- Born in 1959.
- Studies: Paris Conservatoire (1st prize), Paris Opera Dance School.
- Company: Paris Opera Ballet
since 1976, sujet in 1978, première danseuse in 1980,
étoile since 1981.
- She won a silver medal at the ballet competition of Varna in 1978,
and the West End Theaters Award in 1983. She is a Chevalier des Arts et
Lettres.
- Premieres at the Paris Opera:
- Divertimento n.15 ( Balanchine )- 1979
- Life (Béjart)- 1979
- Manfred (Nureyev)- 1979, World premiere.
- Schema (Nikolais)- 1980, World premiere.
- Vaslaw (Neumeier)- 1980
- Voluntaries (Glen Tetley)- 1981
- Raymonda (version Nureyev)- 1983
- Carnaval ( Fokine)- 1984
- Violin Concerto ( Balanchine )- 1984
- GV 10 (K. Armitage)- 1984, World premiere.
- Premier Orage (Lucinda Childs)- 1984, World premiere.
- Swan Lake (version Nureyev)- 1984
- Before Nightfall (Nils Christe)- 1985, World premiere
- Grande Fugue (Hans Van Manen)- 1986
- Symphony in 3 movements ( Balanchine )- 1987
- Four last lieder (Rudi Van Dantzig)- 1987
- Sans armes, citoyens! (R. Van Dantzig)- 1987, World premiere.
- Magnificat (Neumeier)- 1987, World premiere.
- The Sleeping Beauty (version Nureyev)- 1989
- Bacchanale (Andy De Groat)- 1989
- Sinfonietta (Kylian)- 1989
- In the Night (Robbins)- 1989
- Les Biches ( Nijinska )- 1991
- La Bayadère (Noureev)- 1992 (role of Gamzatti)
- Les Forains ( Petit )- 1993
- Casse-Noisette [The Nutcracker] (Neumeier)- 1993
- Till Eulenspiegel ( Nijinski )- 1994
- Allegro Brillante (Balanchine)-
1996
- Sylvia (Neumeier)- 1997, world premiere
- Among her favorite partners:
Jean-Yves Lormeau,
Charles Jude , Nicolas Le Riche ...
- In the 1995-96 season, she danced in (as far as I know):
La Bayadère
(as Gamzatti and Nikyia), The Prodigal
Son (as the Siren), Allegro Brillante,
Tchaikovsky pas de deux, maybe The Four Seasons.
In the 1996-97 season, she danced in (uncomplete list):
Suite en Blanc,
Rhapsody, Apollo,
The Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphide,
, Sylvia.
In the 1997-98 season, she danced in (uncomplete list):
Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, perhaps Raymonda,
Giselle.
In the 1998-99 season, she danced/will dance in (uncomplete list):
La Bayadère, Neumeier's Sylvia, In the
Night, Apollo, Swan Lake, La Sylphide.
- She officially retired on July 9, 1999, after a performance
of La Sylphide.
- She was filmed in:
Les Noces (Nijinska- as the Bride,
in 1990), La Bayadère
(as Gamzatti).
