Mathieu Ganio

Mathieu Ganio (born 16 March 1984) is a French danseur étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet.

Mathieu Ganio was born in Marseille, France, the son of Ballet National de Marseille principal dancers Dominique Khalfouni and Denys Ganio.^[1] He began dance lessons at the age of seven and studied at the École Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille from 1992 to 1999, before completing his training at the Paris Opera Ballet School.^[2] In 2001 he joined the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera Ballet and won promotion to the rank of coryphée in 2002 and sujet in 2003. On 20 May 2004, following a performance of Don Quixote, he was appointed étoile, bypassing the rank of premier danseur.^[3] In 2005 he was awarded the Benois de la Danse as outstanding male dancer.^[4]

His younger sister, Marine Ganio, is a sujet of the Paris Opera Ballet.^[5][6]

Repertoire

• La Sylphide (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): James
• Giselle (choreography: Patrice Bart and Eugène Polyakov, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Count Albrecht^[7][8]
• Coppélia (choreography: Pierre Lacotte, after Arthur Saint-Léon): Frantz
• Paquita (choreography: Pierre Lacotte, after Marius Petipa): Lucien d’Hervilly
• Don Quixote (choreography: Rudolf Nureyev, after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky): Basilio
• The Sleeping Beauty (choreography: Rudolf Nureyev, after Marius Petipa): Prince Désiré
• Swan Lake (choreography: Rudolf Nureyev, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): Prince Siegfried^[9]
• The Nutcracker (choreography: Rudolf Nureyev): Drosselmeyer/Prince
• La Fille mal gardée (choreography: Frederick Ashton): Colas^[10]
• Onegin (choreography: John Cranko): title role
• Manon (choreography: Kenneth MacMillan): Des Grieux
• The Lady of the Camellias (choreography: John Neumeier): Armand Duval
• Proust, ou Les intermittences du coeur (choreography: Roland Petit): Saint-Loup^[11] (first interpreter at the Paris Opera Ballet)^[12]
• Ivan the Terrible (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Prince Kurbsky
• Romeo and Juliet (choreography: Rudolf Nureyev): Romeo
• Cinderella (choreography: Rudolf Nureyev): Movie Star
• La Petite danseuse de Degas (choreography: Patrice Bart): Ballet Master
• Caligula (choreography: Nicolas Le Riche): title role^[13]
• Les Enfants du paradis (choreography: José Martinez): Baptiste (first interpreter)^[14]
• Psyche (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Eros
• Daphnis and Chloe (choreography: Benjamin Millepied): Daphnis
• Apollo (choreography: George Balanchine): title role
• The Four Temperaments (choreography: George Balanchine): Phlegmatic
• Palais de Cristal (choreography: George Balanchine): First Movement soloist
• Symphony in C (choreography: George Balanchine): First Movement soloist^[15]
• Agon (choreography: George Balanchine): first pas de trois
• Jewels (choreography: George Balanchine): Emeralds, Diamonds
• Suite en Blanc (choreography: Serge Lifar): Thème varié, Mazurka, Adage
• Études (choreography: Harald Lander)
• Dances at a Gathering (choreography: Jerome Robbins): Man in Brown, Man in Green
• Opus 19/The Dreamer (choreography: Jerome Robbins)^[16]
• The Firebird (choreography: Maurice Béjart): title role
• Serait-ce la mort? (choreography: Maurice Béjart): The Man
• Yondering (choreography: John Neumeier)
• The Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler (choreography: John Neumeier): The Man
• Song of the Earth (choreography: John Neumeier; world premiere)^[17]
• Artifact Suite (choreography: William Forsythe)
• Approximate Sonata (choreography: William Fosythe; first interpreter at the Paris Opera Ballet)^[18]
• Woundwork 1 (choreography: William Forsythe)
• Amoveo (choreography: Benjamin Millepied)
• Genus (choreography: Wayne McGregor; world premiere)^[19]

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Filmography

• Coppélia (choreography: Pierre Lacotte), Paris Opera Ballet School, 2001: as Frantz
• La Sylphide (choreography: Pierre Lacotte), Paris Opera Ballet, 2004: as James
• Jewels (choreography: George Balanchine), Paris Opera Ballet, 2005: in 'Emeralds'
• Proust (choreography: Roland Petit), Paris Opera Ballet, 2007: as Saint-Loup
• Comme un rêve (documentary directed by Marlène Ionesco), 2009
• La Danse (documentary directed by Frederick Wiseman), 2009
• La Petite danseuse de Degas (choreography: Patrice Bart), 2010: as the Ballet Master
• Les Enfants du paradis (choreography: José Martinez), 2011: as Baptiste
• 'Célébration' (choreography: Pierre Lacotte), Paris Opera Ballet, 2013
• The Sleeping Beauty (choreography: Rudolf Nureyev), Paris Opera Ballet, 2013: as Prince Désiré
• Palais de Cristal (choreography: George Balanchine), Paris Opera Ballet, 2014: as the First Movement soloist
• Dances at a Gathering (choreography: Jerome Robbins), Paris Opera Ballet, 2014: as the Man in Brown

References

1. Dalbard, Agnès (5 July 2004). "Danseur étoile à 20 ans". Le Parisien. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
2. "Mathieu Ganio". Prix Benois de la Danse. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
3. Sulcas, Roslyn (29 March 2012). "The Complicated Road to Becoming a Dancer Étoile". New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
4. "Mathieu Ganio". Opéra National de Paris. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
5. Bavelier, Ariane (10 November 2011). "Promotions au Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris". Le Figaro. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
6. "Paris Opera Ballet". Opéra National de Paris. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
7. Weiss, Hedy (26 June 2012). "Gorgeous, fluid Paris Opera Ballet triumphs with ‘Giselle’". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
8. Kaufman, Sarah (6 July 2012). "Paris Opera Ballet’s ‘Giselle’ soars at Kennedy Center". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
9. Sulcas, Roslyn (23 December 2010). "Paris Troupe Leaps Across the Centuries". New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
10. Sulcas, Roslyn (28 June 2007). "This Is Not la Belle France, but Merrie Olde England?". New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
11. Catton, Pia (6 March 2007). "A Preview of Mortier's Magic". New York Sun. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
12. "Proust premiere cast list". MemOpera. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
13. Percival, John. "History Mystery". Danceview Times. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
14. "Les Enfants du paradis premiere cast list". MemOpera. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
15. Sulcas, Roslyn (20 September 2008). "In Paris, Brushes With Classicism". New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
16. Cappelle, Laura (28 September 2015). "Millepied / Robbins / Balanchine, Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier". Financial Times. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
17. Cappelle, Laura (26 February 2015). "Le Chant de la terre, Palais Garnier, Paris — review". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
18. "Approximate Sonata premiere cast list". MemOpera. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
19. "Genus premiere cast list". MemOpera. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
20. "Mathieu Ganio". MemOpera. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

External links

• Mathieu Ganio's page on the website of the Paris Opera