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<H1> Fanny Gaïda </H1>

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  <li>Born in 1961.<br>
  <li>Studies: Paris Opera Dance School. <br>
  <li>Company: <a href="POB.html">Paris Opera Ballet </a> since 1978,
sujet in 1981,
 premi&egrave;re danseuse in 1989, &eacute;toile since 1993.<br>
  <li>She's married with Fabrice Bourgeois (POB soloist) and has a son
called Louis.<br>
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  <li>Premieres at the Paris Opera:
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       <li> <b>GV 10</b> (Armitage)- 1984
       <li> <b>Before Nightfall</b> (Christe)- 1985
       <li> <b>Fantasia Semplice</b> (Bagouet)- 1986
       <li> <a href="Inthe.html"><strong>In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated</strong></a> (Forsythe)- 1987, World Premiere.
       <li> <b>Attentat po&eacute;tique</b> (Larrieu)- 1992
       <li> <strong>The Nutcracker</strong> (Neumeier)- 1992
       <li> <strong>Rythmes de Valses</strong> (<a href="Peti.html"> Petit </a>)- 1994, World premiere. 
       <li> <a href="Coppelia.html"><b>Coppélia</b></a> (new production by Patrice Bart)- 1996
       <li> <b>Ancient airs and dances</b> (Richard Tanner)- 1997
       <li> <b>Musings</b> (James Kudelka)- 1997
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  <li> And among her best roles:<br>
    la Mort (the death) in  <a href="Jh.html"><strong>Le Jeune Homme et la mort</strong></a>, <a href="Carme.html">  <strong>Carmen</strong> </a> and 
<strong>Le Rendez-Vous</strong> (<a href="Peti.html"> Petit </a>), Taglioni's
<strong>La Sylphide</strong>, Nikiya in <a href="Bayadere.html"><strong>La Bayadère</strong></a>, 
<strong>In the Night</strong> and <b>En Sol (In G Major)</b> (Robbins), the Choleric in <a href="FourT.html"><strong>The Four Temperaments</strong></a>, <a href="Seren.html"><b>Serenade</b></a>,
<a href="Concer.html"><strong>Concerto Barocco</strong></a> (<a href="Balan.html"> Balanchine </a>), <strong>Manon</strong> (MacMillan), <b>Romeo and Juliet</b> (Nureyev)...<br></p>
 <li> Among her favorite partners:<br>
   <a href="Belarbi.html">Kader Belarbi</a>, <a href="Leri.html">Nicolas
Le Riche</a>, <a href="Legris.html">Manuel Legris</a>, Lionel Delanoë...<br>
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<li>In the 1995-1996 season, she danced (as far as I know):<br>
<b>Romeo and Juliet</b> (as Juliet), <a href="Bayadere.html"><strong>La Bayadère</strong></a> (as Nikiya), <a href="Seren.html"><b>Serenade</b></a>,
maybe <b>In G major</b>, <a href="Coppelia.html"><b>Coppélia</b></a>,
maybe <a href="Camera.html"><b>Camera Obscura</b></a>.<br>
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<li><p>In the 1996-97 season she danced (uncomplete list):<br>
<a href="Jh.html"><strong>Le Jeune Homme et la mort</strong></a>,
<a href="Suite.html"><b>Suite en blanc</b></a>,
<b>Agon</b>, <b>The Sleeping Beauty</b>, <b>Ancient
airs and dances</b>, <b>Musings</b>, <b>La Sylphide</b>,
<b>Dark Elegies</b>, <b>Serenade</b>.
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<li><p>In the 1997-98 season she danced (uncomplete list):<br>
<b>La symphonie fantastique</b>, <b>Les Sylphides</b>,
<b>Le spectre de la rose</b>, <b>Romeo and Juliet</b>, 
<b>Raymonda</b>, <b>Vaslaw</b> 
<b>Giselle</b>, <b>L'histoire de Manon</b>.
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<li><p>In the 1998-99 season she danced (uncomplete list):<br>
<b>Coppelia</b>, <b>Sylvia</b>, <b>La Bayad&egrave;re</b>, 
<b>In the Night</b>, <b>La Sylphide</b>.
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<li><p>In the 1999-2000 season she danced (uncomplete list):<br>
<b>Le Concours</b>, <b>The Sleeping Beauty</b>.
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<li>She was filmed in:
<b>Cinderella</b> (Nureyev- in the corps de ballet, around 1988),
<a href="Swan.html"><b>Swan Lake</b></a> (Petipa- as the Princess in
act I and in the Russian dance in act III).<br>
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