Born in 1951, she attended the Paris Opera Ballet School from the age of nine, joined the corps de ballet when she was 16 and became the company's étoile in 1976.[2] If not dancing, her other career aspirations were to be a musician: violinist or pianist.[3]
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In addition to dancing the leads in many of the classics, she performed roles created for her in Kenneth MacMillan's Métaboles, Oscar Araiz' Adagietto, Maurice Béjart's Serait-ce la Mort and Roland Petit's Le Fantome de l'Opéra.
As a star dancer in Marseille, she excelled in La Pavlova especially created for her by Petit in 1986.[3] After being premiered in Barcelona's Liceu, the international press referred to her as the greatest French dancer of her time, calling her ballerina assoluta.[1]
Turning to teaching by the end of the 1990s, she lived and worked in Paris.
Her two children, Mathieu Ganio[5] and Marine Ganio,[6] are both dancers with the Paris Opera Ballet.[3]
dominique, khalfouni, born, 1951, french, ballet, dancer, once, star, étoile, paris, opera, ballet, principal, ballet, national, marseille, ballet, teacher, contents, biography, career, awards, references, external, linksbiography, editborn, 1951, attended, pa. Dominique Khalfouni born 1951 is a French ballet dancer Once a star etoile of the Paris Opera Ballet and a principal of the Ballet National de Marseille she is now a ballet teacher 1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksBiography editBorn in 1951 she attended the Paris Opera Ballet School from the age of nine joined the corps de ballet when she was 16 and became the company s etoile in 1976 2 If not dancing her other career aspirations were to be a musician violinist or pianist 3 Career editIn addition to dancing the leads in many of the classics she performed roles created for her in Kenneth MacMillan s Metaboles Oscar Araiz Adagietto Maurice Bejart s Serait ce la Mort and Roland Petit s Le Fantome de l Opera In 1980 she left Paris to join the Ballet National de Marseille and the following year she appeared with the American Ballet Theatre at the invitation of Mikhail Baryshnikov to dance Giselle at the Metropolitan Opera House with him 4 As a star dancer in Marseille she excelled in La Pavlova especially created for her by Petit in 1986 3 After being premiered in Barcelona s Liceu the international press referred to her as the greatest French dancer of her time calling her ballerina assoluta 1 Turning to teaching by the end of the 1990s she lived and worked in Paris Her two children Mathieu Ganio 5 and Marine Ganio 6 are both dancers with the Paris Opera Ballet 3 Awards editOrdre national du Merite 1987 Prix Benois de la Danse 1995 References edit a b Dominique Khalfouni Benois Theatre Retrieved 22 March 2014 Ivor Guest Le Ballet de l Opera de Paris Flammarion 2001 a b c Gauthier Marie Astrid 28 February 2009 Dominique Khalfouni et Mathieu Ganio danseurs in French ResMusica Retrieved 23 March 2014 Kisselgoff Anna 25 May 1981 MISS KHALFOUNI IN BALLET THEATER GISELLE The New York Times Retrieved 23 March 2014 Mathieu Ganio Opera National de Paris Retrieved 3 November 2015 Marine Ganio Opera National de Paris Retrieved 3 November 2015 External links editDominique Khalfouni at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dominique Khalfouni amp oldid 1218505928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
