by Rivka Galchen that details how Stella Abrera approaches her craft as a ballet dancer at 41.

“Tales of how dancers find their calling can feel as random and as magical as the arrival of a fairy queen godmother in a ballet. When Stella Abrera was 4, her family moved from the Philippines to California. Her older sister by 17 years, Luz, signed her up for a ballet class so she would have something to do other than watch cartoons. ‘it was in a church basement, and there was an elderly lady running it,’ Abrera recalled. The children did emboîtés across the room. Stella was wearing pale blue leg warmers. ‘I remember looking down at my legs, at those leg warmers, doing those kicks. Then the teacher said: ‘Good, Stella!’ And I felt very pleases. I thought, I like this. It’s so silly. But from that moment, it resonated.”

Be sure to check out the full article at www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/30/magazine/dance-ballet-new-york.html ... See MoreSee Less

How to Be a Principal Ballerina at 41

Stella Abrera needs total physical discipline — and lots of Advil — to stay at the top.

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