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Sylvie Guillem: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born February 23, 1965 (age 61) ‱ Paris ‱ France
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (2015)

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Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
Maurice BĂ©jart.
Maurice BĂ©jart
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Christopher Wheeldon
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Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
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Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
Sir Frederick Ashton
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Sir Kenneth MacMillan
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Leonid Lavrovsky
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Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi
Jules Perrot
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Arthur Saint-LĂ©on
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Benjamin Millepied
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Jean Coralli, engraving by Charles Vogt, c. 1852.
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Roland Petit
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Suzanne Théodore Vaillande Douvillier
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Violette Verdy
Violette Verdy
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Marie Sallé, engraving after Nicolas Lancret.
Marie Sallé
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Dauberval, with Mlle Allard, in Sylvie, 1766; wood engraving by Jules Huyot, 19th century, after a contemporary work by an unknown artist
Jean Dauberval
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