Aurélie Dupont

Aurélie Dupont (born 15 January 1973 in Paris) is a French ballet dancer who performed with the Paris Opera Ballet as an Étoile.

She began her career in dance in 1983 when she entered the Paris Opera Ballet School (L’École de danse de l’Opéra de Paris). She joined the company at age sixteen in 1989, and became a première danseuse in December 1996. Dupont was promoted to star dancer (Étoile) in 1998 after her performance as Kitri in Paris Opera Ballet's revival of Nureyev's production of Don Quixote. She has also starred in Paris Opera Ballet's revival of Nureyev's version of The Sleeping Beauty.

In 2010, Cédric Klapisch released a documentary about Dupont, L'espace d'un instant, which had been made over the previous two years.

Dupont formally retired from the Paris Opera stage following a performance of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon on 18 May 2015. It was announced on 5 Feb 2016 that she would be the next director of dance for the Paris Opera Ballet after the resignation of Benjamin Millepied. In June 2022, Dupont announced that she would leave the company the following month.

Repertoire Dupont's repertoire includes:

Don Quixote La Bayadère Sylvia Giselle Swan Lake Romeo and Juliet

The Sleeping Beauty Raymonda Les Sylphides La Sylphide The Four Temperaments Manon Onegin

Awards 1992 : Gold medallist at the Varna International Ballet Competition (category juniors) 1993 : Winner of the French 1994 : Winner of the AROP (Association pour le rayonnement de l'Opéra national de Paris) 2002 : Prix Benois de la Danse 2005 : Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Media Book — Covers her training and dancing career.

Documentary

Performances Paris Opera Ballet 1999: The Sleeping Beauty, vers. by Rudolf Nureyev, with Manuel Legris. 2002: Don Quixote, vers. by Rudolf Nureyev, with Manuel Legris. 2004: La Sylphide, vers. by Pierre Lacotte, with Mathieu Ganio. 2005: Sylvia, vers. by John Neumeier. 2010: Siddharta, by Angelin Preljocaj, with Nicolas Le Riche. 2012: La Bayadère, vers. by Rudolf Nureyev, with Josua Hoffalt. 2012: Romeo and Juliet, by Sasha Waltz, with Hervé Moreau. 2015: L'histoire de Manon, by Kenneth MacMillan, with Roberto Bolle — farewell performance.

Other 2019: Written on Water (dance film), by Pontus Lidberg, with Alexander Jones (Ballett Zürich).