Hélène Bouchet

Hélène Bouchet (born 1980) is a French ballet dancer who joined the Hamburg Ballet in 1998. She has been a principal there since 2005.

Biography

Born in Cannes in the south of France, she studied ballet at École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower and at the École Nationale de Danse in Marseille under Raymond Franchetti and Dominique Khalfouni.[1]

After dancing with the Roland Petit's Ballet National de Marseille, Bouchet took part in Derek Deane's The Nutcracker at the English National Ballet. In 1998, she joined the Hamburg Ballet where she has been a principal since 2005.[2] In addition to several solos, John Neumeier has created roles for her as Silvia in Préludes CV (2003), La Barbarina in Death in Venice (2003), Eurydice in Orpheus (2009) and Alma in Purgatorio (2011).[1] Her repertoire in Hamburg has included Nina in Neumeier's The Seagull, the Princess in The Little Mermaid and Desdemona in Othello. In 2008, she starred in the title role of Pierre Lacotte's La Sylphide and in 2010, danced Marguerite in Neumeier's The Lady of the Camellias.[1][2]

Bouchet has performed widely as a guest artist in Europe, Japan and the United States. She participated in the International Festival in Vail, Colorado, in 2009 and 2011 and at the 2009 World Ballet Festival in Tokyo. She has also danced at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in the Gala Concert for the 10th International Ballet Festival and has partnered Roberto Bolle in galas at the Milan Scala.[1] Wearing a gypsy dress, Bouchet performed "The Gipsy Tunes" in Mougins, France in 2013, with her sister, Diane Bouchet, on violin.[3]

Touring with the Hamburg Ballet in February 2014, she took part in the Tokyo Ballet's 50-year anniversary celebrations, dancing the title role in Romeo and Juliet with Thiago Bordin, another Hamburg Ballet principal.[4] The Hamburg Ballet moved later in the month to California, US, where she danced Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream with the San Francisco Ballet,[5] and performed as Princess/Helene in The Little Mermaid at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Los Angeles.[6]

Awards

Bouchet received the Silver Medal at the 20th Varna International Ballet Competition in 2002. In 2010, she was awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse for her performance of Eurydice in Orpheus.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Hélène Bouchet". Hamburg Ballett. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hélène Bouchet". Benois Theatre. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dance Nuit Des Etoiles in Mougins". yesicannes.com. July 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Kosaka, Kris (5 February 2014). "Tokyo Ballet turns 50 in romantic style". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Ulrich, Allan (14 February 2014). "Dance review, 'Midsummer Night's Dream': Hard to interpret". Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Bleiberg, Laura (10 February 2014). "Review: Hamburg Ballet's 'Mermaid' swims murky passages". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
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