Jean-Christophe Maillot

Jean-Christophe Maillot (born 1960) is a Monaco-based, French-born dancer and choreographer. He has been the choreographer-director of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo since 1993.

Career Maillot was invited by John Neumeier to join the Hamburg Ballet in 1978, where he became a soloist and stayed until 1983, when an accident ended his career as a dancer.

In 1983, he became the choreographer and director of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre in Tours. Since 1993, on the appointment of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, he has been the artistic director of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo.

He helped Princess Caroline design the bridesmaids' costumes at the wedding of her brother.

In 2000, 2012 and 2023 was a head of a jury at Prix de Lausanne ballet competitions.

Works Works created for Les Ballets des Monte-Carlo: Bêtes Noires; Home, Sweet Home; Dov’è la Luna; Vers un Pays Sage; Roméo et Juliette; Recto Verso; L’Île; Cendrillon; Entrelacs; Oeil pour oeil; La Belle; D’une rive à l’autre; Miniatures; Le Songe; Altro Canto; Casse-Noisette Circus (2000). For the Bolshoi Theater, he created The Taming of The Shrew.

1987 : Le Mandarin Merveilleux 1989 : Über die Winterreise 1989 : Du haut de ... 1991 : L'enfant et les sortilèges 1993 : Bêtes noires 1993 : Lueurs d'amour 1993 : Thème et quatre variation 1994 : Home Sweet Home 1994 : Dov'e la Luna 1995 : Ubuaha 1995 : Vers un pays sage 1996 : Concert d'anges 1996 : Roméo et Juliette 1997 : Duo d'anges 1997 : Recto verso 1997 : In volo 1998 : L'Île 1999 : Cendrillon 1999 : Casse-noisette circus 2000 : Opus 40 2000 : Entrelacs 2001 : Œil pour œil 2001 : La Belle 2002 : Men's Dance 2003 : D'une rive à l'autre 2003 : Noces 2004 : Miniatures 2005 : Le Songe 2006 : Altro canto I 2007 : Faust 2008 : Altro Canto II 2009 : Schéhérazade 2009 : Men's Dance for Women 2009 : Fauves 2010 : Daphnis et Chloé 2011 : Opus 50 2011 : Lac 2013 : Choré 2013 : Casse-Noisette Compagnie 2014 : La Mégère Apprivoisée - Ballet du Théâtre Bolchoï 2015 : Presque Rien 2016 : Aleatorio 2017 : La Mégère Apprivoisée

Distinctions and awards 1977: Prix de Lausanne 1992: Knighthood of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1999: Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit of Monaco 2001: Nijinski Award for Best Choreography for the production of La Belle 2002: Knighthood of the Légion d'honneur 2008: Prix Benois de la Danse, Choreographer of the Year 2007, for Faust 2015: Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters 2018: Prix de Lausanne Life Time Achievement Award

Personal life He and his wife, Valentine, have three children, born between 1986 and 1992. His daughter, Juliette Dol, is a French actress.

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